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FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 28 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FRANCOIS (1558-1614)  , the third son of this See also:marriage, was given the, See also:title of See also:marquis de See also:Conti, and between 1581 and 1597 was elevated to the See also:rank of a See also:prince . Conti, who belonged to the older faith, appears to have taken no See also:part in the See also:wars of See also:religion until 1587, when his distrust of See also:Henry, third See also:duke of See also:Guise, caused him to declare against the See also:League, and to support Henry of See also:Navarre, afterwards See also:King Henry IV. of See also:France . In 1589 after the See also:murder of Henry III., king of France, he was one of the two princes of the See also:blood who signed the See also:declaration recognizing Henry IV. as king, and he continued to support Henry, although on the See also:death of See also:Charles See also:cardinal de See also:Bourbon in 1590 he himself was mentioned as a See also:candidate for the See also:throne . In 16o5 Conti, whose first wife Jeanne de Coeme, heiress of Bonnetable, had died in 16o,, married the beautiful and witty See also:Louise See also:Marguerite (1574-1631), daughter of Henry duke of Guise. and See also:Catherine of See also:Cleves, whom, but for the See also:influence of his See also:mistress Gabrielle d'See also:Estrees, Henry IV. would have made his See also:queen . Conti died in 1614 . His only See also:child See also:Marie having predeceased him in 161o, the title lapsed . His widow followed the fortunes of Marie de' See also:Medici, from whom. she received many marks of favour, and was secretly married to See also:Francois de See also:Bassompierre (q.v.), who joined her in conspiring against Cardinal See also:Richelieu . Upon the exposure of the See also:plot the cardinal exiled her to her See also:estate at Eu, near See also:Amiens, where she died . The princess wrote Aventures de la tour de Terse, in which, under the See also:veil of fictitious scenes and names, she tells the See also:history of her own See also:time . In 1629 the title of prince de Conti was revived in favour of ARMAND DE BOURBON (1629-1666), second son of Henry II. of Bourbon, prince of See also:Conde, and See also:brother of See also:Louis, the See also:great Conde . He was destined for the See also:church and studied See also:theology at the university of See also:Bourges, but although he received several benefices he did not take orders . He played a conspicuous part in the intrigues and fighting of the See also:Fronde, became in 1648 See also:commander-in-See also:chief of the See also:rebel See also:army, and in 165o was with his brother Conde imprisoned at See also:Vincennes .

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Mazarin went into See also:exile, he wished to marry Mademoiselle de Chevreuse (1627–1652), daughter of the famous confidante of See also:Anne of See also:Austria, but was prevented by his brother, who was now supreme in the See also:state . He was concerned in the Fronde of 1651, but soon afterwards became reconciled with Mazarin, and in 1654 married the cardinal's niece, Anne Marie Martinozzi (1639-1672), and secured the See also:government of See also:Guienne . He took command of the army which in 1654 invaded See also:Catalonia, where he captured three towns from the Spaniards . He afterwards led the See also:French forces in See also:Italy, but after his defeat before See also:Alessandria in 1657 retired to See also:Languedoc, where he devoted himself to study and See also:mysticism until his death . At Clermont Conti had been a See also:fellow student of See also:Moliere's for whom he secured an introduction to the See also:court of Louis XIV., but afterwards, when See also:writing a See also:treatise against the See also:stage entitled Traite de la comedie et See also:des See also:spectacles selon See also:les traditions de l'Eglise (See also:Paris, 1667), he charged the dramatist with keeping a school of See also:atheism . Conti also wrote Letlres sur la See also:grace, and Du devoir des grands et des devoirs des gouverneurs de See also:province .

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