Laura Martinozzi

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Laura Martinozzi
Duchess of Modena

Supposed portrait of Laura Martinozzi
Duchess of Modena
Tenure	14 October 1658 – 16 July 1662

Spouse	Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena
Issue
Francesco, Duke of Modena Maria, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland
House	House of Este
Father	Girolamo Martinozzi
Mother	Laura Mazarini
Born	(1639-05-27)27 May 1639 Fano, Papal State
Died	19 July 1687(1687-07-19) (aged 48) Rome, Papal State
Burial	Church of San Vincenzo, Modena

Laura Martinozzi (27 May 1639 – 19 July 1687) was a Duchess consort of Modena. On the death of her husband, she became the regent of the Duchy in the name of her son, Francesco.

Biography

She was born in Fano to Cardinal Mazarin's eldest sister, also named Laura, and her husband Count Girolamo Martinozzi da Fano, a Roman noble of an ancient family.

She was one of the Mazarinettes: the seven nieces of the Cardinal, that he brought to France in order to arrange for them rich and politically advantageous marriages, including Hortense and Olympia Mancini.

For two years Laura lived in France under the guardianship of her uncle and "quasi stepmother", Anne of Austria. On her sixteenth birthday, 27 May 1655, she was married to the Duke of Modena, Alfonso IV d'Este. The wedding by proxy occurred at the Palace of Compiègne with the Count of Soissons acting as the Duke of Modena.

They had three children, two of which survived infancy.

Maria Beatrice d'Este (1658–1718), who married the future King James II of England, and Francesco (1660–1694), who was the Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1662 to 1694.

Laura was abandoned by her son^{[citation needed]} and died in Rome in 1687, shortly before the birth of her grandson, James, Prince of Wales.

The mentally and physically weak Francesco II came under the influence of his half-brother Cesare, and thus Laura moved to Rome with her mother. She was buried in the Este chapel of the Church of San Vincenzo at Modena.^{[citation needed]}

Issue

Francesco d'Este, Hereditary Prince of Modena (1657–1658) died in infancy;
Maria Beatrice Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este (1658–1718) married James II of England and had issue; known as Mary of Modena;
Francesco d'Este, Duke of Modena (1660–1694) married Margherita Maria Farnese, no issue.

Ancestry

8. Giovanni Battista Martinozzi

4. Vincenzo Martinozzi

9. Bianca Lanci

2. Hieronymus Martinozzi

10. Matteo Marcolini

5. Margherita Marcolini

11. Tommosa Bertozzi

1. Laura Martinozzi

12. Girolamo Mazarini

6. Peter Mazarini

13. Margherita de Franchis Passavera

3. Laura Mazarini

14. Giulio Buffalini

7. Hortense Buffalini

15. Francesca Bellone

Sources

v t e Princesses of Modena by marriage

1st generation	Princess Eleanor of Naples

2nd generation	Anna Sforza Lucrezia Borgia* Laura Eustachia Dianti

3rd generation	Princess Renée of France Maria de Cardona Giulia della Rovere

4th generation	Lucrezia de' Medici Archduchess Barbara of Austria Margherita Gonzaga Virginia de' Medici

5th generation	Princess Isabella of Savoy Ippolita d'Este^ Françoise d'Hôtel

6th generation	Maria Caterina Farnese Vittoria Farnese Lucrezia Barberini* Princess Margherita of Savoy Teresa Maria Grimaldi

7th generation	Laura Martinozzi Duchess Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg Therese de Mesmes de Marolles

8th generation	Margherita Maria Farnese Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans Maria Teresa Sfondrati

9th generation	Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa

10th generation	none

11th generation	Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy

12th generation	Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

* did not have a royal or noble title by birth ^also a princess of Modena in her own right

v t e Duchesses of Modena

Eleanor of Naples (1473–1493) Lucrezia Borgia (1505–1519) Renée of France (1534–1559) Lucrezia de' Medici (1559–1562) Archduchess Barbara of Austria (1565–1572) Margherita Gonzaga (1579–1597) Virginia de' Medici (1597–1615) Maria Caterina Farnese (1631–1646) Vittoria Farnese (1648–1649) Lucrezia Barberini (1654–1658) Laura Martinozzi (1658–1662) Margherita Maria Farnese (1692–1694) Duchess Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1696–1710) Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1737–1761) Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa (1780–1790) Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy (1814–1840) Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria* (1842–1875) Princess Zita of Parma* 1916–1917) Princess Margherita of Savoy* (1953–1996) Princess Astrid of Belgium* (1996–present)

* denotes titular Duchess

Persondata
Name	Martinozzi, Laura
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	27 May 1639
Place of birth	Fano, Papal State
Date of death	19 July 1687
Place of death	Rome, Papal State

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