CONCINI

concini, concino (d. 1617), count della penna, marshal d'ancre, italian adventurer, minister of king louis xiii. of france, was a native of florence. he came to france in the train of marie de' medici, and married the queen's lady-in-waiting, leonora dori, known as galigai. the credit which his wife enjoyed with the queen, his wit, cleverness and boldness made his fortune. in 1610 he had purchased the marquisate of ancre and the position of first gentleman-in-waiting. then he obtained successively the governments of amiens and of normandy, and in 1614 the baton of marshal. from then first minister of the realm, he abandoned the policy of henry iv., compromised his wise legislation, allowed the treasury to be pillaged, and drew upon himself the hatred of all classes. the nobles were bitterly hostile to him, particularly conde, with whom he negotiated the treaty of loudun in 1616, and whom he had arrested in september 1616. this was done on the advice of richelieu, whose introduction into politics was favoured by concini. but louis