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Cabale des Importants

Political Fight in 17th Century France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 27, 2025
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The Cabale des Importants is the name given to a plot organized in the last days of August 1643 by François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort, and Marie de Rohan, duchess of Chevreuse, with the help of many "Great" of the time. The aim of this plot was to remove Cardinal Mazarin from power, as he was considered to be too hostile to the interests of that nobility, and to also sign a separate peace with Spain. This plot was a failure: the Duke of Beaufort was arrested and imprisoned, and other conspirators were exiled.

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This entry incorporates text from “Cabale des Importants” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.