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| | Fronde. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | Anne, the king, and Mazarin secretly left Paris (Jan., 1649), and the city was blockaded by royal troops under Louis II, prince de Condé; (see Condé;, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de). |
 | | Government troops defeated Turenne and his Spanish allies at Rethel (1650), but Mazarin was forced to yield when Retz, Mme de Chevreuse, Gaston dOrléans, and François de Beaufort all united in demanding Condés release. |
 | | Mazarin fled to Germany in Feb., 1651, but the victorious nobles soon quarreled among themselves, and Condé; left Paris to take up open warfare against the government. |
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