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Anna Maria (Marie) Mancini (August 28, 1639 – May 8, 1715) was the third of the five Mancini sisters; nieces to Cardinal Mazarin who were brought to France to marry advantageously. Along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, the Mancini sisters were known at the court of King Louis XIV of France as the Mazarinettes.
Early life and family
Mancini was born on 28 August 1639 and grew up in Rome. Her father was Baron Lorenzo Mancini, an Italian aristocrat who was also anecromancer and astrologer. After his death in 1650, her mother, Geronima Mazzarini, brought her daughters from Rome to Paris in the hope of using the influence of her brother, Cardinal Mazarin, to gain them advantageous marriages.
The Mancinis were not the only female family members that Cardinal Mazarin brought to the French court. The others were Marie’s first cousins, daughters of Mazarin’s eldest sister. The elder, Laura Martinozzi, married Alfonso IV d'Este, duke of Modena and was the mother of Mary of Modena, second wife of James II of England. The younger, Anne Marie Martinozzi, married Armand, Prince de Conti.
The Mancini also had three brothers: Paul, Philippe, and Alphonse.
Youth
In France, Anna Maria’s name was gallicized to Marie. “Dark, vivacious and beautiful,“ Marie captured the biggest prize of the French court: the romantic love of Louis XIV. According to Antonia Fraser’s biography Love and Louis XIV, Marie’s mother, Geronima, was told by a horoscope that Marie would cause trouble and demanded on her deathbed that Cardinal Mazarin should, "shut Marie up in a convent and keep her there.”
Marie did not consummate her relationship with the Sun King. His love for her was a somewhat idealistic one, but he was so besotted that he wanted to marry her. Eventually, Cardinal Mazarin and the young king’s mother, Anne of Austria, separated the couple, banishing Marie into exile and arranging for Louis’ marriage to his cousin, Maria Theresa of Spain.
Exile and marriage
In 1661, Marie was sent away to marry an Italian prince, Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, who remarked after their wedding night that he was surprised to find her still a virgin. The bridegroom had not expected to find “innocence among the loves of kings” (from Antonia Fraser’s book Love and Louis XIV).
Escape and death
After the birth of her third child, relations between Marie and her husband deteriorated. On May 29, 1672, fearing that her husband would kill her, Marie left Rome accompanied by her sister Hortense. In 1677, in order to support herself, she wrote her memoirs. She did not return to Italy until her husband’s death in 1689.
She died in Pisa and is buried in the church of the Holy Sepulchre there.
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“But those who challenge never win, for one reason: If you blindfolded me in that wood, and turned me around I’d find my way back.No path I don’t know. No tree I haven’t climbed.It’s where I hunt. It’s where we will stay.”
King Louis XIV, ep. 1x1
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