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At age eleven, Anne was betrothed to King Louis XIII of France. [8] Her father gave her a dowry of 500,000 crowns and many beautiful jewels. [8] [9] For fear that Louis XIII would die early, the Spanish court stipulated that she would return to Spain with her dowry, jewels, and wardrobe if he did die. [10]
Louis XIII, his wife Anne, and Cardinal Richelieu became central figures in Alexandre Dumas, père's 1844 novel The Three Musketeers and subsequent television and film adaptations. The book depicts Louis as a man willing to have Richelieu as a powerful advisor but aware of his scheming; he is portrayed as bored and sour, dwarfed by Richelieu's ...
Maria Theresa of Spain (Spanish: María Teresa de Austria; French: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was born an Infanta of Spain and Portugal as the daughter of King Philip IV and Elisabeth of France , and was also an Archduchess ...
Soon after the dissolution of the Estates-General, Richelieu entered the service of King Louis XIII's wife, Anne of Austria, as her almoner. [25] Richelieu advanced politically by faithfully serving the queen-mother's favourite, Concino Concini, the most powerful minister in the kingdom. [26]
Marie Gaudin (1490 or 1495–1580), dame de La Bourdaisière, she was an ancestor of Gabrielle d'Estrées [9]; Mary Boleyn (1499–1543) (disputed), eldest sister of Anne Boleyn and of George Boleyn, later mistress of Henry VIII of England
The treaty called for an arranged marriage between Louis and his cousin Maria Theresa, a daughter of King Philip IV of Spain by his first wife Elisabeth, the sister of Louis XIII. They were married in 1660 and had a son, Louis, in 1661. [ 2 ]
Henrietta Maria was the youngest daughter of Henry IV of France (Henry III of Navarre) and his second wife, Marie de' Medici, and was named after her parents. She was born at the Palais du Louvre on 25 November 1609, but some historians give her a birthdate of 26 November.
Louis XIV himself looked for a second wife for Philippe, who was eager to have a male heir to continue the Orléans line. [84] Attention again turned to the duchess of Montpensier, by now known as "la Grande Mademoiselle ". [85] Louis himself asked her if she wanted to fill "the vacant place", [86] but she politely declined the offer. [87]