Louis-Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarin, 10th Duke of Nevers (16 December 1716 – 25 February 1798) was a French diplomat and writer. The Duke was the sixth member elected to occupy seat No. 4 of the

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in 1742. In England, he was styled ''Duke of Nivernois'', whilst in Italy, where his family originated they are known as ''Mancini-Mazzarino''.

Biography

Mancini was born in Paris, son of

Philippe Jules François Mancini Philippe Jules François Mancini, 9th Duke of Nevers (Paris, 1676 – Paris, 1768) was a French aristocrat and member of the Mancini family. Early life He was born as the son of Philippe Jules Mancini, 8th Duke of Nevers and Diane Gabrielle D ...

(the 3rd and last duke of Nevers from 1707 until his death in 1768), and Anna Maria

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, whom he married in 1709. His father, Philippe, was a great-nephew of

Cardinal Mazarin Cardinal Jules Mazarin (, also , , ; 14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661), born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino () or Mazarini, was an Italian cardinal, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France Louis XIII and Louis X ...

and a great-grandson of the famous beauty Gabrièlle de Rochechouart de Mortemart, sister of

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. Mancini (hyphenated Mazarin, Mazarini or Mazzarino) was educated at Lycée Louis le Grand before he joined the French Army serving in the Italian campaigns (1733) and in

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(1740); but, he had to give up soldiering on account of weak health. In 1738, he sold property including the

château de Druyes Château de Druyes is a medieval castle located in Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It was built in the 12th century by the Counts of Nevers, and remained in their possession until the 18th century. It was as ...

to Louis Damas marquis of Anlezy. He was subsequently French Ambassador to Rome (1748–1752), Berlin (1755–1756) and

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, where he negotiated the

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(10 February 1763). From 1787 to 1789 he was a member of the

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. He chose not to

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during the

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, which led to the loss of all his money and he was imprisoned in 1793. He regained his liberty after the fall of

Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman who became one of the best-known, influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Esta ...

, and died in Paris on 25 February 1798. In 1743 the Duke was elected to the

for a poem entitled ''Délie'', and from 1763 he devoted the greater part of his time to the administration of his Burgundian estates in

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as well as to ''Belles-lettres''. He wrote a great deal and with great facility; but his writings nowadays are generally considered to be of little value, his ''Fables'' being his best work. His ''Œuvres complètes'' were published in Paris in 1796; an edition of his ''Œuvres posthumes'' was brought out in Paris by Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau in 1807, and his ''Correspondance secrète'' was published in Paris by De Lescure in 1866. Arms of the house of Mancini-Mazzarini

Family

At the age of fourteen, he was married to Hélène-Françoise-Angélique Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain (1715–1781), daughter of Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain, and they had five children: * unnamed Mancini-Mazarini (1737) * Hélène-Julie-Rosalie Mancini-Mazarini (1740–1780), married in 1753 to Louis-Marie Foucquet de Belle-Isle, comte de Gisors (1732–1758), son of the Duke of Belle-Isle, himself son of

Nicolas Fouquet Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux (27 January 1615 – 23 March 1680) was the Superintendent of Finances in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV. He had a glittering career, and acquired enormous wealth ...

who purchased Belle-Isle; married again to

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, brother of the

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without issue; * Adélaïde-Diane-Hortense-Délie Mancini-Mazarini (1742–1808), married Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé, Duke of Brissac; * Jules-Frédéric Mancini, ''styled'' Count of Nevers (1745–1753), died in infancy; * Louis Mancini (1748–1748), died in infancy. Styled ''Prince de Vergagne'' whilst

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to his father's titles, he was also a

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and a Knight of the Golden Fleece and of

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. The

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dom became extinct upon his death.

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