. The seven richest heiresses of France. ITTLE before his death the Cardinal hadarranged a marriage between the Roman PrinceColonna and Mary Mancini. When Mary learned about his plan she wasin despair, and she besought the King to permither to remain in France, but the King did notallow himself to be persuaded, and desired thatthe Cardinals will should be respected. It wasthen necessary for her to become resigned to thenotion of departure. At the beginning this ardent and proud soulconcealed her grief, but when she took leave andstarted, her tears were flowing during the wholeof the journey. O
. The seven richest heiresses of France. ITTLE before his death the Cardinal hadarranged a marriage between the Roman PrinceColonna and Mary Mancini. When Mary learned about his plan she wasin despair, and she besought the King to permither to remain in France, but the King did notallow himself to be persuaded, and desired thatthe Cardinals will should be respected. It wasthen necessary for her to become resigned to thenotion of departure. At the beginning this ardent and proud soulconcealed her grief, but when she took leave andstarted, her tears were flowing during the wholeof the journey. One could have taken her for aperson going to be executed. When she arrived at Milan the ConstableColonna and his parents met her there, and thewedding ceremony was celebrated, followed bygreat feasts ; then they went to reside at Rome. We do not know much about her life at Rome, where she spent several quiet years. She saw again there her Aunt Martinozzi and the Cardinal Mancini, her uncle. The Prince Colonna was for her an indulgent204. Mary MancimThe Princess Colonna [to I-ACE PA(iE 204 Seven Richest Heiresses of France and easy husband, and very much in love withMadame la Conetable. The Duchess de Mazarins Memoirs initiateus into the most intimate secrets of that matri-mony. The Constable, wrote the Duchess,who did not believe that there could be inno-cence in the Kings amours, was so pleased tofind the contrary in the person of my sister thathe counted as nothing not having been the firstmaster of her heart. He has lost the bad opinionhe had, like all Italians, concerning the freedomthe women in France enjoy, and he wished sheshould have the same freedom in Rome, as sheknew how to employ it well. The lives the Colonnas were leading at Romeshould have pleased a romantic and bold imagina-tion. They had large estates and spent somepart of the year at Frascati, or hunted in theAbruzzi in a manner worthy of fabulous times ;they chased for a fortnight without leaving thewoods, an
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