Hortense Mancini | |||||
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Duchess of La Meilleraye suo jure Duchess of Mazarin | |||||
Born | Rome, Papal States | 6 June 1646||||
Died | 2 July 1699 | (aged 53)||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Marie Charlotte, Duchess of Aiguillon Marie Anne de La Porte Marie Olympe, Marquise of Bellefonds Paul Jules, 3rd Duke of La Meilleraye | ||||
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Father | Lorenzo Mancini | ||||
Mother | Girolama Mazzarini |
Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin (6 June 1646 – 2 July 1699),[1] was a niece of Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister of France, and a mistress of Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. She was the fourth of the five famous Mancini sisters, who, along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of King Louis XIV of France as the Mazarinettes.