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The brilliant and energetic Cardinal Richelieu played a major role in Louis XIII's administration, decisively shaping the destiny of France for the next 25 years, dying only months before the king himself. As a result of Richelieu's work, Louis became one of the first exemplars of an absolute ruler. Under Louis XIII, the Hapsburgs were humiliated, a powerful navy was built, the French nobility was firmly kept in line behind their king, and the special privileges granted to the HuguenotIn the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. Origin of the Name Originally a term of derision, the origin remains uncertain. It may have derived from the personal name of Besans by his father were canceled. He had the port of Le HavreLe Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine. Population: 200,000. It was the port-of-call for French ocean liners making the Transatlantic crossing cf Cruise ship). Administration Le Havre is a sous-pr modernized. He started a fashion of wearing wigFor an article on stock index see WIG, for the Wing In Ground effect see Ground effect. A wig or toupee is a head of hair human, horse-hair or synthetic worn on the head for fashion or various other aesthetic and stylistic reasons, including cultural ands by wearing one himself to conceal his baldness.
The King also did everything to reverse the trend for the promising artists of France to work and study in Italy. Louis commissioned the great artists Nicolas PoussinEt in Arcadia ego by Nicolas Poussin. Nicolas Poussin (June 1594 November 19, 1665) was a French painter. Poussin was the founder and greatest practitioner of 17th century French classical painting. His work symbolizes the virtues of clarity, logic, and o and Philippe de Champaignede Champaigne, Ex Voto (1662 Philippe de Champaigne ( May 26, 1602- August 12, 1674), Baroque era painter of the French school, was born at Brussels of a poor family. He was a pupil of Fouquieres, a landscape painter. He came to Paris in 1621, where he wo to decorate the Luxembourg Palace. In foreign matters, Louis XIII organized the development and administration of New FranceNew France ( French: la Nouvelle-France describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Brit, expanding the settlement of QuebecQuebec ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National Motto: Je me souviens (I remember CapitalLargest city Quebec City Montreal Area Total % fresh water 2nd largest(1st lgst prov. 1 542 056 km² 11,5% Population Total (2004) Density Ranked 2nd 7 509 928 5,43/km² Admi westward along the Saint Lawrence RiverThe Saint Lawrence River (French fleuve Saint-Laurent is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It was called Kaniatarowanenneh ("big waterway") in Mohawk. It bisect from Quebec City to Montreal.
He was married to a Hapsburg Princess, Anne of Austria (1601-1666), daughter of King Philip III of Spain. Their marriage, like Bourbon-Habsburg relationships, was never a happy one, and for most of it they lived apart. However, fulfilling her duty, after twenty years of marriage and four miscarriages, Anne finally gave birth to a son in 1638. It is still not certain that Louis XIV was actually Louis XIII's son. While there is no reliable evidence that Louis ever slept with any of his favorites, his marriage was not consummated until 1619 and his most intense emotional ties were with a series of handsome men.
Though Richelieu was firmly in charge of French policies, the king's favorites left their mark on the reign. The first was the duc de Luynes, the boy's closest adult friend and adviser at the outset of his reign, 23 years his senior. The last of the king's favorites (1639-1642) was the much younger marquis de Cinq-Mars, who was executed for conspiring with the Spanish enemy in time of war.
After Louis' death in 1643, his wife Anne acted as regent for their five-year-old son, Louis XIV.
Louis XIII, his wife Anne, and Cardinal Richelieu all became central figures in Alexandre Dumas' novel, The Three Musketeers.
Marriage
On November 24 1615, Louis married Anne of Austria ( September 22 1601 - January 20 1666)
Children
| Preceded by: Henry IV | King of France | Succeeded by: Louis XIV |
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