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War of the Mantuan Succession

European history

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history of France

In France: Louis XIII
…thus involved France in the War of the Mantuan Succession (1628–31) in northern Italy. Through diplomatic means he worked for the dismissal of Albrecht Wenzel von Wallenstein, the brilliant general fighting on the side of Emperor Ferdinand II, whose forces were threatening to destroy the Protestant princes of Germany in…
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In Jules, Cardinal Mazarin: Service as papal diplomat.
In January 1630, during the war between Spain and France over the succession to the crown of Mantua, Sachetti’s successor, Antonio Cardinal Barberini, sent Mazarin to France to negotiate with the great cardinal de Richelieu. The young man was fascinated by the powerful minister: “I resolved,” he wrote, “to devote…
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