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Laura Martinozzi. Laura Martinozzi, Duchess of Modena and Reggio (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.
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. Like her sister Anna-Maria and her Mancini cousins, she brought to ...
- Female
- May 27, 1639
- Alfonso (D'este) Duke of Modena
- July 19, 1687
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. They managed to marry extremely well – all married princes or ...
Born as Laura Martinozzi on May 27, 1639, Laura adopted the French version of her name, Laure, when setting foot on French soil. She was the oldest daughter of Laura Margherita Mazzarini, sister of Cardinal de Mazarin, and the Italian noble Girolamo Martinozzi da Fano, majordomo to Cardinal Francesco Barberini, nephew of Pope Urban VIII.
Martinozzi, Laura (fl. 1658) Duchess of Modena.Name variations: Laura d'Este. 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 ...
Jun 16, 2022 · Laura Martinozzi (27 May 1639 – 19 July 1687) was a Duchess consort of Modena. On the death of her husband, she became the regent of the Duchy in the name of her son, Francesco. Biography. She was born in Fano to Cardinal Mazarin's eldest sister, also named Laura, and her husband Count Girolamo Martinozzi da Fano, a Roman noble of an ancient ...
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 ...
