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Cardinal Mazarin

1602 - 1661

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Jules Cardinal Mazarin, Duke of Mayenne, Rethel and Nevers (, also UK: , US: , French: [ʒyl mazaʁɛ̃]; 14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661), born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino (Italian: [ˈdʒuːljo raiˈmondo maddzaˈriːno]) or Mazarini, was an Italian Catholic prelate, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France Louis XIII and Louis XIV from 1642 to his death. In 1654, he acquired the title Duke of Mayenne and in 1659 that of 1st Duke of Rethel and Nevers. After serving as a papal diplomat for Pope Urban VIII, Mazarin offered his diplomatic services to Cardinal Richelieu and moved to Paris in 1640. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cardinal Mazarin has received more than 1,153,994 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Cardinal Mazarin is the 298th most popular politician (down from 294th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Italy (up from 137th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Politician.

Cardinal Mazarin is most famous for being the chief minister of France during the minority of Louis XIV.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cardinal Mazarin ranks 298 out of 15,577. Before him are Beatrix of the Netherlands, Hamid Karzai, Djoser, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Scipio Africanus, and Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. After him are Raúl Castro, Sulla, Hugh Capet, Jacques Chirac, Croesus, and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1602, Cardinal Mazarin ranks 1. After him are Otto von Guericke, Elisabeth of France, Athanasius Kircher, Francesco Cavalli, Philippe de Champaigne, Gilles de Roberval, Salomon van Ruysdael, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Per Brahe the Younger, and Zhu Yujian. Among people deceased in 1661, Cardinal Mazarin ranks 1. After him are Shunzhi Emperor, Girard Desargues, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Vasile Lupu, Andrea Sacchi, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jan Fyt, Louis Couperin, Martino Martini, and Zheng Zhilong.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cardinal Mazarin ranks 119 out of 4,668. Before him are Cato the Elder (-243), Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768), Agatha of Sicily (235), Scipio Africanus (-235), Pope Pius V (1504), and Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820). After him are Sulla (-138), Cesare Borgia (1475), Pope Pius III (1439), Pope Urban VIII (1568), Pope Clement I (40), and Pope Gregory XVI (1765).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Cardinal Mazarin ranks 25. Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (-600), Antoninus Pius (86), Silvio Berlusconi (1936), Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768), Scipio Africanus (-235), and Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820). After him are Sulla (-138), Numa Pompilius (-753), Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869), Nerva (30), Galba (-3), and Pompey (-106).

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