Mazarin
JULES (mä-zä-rang'), an Italian ecclesiastic; born bor in Pescina, Italy, July 14, 1602. He studied at Alcala, in Spain, after which he went to JULES MAZARIN Rome, and became attached to the service of Cardinal Sachetti, whom he accompanied on a mission into Lombardy. Mazarin rendered important assistance in the negotiations which effected a peace between the French and Spaniards. This procured him the esteem of Cardinals Richelieu and Barberini, by the latter of whom he was recommended to the Pope, who sent him, in 1634, as nuncioextraordinary to the court of France. MAZATLAN Recalled two years later, he entered the service of the French king in 1639, and was sent ambassador to Turin. In 1641 he was made a cardinal, and on the death of Richelieu, at the end of the following year, succeeded him as prime minister.
Under Mazarin the influence of France among the nations was increased, and in the internal government of the country those principles of despotism were established on which Louis XIV. afterward acted. It is admitted that as a financial administrator he was far inferior to Richelieu. Mazarin was said to have privately married Anne of Austria. He died in Vincennes, France, March 9, 1661.
MAZATLAN (mä-sät-län'), a seaport in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, at the entrance of the Mazatlan river, which falls into the Gulf of California, 230 miles S. E. of Sinaloa; is a well-built, picturesque town, the houses nearly all of one story, and possesses a cathedral, custom house, barracks, cotton factory, foundries, etc.; chief exports, silver, dyewoods, and mother-of-pearl. Pop. about 22,000.