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.
Jean François Paul de Gondi | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris | |
Portrait by Jacob Ferdinand Voet | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Paris |
| Installed | 1654 |
| Term ended | 1662 |
| Predecessor | Jean-François de Gondi |
| Successor | Pierre de Marca |
| Other post(s) | Abbot of Saint-Denis (1661–1679) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (1655–1679) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | November 1643 |
| Consecration | 31 January 1644 by Jean-François de Gondi |
| Created cardinal | 19 February 1652 by Innocent X |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1613 Montmirail, France |
| Died | 24 August 1679 (aged 65) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
The Florentine banking and noble Gondi family 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.
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