Mazarinettes
The Mazarinetten (French: Mazarinettes ) were the seven nieces of the French minister Jules Mazarin, which of these was in 1647 and 1653 come together with three of his nephews from Italy to France, they then advantageous to marry members of powerful and influential European aristocracy. Snobbery of the Grands were evacuated while the Cardinal by enormous Mitgifte aside.
Family
The girls were the daughters of two sisters Mazarin, Laura Margeritha and Geronima, also called Girolamo.
Daughters Laura, verehlichte Martinozzi were:
- Laura Martinozzi ( 1635/38/39 *, † 1687 ), by marriage with Alfonso IV d'Este from 1658 Duchess of Modena and Reggio
- Anna Maria Martinozzi (* 1637, † 1672), by marrying Armand de Bourbon Princess of Conti from 1654
Daughters Geronimas verehlichte, Mancini, were:
- Laura Mancini ( * 1636, † 1657), by marriage to Louis I de Bourbon from 1651 Duchess of Mercœur
- Maria Mancini ( * 1639, † 1715 ), by marriage with Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna I. 1661 Duchess of Colonna
- Olympia Mancini ( * 1640, † 1708), by marriage with Eugene of Savoy - Carignan Moritz from 1657 Countess of Soissons
- Hortensia Mancini ( * 1646, † 1699), by marrying Armand -Charles de la Porte 1661 Duchess of Mazarin
- Maria Anna Mancini ( * 1649, † 1717), by marriage with Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d' Auvergne from 1662 Duchess of Bouillon
- Portraits
Laura Mancini
Anna Maria Martinozzi
Maria Mancini
Olympia Mancini
Hortensia Mancini
Anna Maria Mancini
Biographies
When they arrived in France, they were between seven and 13 years old and have been included despite their comparatively low origin by the regent Anne of Austria at the French royal court. The mother of Louis XIV saw also that some of the Mazarinetten were brought together with the still under-age king and his brother Philippe in the Palais Royal. By this mark of favor they were put on a par with the princes of the blood.
As the first girls were presented at court, said the French Marshal Villeroy to Jean -Baptiste Gaston de Bourbon, Duke of Orléans, " Voilà of petites demoiselles qui présentement ne sont point riches, mais qui bientôt auront de beaux châteaux, de bonnes rentes, de belles pierre cried, de bonne vaisselle d' argent, et peut- être de grandes dignités [ ... ] " ( German: " Little Miss, who are not rich at the moment, but soon beautiful castles, lush income, beautiful jewelry, silverware and might also have high titles [ ... ] "). The Mazarinetten excited in Paris especially by their appearance quite a stir, because they corresponded with her tanned skin and her slim figures not the former beauty ideal of noble pallor and voluptuous curves. One of the so-called Mazarinaden, lampoons and pamphlets, which were directed against Mazarin and published 1648-1653 very numerous in France, describes the Cardinal nieces as follows:
Elles ont les yeux d'un hibou, L' écorce blanche comme un chou, Les sourcils d'une âme damnée, Et le teint d'un cheminée.
You have the eyes of an owl, The bark as white as a head of cabbage, The eyebrows of a damned soul, And the complexion of a chimney.
Other Mazarinaden berated as' dirt princesses "and" smelly snakes ". The girls shared during the Fronde the fate of her uncle: You had to ask twice to leave Paris and go into exile, but eventually secured Jules Mazarin 's nieces after the end of the uprising through appropriate marriages and wedding gifts a life of prosperity and peace of mind.