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winterhalters · 2 years
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The Mazarinettes, or Mancini sisters
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edwardiionlyfans · 2 years
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monarchs of the house of Stuart + affairs
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vigilantsycamore · 2 months
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This video is interesting from a historical perspective and I recommend watching it just for that But also @thefingerfuckingfemalefury I've only seen a handful of episodes of Legends of Tomorrow but I feel like Hortense is the kind of historical figure Sara would make sure to "visit" :D
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girlboccaccio · 1 year
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Jacob Ferdinand Voet - different portaits of the Mazarinettes, the collective name which indicated the seven nieces of Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Giulio Mazzarino), chief minister to the Kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV of France.  
Their names were: Laura and Anna Maria, daughter of Laura Margherita Mazzarino; Laura, Olimpia, Maria, Ortensia and Maria Anna, daughter of Girolama Mazzarino.
Mazarin wished to establish a dynasty in France and secure his legacy through advantageous marriages, but could have no children of his own as a member of the Catholic clergy. He also wanted to surround himself with his family, in whom he could confide, as he had many enemies at court.
The French royal family supervised the education of the girls. The Queen Regent, Anne of Austria, allowed for the younger children to be educated with the future king Louis XIV and his younger brother, Monsieur Philippe, Duke of Anjou.
Cardinal Mazarin arranged advantageous marriages for his nieces with powerful French and Italian aristocrats, and gave large dowries to their husbands in order to overcome their reluctance to marry women of lower origins. Many of them, in any case, will live more adventurous lives, becoming estimated women of letters or abandoning violent husbands and becoming lovers of kings and other rulers.
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gogmstuff · 2 years
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Présumé d’Hortense Mancini élevée au rang de déesse Minerve by Jacob Ferdinand Voet workshop (location ?). From tumblr.com/blog/view/hildegardavon/685034995402899457 1071X1205 @72 671kj.
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diioonysus · 4 months
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d3ad-on-arriva1 · 4 months
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MY NAME IS MY NAME IS MY NAME IS CHARLES SECOND I LOVE THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE LOVE ME SO MUCH THAT THEY RESTORED THE ENGLISH MONARCHY I'M PART SCOTTISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN A LITTLE BIT DANE BUT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT PARTY ANIMAL CHAMPAGNE?? SPANIELS I ADORED NAMED AFTER ME TOO LIKE ME, THEY WERE FUN WITH A NUTTY HAIR DO! IS TODAY MY BIRTHDAY? I CAN'T RECALL LET'S HAVE A PARTY ANYWAY BECAUSE I LOVE A MASKED BALL!
ALL HAIL, THE KING! OF BLING! LET'S SING! BELLS RING! DING DING! I'M THE KING WHO BROUGHT BACK PARTYING! KING CHARLES, MY DADDY LOST HIS THRONE AND KINGS WERE BANNED THEY CHOPPED OFF HIS HEAD THEN OLLY CROMWELL RULED THE LAND OLD OLLY WASN'T JOLLY HE WAS GLUM, AND HE WAS PROUD WOULD BE MISERABLE AS SIN ONLY SINNING'S NOT ALLOWED! WHEN OLLY DIED, THE PEOPLE SAID 'CHARLIE, ME HEARTY! GET RID OF HIS DULL LAWS COME BACK, WE'D RATHER PARTY! 'THIS ACTION'S WHAT THEY CALLED THE MONARCHY RESTORATION WHICH NATURALLY WAS FOLLOWED BY A HUGE CELEBRATION!THE KING OF ENG! NO SIN! TOO SING! OR ANYTHING! ALL SAY, I'M THE KING WHO BROUGHT BACK PARTYING! GREAT LONDON FIRE WAS A WHOPPER! IN MY REIGN, LONDON CITY CAME A-CROPPER! SO THIS KING DID WHAT WAS RIGHT AND PROPER FOUGHT THE FIRE, PROVED I'M MORE THAN A BOPPER I'M A FIRE STOPPER! MARRIED CATHERINE BRAGANZA SHE WAS A LOVE SO TRUE THERE WOULD NEVER BE ANOTHER WELL... MAYBE ONE OR TWO! LUCY WALTER, NELL GWYNNE MOLL DAVIES, BARBARA VILLIERS YOU THINK THAT'S BAD BUT HER NAME'S NOT AS SILLY AS...HORTENSE MANCINI! AS KING, I MUST ADMIT I BROKE THE WEDDING RULES BUT WHO CARES WHEN I BROUGHT BACK THE CROWN JEWELS? I REINSTATED CHRISTMAS MAKE UP, SPORTS AND EVEN PLAYS I WAS THE MERRY MONARCH THEY WERE GOOD OLD DAYS!
