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Also Known As La Fronde
Date 1648 - 1653
Location France
Participants Parlement

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Key People

Jules Cardinal Mazarin
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin
French cardinal and statesman
Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne
French military leader
The Great Condé, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1662
Louis II de Bourbon, 4 prince de Condé
French general and prince
Anne-Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchess de Longueville
French princess
Jean-François-Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz
French priest
Peter Paul Rubens: portrait of Anne of Austria
Anne of Austria
queen of France
Frederick Herman, duke of Schomberg
German soldier
Francois de Vendome, duc de Beaufort, engraving by J.-B. Humbelot, 17th century
François de Vendôme, duke de Beaufort
French prince
Anne-Marie-Louise d’Orléans, duchess de Montpensier
French duchess
Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny et de Buzançais
French statesman
Abraham de Fabert
marshal of France
Henri de Lorraine, count de Harcourt
French general
Henri II d’Orléans, duke de Longueville
French rebel

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