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Marie Mancini ('''Anna Maria Mancini'''; August 28 , 1639 - May 8 , 1715 ) was the middle of five Mancini sisters, nieces to Cardinal Mazarin who were brought to France to marry advantageously. She was born in . According to Antonia Fraser 's biography ''Love and Louis XIV'', Marie's mother, Hieronyma (or 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, and he wanted to marry her. Eventually, Cardinal Mazarin and , born in 1663, Marcantonio, born in 1664, and Carlo, born in 1665. 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 (Ortensia). In 1677, 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. The other Mancini sisters were:
Their cousins, the Martinozzis, also moved to France at the same time, for the same goal (to marry well). The elder, Laura , married Alfonso IV D'Este , duke of Modena and was 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 . |
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