WHEN SAID AND DONE! KING CHARLES DID RUN! ENGLAND FOR FUN! I WAS THE KING LOVED BY EVERYONE MY SONG IS DONE! party anyone?
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fordarkmornings · 1 year
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Jacob Ferdinand Voet (Flemish, 1639-1689)
Hortense Mancini and her Sister Marie
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hildegardavon · 2 years
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Jacob Ferdinand Voet, 1639-1689
Portrait of Hortense Mancini, Duchesse Mazarin (1646-1699), in the guise of Aphrodite, n/d, oil on canvas, 74.9x60.9 cm
Private Collection
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luminouslumity · 1 year
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So I've technically covered her already, but Hortense Mancini, Duchesse de Mazarin (1646-1699) was a niece of Cardinal Mazarin and became a mistress for the English King Charles II after fleeing her abusive husband Armand Charles de La Porte de La Meilleraye.
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valkyries-things · 13 days
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HORTENSE MANCINI // DUCHESS OF MARAZIN
“She was the Duchess of Marazin, and a mistress of Charles II. He proposed to her before he was king while in exile, she was instead married to one of the richest men in Europe, Armand Charles de La Porte de La Meilleraye, when she was only 15 years old. He was horribly abusive, so she escaped in men’s clothing at 22. She ended up in Charles’ court and quickly rose to power as his chief mistress. While acting as his mistress, she had a romantic relationship with his daughter from another mistress. We know of at least 3 women she was probably romantically involved with at different points in her life.”
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nstaaf-book · 1 year
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Hortense Mancini and Marie Mancini: Memoirs
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gogmstuff · 2 years
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Later 1600s:
Top:  Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin (1646-1699), as Cleopatra, n/d, oil on canvas by Jacob Ferdinand Voet (Bonhams). From tumblr.com/blog/view/hildegardavon/685039189643919360; removed spots w P'shop 1295X1600 @72 444kj.
Middle:  1688 Woman playing the Harp by Jan van Mieris (Liechtenstein Collection - probably Wien, Austria). From www.liechtensteincollections.at 1869X2160 @304 1.6Mj. © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna.
Bottom:  1689 (before) Noble lady as Flora attributed to Jacob Ferdinand Voet (private collection). From tumblr.com/blog/view/hildegardavon/685039481444827136 940X1307 @72 441kj.
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child-of-hurin · 2 years
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Dramatis personae:
Hortense, duchess of Mazarin Armand-Charles, her husband Marie, her sister Philippe-Jules, her brother Charles II, king of England Anne Lennard, countess of Sussex
From https://partylike1660.com/hortense-mancini-duchesse-mazarin/
In January 1666, as Hortense had just given birth to Paul Jules and was eager to rejoin court life, her husband took all her jewellery from her while she was dressing and forbade her to leave. Hortense, in tears, thus tried to flee to the neighbouring property of her brother Philippe-Jules, Duc de Nevers, but her husband had the connection door in the garden closed up with bricks. What followed was witnessed by many happening to pass by. Hortense fled to the street to reach the property of her brother, under the cries of her husband urging the servants to take her captive. Hortense was once again locked up in a cloister, but freed with the help of her brothers-in-law and Armand-Charles banished from the Palais Mazarin.
Hortense finally made a bid to escape from her hellish marriage on the night of 13 June 1668, with help from her brother. Disguised in men’s clothing and on horseback, she left Paris in the midst of the night and boarded a carriage at its outskirts, that brought her to Lorraine and from there to Rome, to her sister Marie, now Princesse Colonna. Philippe-Jules joined them there shortly after and the exiled Chevalier de Lorraine as well. The latter had an eye on Hortense, but she had no particular interest in him and thus turned him down.
