Hortense Mancini
Hortense Mancini, duchesse Mazarin (6 June 1646, Rome – 9 November 1699, Chelsea), was the favourite 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.
Read more about Hortense Mancini: Early Life, Family and Marriage, Under The Protection of Louis XIV and Of The Duke of Savoy, Charles II, After Charles II's Death, Descendants
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