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Mazarin

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Maz·a·rin  (mz-r), Jules 1602-1661.
Italian-born French cardinal who exercised great political influence as the tutor and chief minister to Louis XIV.
Mazarin [ˈmæzərɪn (French) mazarɛ̃]
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(Biographies / Mazarin, Jules (1602-1661) M, Frenchnational of birth: Italian, RELIGION: clergyman, POLITICS: statesman) Jules (ʒyl), original name Giulio Mazarini. 1602-61, French cardinal and statesman, born in Italy. He succeeded Richelieu (1642) as chief minister to Louis XIII and under the regency of Anne of Austria (1643-61). Despite the disturbances of the Fronde (1648-53), he strengthened the power of France in Europe


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Now Mazarin was alone and defenceless, as he well knew.
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de Mazarin so - Yon devil of an Italian is capable of having us poisoned at the first breath of suspicion.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
A man cannot allow the heads of a dozen of his best friends to be cut off without feeling a little excitement, and as, since the accession of Mazarin to power, no heads had been cut off, Monsieur's occupation was gone, and his morale suffered from it.
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