How to Pronounce Jean François Paul de Gondi
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Sep 29, 1613 Montmirail, Grand Est, France Died on 24 Aug 1679 (aged 65)
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About Jean François Paul De Gondi
- Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (20 September 1613 – 24 August 1679) was a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde. The Florentine banking family of the Gondi had been introduced into France by Catherine de' Medici; Catherine offered Jérome (Girolamo) de Gondi in 1573 the château that he made the nucleus of the Château de Saint-Cloud; his hôtel in the Faubourg Saint-Germain of Paris became the Hôtel de Condé in the following generation.
- The Gondi acquired great estates in Brittany and became connected with the noblest houses of the kingdom.
