Monsieur de Retz
Also known as: Gondy / the coadjutor · Family: Fronde · Role: ecclesiastic · First appears: Chapter 42
In chapter 42, the coadjutor crossed swords with Aramis, whom he had met at Madame de Rambouillet’s and found particular in his remarks about him; he was also involved in “a duel between allies” with Athos, making Aramis a rival and Athos an opposing ally in these encounters.
In chapter 45, at the Palais Royal that morning, Monsieur de Retz warned Mazarin and the court against civil war, telling them, “I have to beg you to reflect twice ere you cause a civil war in the kingdom.” Mazarin regarded him as an enemy, while Anne of Austria received his offer of influence and then left him exposed to her favorites. At court, Nogent-Beautin, Count de Villeroy, and Maréchal de la Meilleraie spoke of the support he could draw from religion, curates, church porters, and vergers; Louvières also connected his influence with freeing his father and making him cardinal.
Three days later, Monsieur de Retz ordered the curates to turn France against Anne of Austria and Mazarin, saying they should “teach your flocks that the queen is a tyrant.” At six o’clock he sent a curate to find Planchet and bring him to the archbishopric; at eight, he ordered Rochefort brought from the Rue Cassette as a possible revolt leader. That evening at ten, at St. Eustache, he recruited Maillard to organize the Parisian beggars, gave him five hundred pistoles, and joined his own clergy and people to Louvières’s citizens and parliament in a plan to take Paris.
Relationship record
Life events
- Monsieur de Retz openly warned the court against civil war, provoking Mazarin to regard him as an enemy.(Chapter45 · 📍 Palais Royal)
- With: Mazarin
- “I have to beg you to reflect twice ere you cause a civil war in the kingdom.”
- Monsieur de Retz ordered the curates to incite France against the queen and Mazarin.(Chapter45)
- “teach your flocks that the queen is a tyrant; and repeat often and loudly, so that all may know it, that the misfortunes of France are caused by Mazarin”
- Monsieur de Retz ordered a curate to find Planchet and bring him to the archbishopric.(Chapter45 · 📍 Rue des Lombards)
- With: Planchet
- “Very well, sir, find this man, and when you have found him bring him to me.”
- Monsieur de Retz ordered Count de Rochefort brought to him as a potential revolt leader.(Chapter45 · 📍 Rue Cassette)
- With: Rochefort
- “bring him here at eight o’clock, sir, and may Heaven bless you as I bless you!”
- Monsieur de Retz recruited Maillard to organize Parisian beggars for revolt and funded his preparations.(Chapter45 · 📍 St. Eustache)
- With: Maillard
- “Here is a bag containing five hundred pistoles in gold; make all your arrangements, and tell me where I shall be able to find you this evening at ten o’clock.”