Hortense returned to France in 1670* and that in a not less scandalous manner. This time it was Marie fleeing from her abusive husband, afraid he might plan to poison her. Philippe-Jules asked for permission to bring both her and Hortense to France with him. Louis XIV declared himself protector of both sisters and the plan went underway. Marie and Hortense left Rome, wearing men’s garments under their travelling garments. They went to Monaco, where a boat, chartered by their brother, was waiting for them. The voyage was delayed by Hortense giving birth to a child obviously not from her husband, which lead him thus to spread rumours of a incestual relationship between Hortense and Jules-Philippe. Louis XIV intervened again and ordered Armand-Charles to refrain from stating accusations like this, then granted Hortense an annual pension of 24000 livres. Her former suitor the Duc de Savoy also declared himself her protector and Hortense retired to Chambéry, in Haute-Savoie, where she establish her home as a meeting place for authors, philosophers, and artists.
After the death of her Savoyan protector in 1675, Hortense had no source of income anymore, since her husband froze all of her income, including the pension from Louis XIV. The English ambassador to France, Ralph Montagu, aware of Hortense’s desperate situation, enlisted her help in increasing his own standing with Charles II. He hoped she would replace the King’s current mistress, Louise de Kerouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. Hortense was willed to try and disguised herself as a man again to travel to England, under the pretext of a visit to her young niece, Mary of Modena, the new wife of Charles’ younger brother, James, Duke of York.
It did not take long until the plan succeeded. Already by mid 1675, Hortense was a visitor of Charles’ bed and he provided her with a pension of £4,000, enabling her to live a comfortable life.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortense_Mancini:
This state of affairs might have continued had it not been for Hortense's promiscuity. She was dubbed 'the Italian Whore' in England.
Firstly, there was her almost certainly sexual relationship with Anne, Countess of Sussex, the king's illegitimate daughter by the Duchess of Cleveland. This culminated in a very public, friendly fencing match in St. James's Park, with the women clad in nightgowns, after which Anne's husband ordered his wife to the country. There she refused to do anything but lie in bed, repeatedly kissing a miniature of Hortense
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Hortense Mancini
Portrait after Jacob Ferdinand Voet - ca.1675, Baroque
Hortense Mancini, Duchesse de Mazarin (06.06.1646-02.07.1699) was the daughter of Baron Lorenzo Mancini and Girolama Mazzarini. Her sisters and herself were all famed for their beauty. She was also very well educated.
She was supposed to be Charles II. of England's wife but the time her family thought it to be disadvantageous due to the fact that Charles II. was exiled. In 1661, fifteen year old Hortense married one of the richest men in Europe. The marriage was by far not a happy one. She was beautiful, young and popular; he was old, jealous and mentally unstable. In spite of this, they had four children.
He sheltered her completely from everyone, prevented her from leaving her home, raided her sleeping quarters and ordered her to pray a quarter of the day. She fled her husband with Louis XIV's protection. Her husband froze all of her income, so she desperately tried to replace Charles II. of England's mistress, in which she succeeded. She received a pension of 4'000 Pounds (862'920 Dollars today).
As quickly as she rose to power, she fell again, due to her Promiscuity and open Bisexuality. She retained a good connection with the king until his death. She was well provided by James II. and died at age 53. There is a speculation that she commited suicide.
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thebookewyrme · 2 years
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So, I’ve been listening to the podcast Noble Blood on my commutes, and it’s pretty good aside from a distressing tendency to ascribe violently antisocial behavior to mental illness. I love learning about past nobles, they always had the most interesting lives.
But today I want to talk about the subject of tonight’s episode, and my new favorite Bicon: Hortense Mancini. Like, talk about taking over Europe. She had the kings of three countries providing her protection from a violently abusive husband! And! Speaking of Bicon status! When you carry on a relationship with the King of England and his illegitimate daughter at the same time? Yea. Iconique!
Did I mention fencing in a public park with said daughter of the king in only her underwear? Because yea. That. That happened too. And then she just went on to create most of the culture and fashion of her time in London. Truly, we Stan a legend!
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