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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 ...
Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, comte de Chalais (1599–1626) was a favorite of Louis XIII of France. He was born in 1599 as son to Daniel de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Chalais and Françoise de Montluc, daughter of Maréchal de Montluc. He started to serve in the military early in his life. He was at the Siege of Montauban in 1621. He ...
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.
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]
Became royal midwife to French royal family and delivered the future Louis XIII and his five siblings. Bourgeois’s successful delivery of the future Louis XIII helped bring about peace and prosperity in the realm after many decades of dynastic and religious war. Known for being the first woman to write a printed medical text in France. Spouse(s)
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.
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.