Hortense Mancini's life was a wild ride. Born into an incredibly affluent family, she was well connected from the day she was born. This Italian beauty was raised at the French court, along with her beautiful sisters. You could even compare them to another group of beautiful, scandalous sisters from today. Oh, yeah. The Mancini sisters are 100% the original Kardashians.

As a young woman, Hortense (the IT girl of Paris) was married to an absolute dud of a man and this beautiful socialite was taken away from the spotlight.

But don't worry. You can't keep Hortense hidden away from the better things in life for too long.

Make sure you check out part 2 after this episode!

A couple of really great articles on Miss Mancini and fam:

F Yeah History

Party like 1660

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