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Laura Martinozzi. Laura Martinozzi (22 April 1639 – 19 July 1687), niece of the Chief minister of France Jules Cardinal Mazarin and one of the Mazarinettes, by marriage became Duchess consort of Modena and Reggio, and following the death of her husband, she acted as regent for her minor son during 1662–1674.
Biography. Laura Martinozzi (1639-1687), niece of Cardinal Mazarin, was a duchess consort of Modena. Laura was born in Fano in Marche, a papal state, on 27 May 1639. She was the daughter of Count Girolamo Martinozzi da Fano and Laura Margherita Mazzarini, eldest sister of Cardinal Mazarin.
- Female
- May 27, 1639
- Alfonso (D'este) Duke of Modena
- July 19, 1687
Jun 16, 2022 · Death: July 19, 1687 (48) Rome, Italy. Immediate Family: Daughter of Geronimo (Girolamo) comte Martinozzi and Laura Margherita Mazzarini. Wife of Alfonso IV d'Este, duke of Modena & Reggio. Mother of Mary of Modena Queen-Consort of Scots & England & Ireland and Francesco II, Duca di Modena.
Laura Martinozzi, the oldest of Cardinal Mazarin’s seven nieces, was most likely born on this day in 1635. Cardinal Mazarin was the French Chief Minister (similar to a prime minister). His nieces were Italians just like him, but moved to France, where they had a huge influence.
Flourished around 1658; daughter of Hieronymus Martinozzi also seen as Girolamo Martinozzi and Laura Margaret Mazarini (who was the sister of Cardinal Jules Mazarin, chief minister to the young Louis XIV); sister of Anne-Marie Martinozzi (1637–1672); cousin of Laure Mancini (1635–1657), Olympia Mancini (c. 1639–1708), Marie Mancini (1640 ...
Laura Martinozzi. Birth. 27 May 1639. Fano, Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy. Death. 19 Jul 1687 (aged 48) Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy. Burial. Chiesa di San Vincenzo. Modena, Provincia di Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Show Map. Memorial ID. 10398672. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 3.
Overtures had been made to the young prince, by Cardinal Mazaiin, for an alliance with his niece, Laura Martinozzi. These had been rather evaded; when an autograph letter, from Louis, King of France, urgently pressing the marriage, determined the affair; and, in 1655, attended by the most magnificant pomp, Laura was received at Modena as the ...
