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A series of miscarriages disenchanted the king and served to chill their relations. On 14 March 1622, while playing with her ladies, Anne fell and suffered her second stillbirth. Louis blamed her for the incident and was angry with Marie de Rohan, now the Dowager Duchess of Luynes, for having encouraged the queen in what was seen as negligence ...
"The Devils of Loudun" (1952). The trial of Urbain Grandier, priest of the town who was tortured and burned at the stake in 1634; Knecht, Robert, Renaissance France, genealogies, Baumgartner, genealogical tables; Malettke, Klaus. The Crown, Ministeriat and Nobility at the court of Louis XIII (German Historical Institute London, 1991) online.
Maria Theresa despised her husband's prolonged infidelity with Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan. [46] Louis reprimanded Madame de Montespan when her behaviour at court too flagrantly disrespected the queen's position, [47] yet often displayed a level of indulgence toward her that surpassed his treatment of the queen. [48]
Mary Tudor (/ ˈ tj uː d ər / TEW-dər; 18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) was an English princess who was briefly Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis XII. Louis was more than 30 years her senior. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the youngest to survive infancy.
Christine Marie of France (10 February 1606 – 27 December 1663) was Duchess of Savoy from 26 July 1630 to 7 October 1637 as the consort of Duke Victor Amadeus I.She was the daughter of Henry IV of France and sister of Louis XIII.
The Hague was the seat of Henrietta's prospective son-in-law, William II of Orange, and the queen was to accompany the bride, her 10-year-old daughter Mary, to her new home. Also, her widowed sister-in-law Elizabeth, mother of the queen's old favourite, Prince Rupert, had already been living in The Hague for some years. The Hague was a major ...
The king did not intend for the new wife to have a governmental role, experiencing the previous sharp opposition from the Hungarian elite. When Andrew left Hungary to fight in the Fifth Crusade in 1217–1218, he entrusted the regency to Archbishop John and Palatine Julius Kán , instead of to Yolanda, who remained passive in political matters ...
Her family eventually came to realization that her beauty was a great asset and raised enough money to send her to court, with the aim of restoring the family fortunes. [3] Marie arrived at the court of Louis XIV in 1678 and became maid of honor to the Duchess of Orléans . [ 4 ]