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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 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laura Martinozzi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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