Jump to content

Laura Martinozzi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by KasparBot (talk | contribs) at 03:31, 16 March 2016 (migrating Persondata to Wikidata, please help, see challenges for this article). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Laura Martinozzi
Duchess of Modena
Supposed portrait of Laura Martinozzi
Duchess of Modena
Tenure14 October 1658 – 16 July 1662
Born(1639-05-27)27 May 1639
Fano, Papal State
Died19 July 1687(1687-07-19) (aged 48)
Rome, Papal State
Burial
Church of San Vincenzo, Modena
SpouseAlfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena
IssueFrancesco d'Este, Hereditary Prince of Modena (1657–1658) (died in infancy)
Maria, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Francesco, Duke of Modena
HouseHouse of Este
FatherGirolamo Martinozzi
MotherLaura Mazarini

Laura Martinozzi (27 May 1639 – 19 July 1687) was a Duchess consort of Modena. On the death of her husband, she became the regent of the Duchy in the name of her son, Francesco.

Biography

She was born in Fano to Cardinal Mazarin's eldest sister, also named Laura, and her husband Count Girolamo Martinozzi da Fano, a Roman noble of an ancient family.

She was one of the Mazarinettes: the seven nieces of the Cardinal, that he brought to France in order to arrange for them rich and politically advantageous marriages, including Hortense and Olympia Mancini.

For two years Laura lived in France under the guardianship of her uncle and "quasi stepmother", Anne of Austria. On her sixteenth birthday, 27 May 1655, she was married to the Duke of Modena, Alfonso IV d'Este. The wedding by proxy occurred at the Palace of Compiègne with the Count of Soissons acting as the Duke of Modena.

They had three children, two of which survived infancy.

Maria Beatrice d'Este (1658–1718), who married the future King James II of England, and Francesco (1660–1694), who was the Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1662 to 1694.

Laura was abandoned by her son[citation needed] and died in Rome in 1687, shortly before the birth of her grandson, James, Prince of Wales.

The mentally and physically weak Francesco II came under the influence of his half-brother Cesare, and thus Laura moved to Rome with her mother. She was buried in the Este chapel of the Church of San Vincenzo at Modena.[citation needed]

Issue

References

Ancestry

8. Giovanni Battista Martinozzi
4. Vincenzo Martinozzi
9. Bianca Lanci
2. Hieronymus Martinozzi
10. Matteo Marcolini
5. Margherita Marcolini
11. Tommosa Bertozzi
1. Laura Martinozzi
12. Girolamo Mazarini
6. Peter Mazarini
13. Margherita de Franchis Passavera
3. Laura Mazarini
14. Giulio Buffalini
7. Hortense Buffalini
15. Francesca Bellone

Sources

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laura_Martinozzi&oldid=710298429"