Hortense Mancini

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Hortense Mancini
Duchess of La Meilleraye suo jure Duchess of Mazarin
Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller c. 1671
Born	(1646-06-06)6 June 1646 Rome, Papal States
Died	2 July 1699(1699-07-02) (aged 53)
Spouse	Armand Charles de La Porte de La Meilleraye ​ ​ (m. 1661; sep. 1668)​
Issue	Marie Charlotte, Duchess of Aiguillon Marie Olympe, Marquise of Bellefonds Paul Jules, 3rd Duke of La Meilleraye
Names Italian: Ortensia Mancini French: Hortense Mancini
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.