Hortense Mancini

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
Died2 July 1699(1699-07-02) (aged 53)
Spouse
(m. 1661; sep. 1668)
IssueMarie Charlotte, Duchess of Aiguillon
Marie Olympe, Marquise of Bellefonds
Paul Jules, 3rd Duke of La Meilleraye
Names
Italian: Ortensia Mancini
French: Hortense Mancini
FatherLorenzo Mancini
MotherGirolama 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.

  1. ^ "MANCINI, Ortensia in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it. Retrieved 18 April 2017.