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Cardinal Mazarin

1602 - 1661

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Jules Mazarin (born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino or Mazarini; 14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661), from 1641 known as Cardinal Mazarin, was an Italian Catholic prelate, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France Louis XIII and Louis XIV from 1642 to his death. He was made a cardinal in 1641. After serving as a papal diplomat for Pope Urban VIII, Mazarin offered his diplomatic services to Cardinal Richelieu and moved to Paris in 1640. After the death of Richelieu in 1642, Mazarin took his place as first minister of Louis XIII, and then of Louis XIV, when he succeeded to the throne in 1643. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cardinal Mazarin is the 333rd most popular politician (down from 332nd in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 139th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Politician.

Cardinal Mazarin is most famous for being the chief minister of France during the minority of Louis XIV.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cardinal Mazarin ranks 333 out of 19,576. Before him are Philippe Pétain, Lavrentiy Beria, Droupadi Murmu, Şehzade Mustafa, Ferdinand II of Aragon, and Numa Pompilius. After him are Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, Mehmed VI, Oliver Cromwell, Philip II of France, Cleisthenes, and Helmut Kohl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1602, Cardinal Mazarin ranks 1. After him are Otto von Guericke, Elisabeth of France, Athanasius Kircher, Francesco Cavalli, Philippe de Champaigne, Salomon van Ruysdael, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Per Brahe the Younger, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Zhu Yujian. Among people deceased in 1661, Cardinal Mazarin ranks 1. After him are Shunzhi Emperor, Girard Desargues, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Shah Shuja, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Vasile Lupu, Murad Bakhsh, Jan Fyt, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, and Zheng Zhilong.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cardinal Mazarin ranks 163 out of 5,161. Before him are Donato Bramante (1443), Michael Collins (1930), Pope Anacletus (1), Pope Gregory IX (1160), Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526), and Numa Pompilius (-753). After him are Antonio Gramsci (1891), Pope Eugene IV (1383), Enzo Ferrari (1898), Pliny the Elder (23), Marcus Claudius Tacitus (200), and Domenico Scarlatti (1685).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Cardinal Mazarin ranks 29. Before him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), Sonia Gandhi (1946), Lucius Verus (130), Antoninus Pius (86), and Numa Pompilius (-753). After him are Marcus Claudius Tacitus (200), Nerva (30), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-89), Marcus Licinius Crassus (-115), Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869), and Galba (-3).

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