Cardinal Mazarin
Former Chief minister of France
Jules Cardinal Mazarin, Duke of Mayenne, Rethel and Nevers, born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino or Mazarini, was an Italian Catholic prelate, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France Louis XIII and Louis XIV from... Wikipedia
Born: July 14, 1602, Pescina, Italy
Died: March 9, 1661 (age 58 years), Vincennes, France
Full name: Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino
Place of burial: Collège des Quatre-Nations, Paris
Organization founded: Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
Grandparents: Margherita de Franchis-Passavera and Girolamo Mazzarini
Books: The Treaty of Peace Between the Crowns of France & Spain, La Verité sans masque de la Misère persecutée, ou la plainte des pauvres à la Reyne contra le Cardinal Mazarin [dated, January 22.-With a letter from the Archduke Leopold to the Parliament of Paris, and the address of the Envoy]., and Breviarium Politicorum
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Key Points. Cardinal Jules Mazarin was an Italian cardinal, diplomat, and politician who served as the Chief Minister to the King of France from 1642 until ...
Career as first minister of France. Mazarin's ambition was to put an end to the rivalry between the Catholic powers of Europe. On Richelieu's death, however ( ...
Richelieu commissioned him, late in 1640, to sign a secret treaty between France and Prince Thomas of Savoy, and caused him to be made a cardinal on 16 Dec., ...
By far the most popular target of the pamphleteers' biting accusations was the Cardinal Jules Mazarin. Hence, these tracts are known as the Mazarinades.