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Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz
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346 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1717
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Jean François Paul de Gondi
370 books1 followerJean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (September 20, 1613 – August 24, 1679) was a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde.
The Florentine banking family of the Gondi 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.
Jean-François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz est un homme d'État, homme d'Église et écrivain français. Il est notamment célèbre pour ses Mémoires.
The Florentine banking family of the Gondi 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.
Jean-François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz est un homme d'État, homme d'Église et écrivain français. Il est notamment célèbre pour ses Mémoires.
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