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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 ...
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.
Louis XIII died on 14 May 1643, and was succeeded by his five-year-old son, Louis XIV, whose mother, the former Spanish princess, Anne of Austria, took control of the Regency Council that ruled in his name. Five days later, Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, then known as the duc d'Enghien, defeated the Spanish Army of Flanders at Rocroi.
Louise Angélique Motier de la Fayette (8 November 1618 – 11 January 1665) was a French courtier and close friend and confidante of King Louis XIII. She later left the court and entered a convent. She was known for her influence upon the monarch both before and after she left the court.
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.
Chalais was arrested on 8 July (it was a former friend of his, Louvigny, who denounced his criminal intentions against the king). [6]: 191 Louis XIII charged the Keeper of the Seals with conducting a judicial investigation and Chalais was tried in the Cordeliers convent in Nantes, where the court had moved during the Estates of Brittany. [9]
Louis XIII Crowned by Victory (1635) by Philippe de Champaigne. Louis XIII Crowned by Victory is a 1635 oil on canvas painting by Philippe de Champaigne. [1] [2] Probably commissioned by Cardinal Richelieu, it shows Louis XIII, King of France, crowned by a personification of Victory to mark his forces' victory in the Siege of La Rochelle.
Contributions; Talk; Category: Louis XIII. ... Peers created by Louis XIII (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Louis XIII" The following 29 pages are in this category, out ...