On 9 July 1634 she was married to Count
Girolamo Martinozzi (b. 1610). They had two daughters:
Anna Maria (Rome, 1637 - Paris, 4 February 1672) and
Laura (Fano, 22 April 1639 - Rome, 19 July 1687). In 1647 she was called by her brother
Jules Mazarin, minister to
Louis XIV with her sister and daughters, to settle at the French royal court because, under the protection of her brother, she would be able to marry her daughters to powerful men. Mazzarino lived with the rest of the family, first at
Aix-en-Provence, then in the palace of her brother and finally settled at the court of Queen
Anne of Austria, in the apartment of the
Marquise de La Rochefoucauld. Courtiers, seeking to win the favor of powerful Mazarin, sought in every way to please both Laura and her family. Queen Anne personally took care of the girls' education. Unlike her sister Geronima who, in the words of the abbot of Choisy, "did not ever bother anyone," Laura was more ambitious. Her brother managed to find good matches for the Martinozzis:
Laura was married to
Alfonso IV d'Este;
Anna Maria to
Armand, Prince of Conti. A daughter of Laura,
Maria Beatrice d'Este, became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland through marriage to
James II of England. ==References==