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Jean François Paul de Gondi
Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (29 September 1613 – 24 August 1679) was a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde.
The Florentine banking family of the Gondi had been introduced into France by Catherine de' Medici; Catherine offered Jérome (Girolamo) de Gondi in 1573 the château that he made the nucleus of the Château de Saint-Cloud; his hôtel in the Faubourg Saint-Germain of Paris became the Hôtel de Condé in the
de Poncher
- 1519–1532: François Poncher
- 1532–1541: Jean du Bellay
- 1551–1563: Eustache du Bellay
- 1564–1568: Guillaume Viole
- 1573–1598: Pierre de Gondi
- 1598–1622: Henri de Gondi
Archbishops of Paris.
The Diocese of Paris was elevated to the rank of archdiocese on October 20, 1622.
- 1622–1654: Jean-François de Gondi
- 1654–1662: Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz
- 1662–1664: Pierre de Marca
- 1664–1671: Hardouin de