He secured the occupation of Pinerolo by negotiating the Peace of Cherasco, which ended the War of the Mantuan Succession, and formed a defensive alliance with Hugh of Lyons known as the League of the Rhine.
This figure was the chief architect of the Treaty of Oliva, signed a year after he had notably met with Don Luis Mendez de Haro on the Isle of Pheasants. He secured the occupation of Pinerolo by negotiating the Peace of Cherasco, which ended the War of the Mantuan Succession, and formed a defensive alliance with Hugh of Lyons known as the League of the Rhine. A bitter rival of Henri de Retz, this negotiatior of the aforementioned Peace of the Pyrenees gained his highest position by wooing the favor of Anne of Austria, whose regency bolstered his power. For 10 points, name this chief minister of France under Louis XIV, the successor to Richelieu.
This figure was the chief architect of the Treaty of Oliva, signed a year after he had notably met with Don Luis Mendez de Haro on the Isle of Pheasants.
Cardinal Jules {Mazarin} [{Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino}]