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Louis XIII shared his mother's love of the lute, developed in her childhood in Florence. One of his first toys was a lute and his personal doctor, Jean Héroard, reports him playing it for his mother in 1604, at the age of three. [34] In 1635, Louis XIII composed the music, wrote the libretto and designed the costumes for the "Ballet de la ...
Claude de Rouvroy, 1st Duke of Saint-Simon (French pronunciation: [klod də ʁuvʁwa]; August 1607 – 3 May 1693), was a French soldier and courtier, and favourite of Louis XIII of France, who created his dukedom for him. His only son Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of Saint-Simon (1675–1755) was the famous memoirist of the court of Louis XIV. He was ...
Jules Mazarin [a] (born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino [b] or Mazarini; [5] 14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661), from 1641 known as Cardinal Mazarin, was an Italian Catholic prelate, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France Louis XIII and Louis XIV from 1642 to his death. He was made a cardinal in 1641.
During his time with Antonio Barberini, Barsalou was introduced to Charles Bouvard who had been physician of King Louis XIII of France and Superintendent of the Jardin du Roi in Paris the new medicinal garden of the king, now known as the Jardin des Plantes. [4] Barsalou and Bouvard shared a common interest in medicine and herbal remedies.
Grotius lived in France almost continuously from 1621 to 1644. His stay coincides with the period (1624-1642) during which the Cardinal Richelieu led France under the authority of Louis XIII. In France in 1625 Grotius published his most famous book, De jure belli ac pacis [On the Law of War and Peace] dedicated to Louis XIII of France.
Charles d'Albert, 1st Duke of Luynes (French: [ʃaʁl dalbɛʁ]; 5 August 1578 – 15 December 1621) was a French courtier and a favourite of Louis XIII.In 1619, the king made him Duke of Luynes and a Peer of France, and in 1621, Constable of France.
Drawing of a bust of Guy de La Brosse. Guy de La Brosse (1586 – 1641 in Paris), was a French botanist, medical doctor, and pharmacist. [1] A physician to King Louis XIII of France, he is also notable for the creation of a major botanical garden of medicinal herbs, which was commissioned by the king. [2]
André Le Nôtre was born in Paris,a family of gardeners.Pierre Le Nôtre, who was in charge of the Tuileries Garden in 1572, may have been his grandfather. [3] André's father Jean Le Nôtre was also responsible for sections of the Tuileries gardens, initially under Claude Mollet, and later as head gardener, during the reign of Louis XIII.