624. Hortense Mancini and Her Marital Misadventure

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

History, Comedy

4.5 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Use code trashy at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: ⁠⁠⁠incogni.com/trashy The Restoration court of Charles II is known not for governing, but for the seemingly endless bed-hopping antics of the Merry Monarch. Today, in this Trashy Royals crossover, we meet the last mistress to join that odd club, Hortense Mancini. Born to a big brood in Rome - Hortense was the eighth of ten - the family moved to Paris after her father's death, where her uncle Cardinal Mazarin gave them entry to the French court and planned for his nieces' futures as wives. He chose poorly in the case of Hortense, but her unhappy marriage ultimately propelled her to the shores of England, as well as making her a celebrated writer. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, Trashy Universe. My name is Stacy and Alicia, you've got a double header for us.
0:06.7	I do a little bit of a double up, cuddle up episode. Today we are talking about Ortense
0:13.5	Mancini, the runaway duchess, the scandal of many an international court, the Italian smoke show with one complicated history.
0:24.1	But here's the deal.
0:25.2	Ortence's story is amaze balls and goes a lot of places.
0:29.6	So today we are doing the everybody's favorite podcast about bad relationships, marital
0:36.9	misadventure part.
0:38.0	Okay.
0:38.4	Because that story is amazing.
0:40.3	And then is the follow-up, double-up, cuddle-up part.
0:44.0	Our continuing episode will be Ortense landing in Charles II's restoration court.
0:50.5	We're going big or going home because Ortense Mancini deserves it. I love that.
0:56.5	Hold on to your breeches and lace up your corsets. Let's go, go, go.
1:01.4	Oh, trashy everyone.
1:15.1	I'm so excited.
1:16.7	Ortaunts has a wild ride of a life.
1:19.3	This is a wild ride of a story too amazing, too bold, too audacious to just fit in one episode.
1:28.2	We're going to start with our sweet, sweet Ortense.
1:31.6	Ortense is born June the 6th, 1646 in Rome.
1:36.2	Little Ortense is number eight of ten kids.
1:40.3	Wow.
1:41.3	Her father is an Italian aristocrat, Lorenzo Mancini.
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