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Jean François Paul de Gondi

1613 - 1679

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Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz (20 September 1613 – 24 August 1679) was a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde. The Florentine banking and noble Gondi family had been introduced into France by Catherine de' Medici; Catherine offered Jérome (Girolamo) de Gondi in 1573 the château that he made the nucleus of the Château de Saint-Cloud; his hôtel in the Faubourg Saint-Germain of Paris became the Hôtel de Condé in the following generation. The Gondi acquired great estates in Brittany and became connected with the noblest houses of the kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean François Paul de Gondi is the 1,472nd most popular writer (up from 1,524th in 2019), the 1,697th most popular biography from France (up from 1,769th in 2019) and the 208th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jean François Paul de Gondi ranks 1,472 out of 7,302. Before him are Albert of Aix, Vasily Shukshin, Bernard Cornwell, Victor Serge, Liang Qichao, and Dan Simmons. After him are Paul Rée, Marie de Gournay, Léon Werth, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Claudio Magris, and Cratinus.

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Among people born in 1613, Jean François Paul de Gondi ranks 9. Before him are Gerrit Dou, Claude Perrault, Khushal Khattak, Luisa de Guzmán, John George II, Elector of Saxony, and Carl Gustaf Wrangel. After him are Mattia Preti, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Bartholomeus van der Helst, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, and Gu Yanwu. Among people deceased in 1679, Jean François Paul de Gondi ranks 12. Before him are Joost van den Vondel, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, John of Austria the Younger, Marie de Rohan, and Willem van Aelst. After him are Francesco Barberini, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Margherita de' Medici, Abraham Mignon, and John Mayow.

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Among people born in France, Jean François Paul de Gondi ranks 1,697 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Puget (1620), William of Champeaux (1070), Louis Poinsot (1777), Renata of Lorraine (1544), Philippe de Broca (1933), and Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1560). After him are Patrick Tambay (1949), Vincent of Lérins (400), Édouard Roche (1820), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Roger Ducos (1747), and Marie de Gournay (1565).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean François Paul de Gondi ranks 208. Before him are Louise Labé (1524), Philippe Soupault (1897), Vivant Denon (1747), Marcel Aymé (1902), Guillaume de Lorris (1200), and Marie Anne Lenormand (1772). After him are Marie de Gournay (1565), Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Joseph Bédier (1864), Anna de Noailles (1876), and François de Malherbe (1555).

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