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CONCINO CONCINI (d. 1617)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 827 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONCINI (d. 1617)  ;See also:COUNT DELLA PENNA, See also:MARSHAL n'ANCRE, See also:Italian adventurer, See also:minister of See also:King See also:Louis XIII. of See also:France, was a native of See also:Florence . He came to France in the See also:train of See also:Marie de' See also:Medici, and married the See also:queen's See also:lady-in-waiting, Leonora Dori, known as Galigai . The See also:credit which his wife enjoyed with the queen, his wit, cleverness and boldness made his See also:fortune . In 1610 he had See also:purchased the marquisate of Ancre and the position of first See also:gentleman-in-waiting . Then he obtained successively the governments of See also:Amiens and of See also:Normandy, and in 1614 the See also:baton of marshal . From then first minister of the See also:realm, he abandoned the policy of See also:Henry.IV., compromised his See also:wise legislation, allowed the See also:treasury to be pillaged, and See also:drew upon himself the hatred of all classes . The nobles were bitterly hostile to him, particularly See also:Conde, with whom he negotiated the treaty of See also:Loudun in 1616, and whom he had arrested in See also:September 1616 . This was done on the See also:advice of See also:Richelieu, whose introduction into politics was favoured by See also:Concini . But Louis XIII., incited by his favourite See also:Charles d'See also:Albert, duc de See also:Luynes, was tired of Concini's tutelage . The See also:baron de Vitry received in the king's name the See also:order to imprison him . Apprehended on the See also:bridge of the Louvre, Concini was killed by the See also:guards on the 24th of See also:April 1617 . Leonora was accused of sorcery and sent to the stake in the same See also:year .

In 1767 appeared at See also:

Brescia a De Concini vita, by D . Sandellius . On the role of Concini see the Histoire de France, published under the direction of E . See also:Lavisse, vol. vi . (1905), by Mariejol .

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