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Maurice Eugène de Savoie Soissons

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  • N Alan Bedford on Mon 27 Oct 2003, 01:28am

    This short bio from the 1911 Brittanica:

    Eugene Maurice of Savoy, Count of Soissons (1635-1673), married the beautiful and witty Olympia Mancini, a niece of Cardinal Mazarin, and obtained high military posts through his wife

  • N vincent on Mon 27 Oct 2003, 03:06am

    Interesting family Jules Cardinal Mazarin:
    French statesman and cardinal.
    Born 1602 in Piscina, Abruzzi, died 1661.
    Niece Maria was mistress of the Louis xiv while the Cardinal ruled France in the name of Louis xiv (he was too young to make good decisions). While a distant cousin( Mary of Moderna) went after James (II) While another member had Charles II on a string (Hortense Mancini)
    family tree
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Mazarin

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References in the diary

1660
Oct: 26