Vendôme, César, Duke de

Vendôme, César, Duke de

▪ French leader

born 1594, Coucy, France
died Oct. 22, 1665, Paris
 leader in several aristocratic revolts during the reign of King Louis XIII of France (ruled 1610–43).

      The elder son of King Henry IV by his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Vendôme was legitimized in 1595 and created Duke de Vendôme in 1598. In 1609 he married Françoise, daughter of Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, Duke de Mercoeur, to whose governorship he succeeded at that time. His participation in the aristocratic revolts of 1614, 1616, and 1620 increased the animosity of his half brother Louis XIII. An enemy of Louis's powerful first minister, the Cardinal de Richelieu, Vendôme was implicated in an unsuccessful plot (the Chalais conspiracy) in 1626 to assassinate Richelieu. As a result, he and his brother Alexandre, grand prior of France, were imprisoned at Vincennes. Alexandre died in prison (1626), and César was forced to resign Brittany before his release (1630).

      Vendôme lived quietly until 1640, when he fled to England after being accused of plotting to poison Richelieu. Following the accession of King Louis XIV in 1643, Vendôme returned to France. He was reconciled with Louis's chief minister, Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal), after the first phase (1648–49) of the uprising known as the Fronde (Fronde, the), remaining loyal to Mazarin throughout the second phase (1650–53), the revolt of the nobles. He even agreed to the marriage of his elder son, Louis, Duke de Mercoeur, to Mazarin's niece, Laure Mancini. Vendôme led the royal troops against the rebels in Burgundy, of which he was appointed governor in 1650; as admiral he helped to capture the insurgent stronghold of Bordeaux in July 1653. Joining French forces in the ongoing war with Spain, he defeated a Spanish fleet off Barcelona in 1655.

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