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Mazarin

His Eminence
Jules Raymond
Cardinal Mazarin
Cardinal, Bishop of Metz
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Cardinal Mazarin by Pierre Mignard
Metropolis Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Diocese Metz
See Metz
Predecessor Henri de Bourbon
Successor Franz Egon of Fürstenberg
Other posts
Orders
Created Cardinal 16 December 1641
by Pope Urban VIII
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born 14 July 1602
Pescina, Kingdom of Naples (present-day Italy)
Died 9 March 1661 (aged 58)
Vincennes, Kingdom of France
Denomination Roman Catholic
Profession
Alma mater Collegio Romano (Jesuit College in Rome)
Motto Firmando firmior hæret
Hinc ordo, hinc copia rerum
Coat of arms

Jules Raymond Mazarin, Cardinal-Duke of Rethel, Mayenne and Nevers (French: [ʒyl mazaʁɛ̃]; 14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661), born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino [ˈdʒuːljo raiˈmondo maddzaˈriːno] or Mazarini, was an Italian cardinal, diplomat, and politician, who served as the Chief Minister to the King of France from 1642 until his death.

Mazarin succeeded his mentor, Cardinal Richelieu. He was a noted collector of art and jewels, particularly diamonds, and he bequeathed the "Mazarin diamonds" to Louis XIV in 1661, some of which remain in the collection of the Louvre museum in Paris. His personal library was the origin of the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris.

Following the end of the Thirty Years’ War, Mazarin, as the de facto ruler of France, played a crucial role in establishing the Westphalian principles that would guide European states’ foreign policy and the prevailing world order. Some of these principles, such as the nation state's sovereignty over its territory and domestic affairs and the legal equality among states, remain the basis of international law to this day.

Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino was born in Pescina, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, but was raised in Rome. His father was Pietro Mazzarini from a noble family of Sicily, and his mother was Ortensia Buffalini, a woman of a noble family of Città di Castello in Umbria, and goddaughter of Filippo I Colonna, the grand Constable of Naples. Giulio was the older brother of Michele Mazzarino, Master of the Sacred Palace under Pope Urban VIII, and later Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence and a cardinal.


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