Gian Rinaldo, Marchese Monaldeschi

Italian noble

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execution by Christina

  • Christina, engraving by Cornelis Visscher, 1650.
    In Christina

    …execution of her equerry, Marchese Gian Rinaldo Monaldeschi, alleging that he had betrayed her plans to the Holy See. Her refusal to give reasons for this action, beyond insisting on her royal authority, shocked the French court, nor did the pope welcome her return to Rome.

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