Louis Jules Mancini, 4th (and last) Duke of Nevers (''Louis Jules Barbon''; 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''.

Biography

Mancini was born in Paris, son of Philippe Jules François Mancini (the 3rd duke of Nevers from 1707 until his death in 1768), and his wife, Anna Maria Spinola, whom he married in 1709. His father, Philippe, was a great-nephew of

Cardinal Mazarin 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 Lou ...

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

Madame de Montespan Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan (5 October 1640 – 27 May 1707), commonly known as Madame de Montespan (), was a French noblewoman and the most celebrated maîtresse-en-titre, royal mistress of King Lou ...

. Mancini 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 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 Treaty of Paris (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, widely recognised as one of the most influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution. Robespierre ferv ...

, 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

Nevers Nevers ( , ; , later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is a city and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the pr ...

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.

Marriage

At the age of fourteen, he was married to Hélène Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain (1715–1781), daughter of Jérôme Phélypeaux, Count of Pontchartrain.

Children

#unnamed Mancini (1737) # Princess Hélène Mancini (1740–1780) married Louis Marie Foucquet de Belle-Isle, Count of 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 weal ...

who purchased Belle-Isle; married again to Camille, Prince of Marsan, brother of the Duchess of Bouillon without issue; # Princess Adélaïde Diane Mancini (1742–1808) married Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé, Duke of Brissac. # Prince Jules Frédéric Mancini, styled ''Count of Nevers'' (1745–1753), died in infancy. # Prince 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 the Holy Spirit. The

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dom became extinct upon his death.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mancini-Mazarini, Louis-Jules 1716 births 1798 deaths Writers from Paris Dukes of Nivernais 18th-century French poets 18th-century French male writers 18th-century French diplomats Ambassadors of France to the Holy See Ambassadors of France to Prussia Ambassadors of France to Great Britain Members of the Académie Française Mancini Mazarini Princes of the Holy Roman Empire Grandees of Spain Peers of France French fabulists Members of the Conseil d'État (France) State ministers of France Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni Mancini family

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