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Louis XIII appears in novels of Robert Merle's Fortune de France series (1977–2003). Louis XIII was portrayed by Edward Arnold in the 1935 film Cardinal Richelieu, with George Arliss portraying the Cardinal. Ken Russell directed the 1971 film The Devils, in which Louis XIII is a significant character, albeit one with no resemblance to the ...
The Louis XIII style or Louis Treize was a fashion in French art and architecture, especially affecting the visual and decorative arts. Its distinctness as a period in the history of French art has much to do with the regency under which Louis XIII began his reign (1610–1643).
Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, comte de Chalais. The Chalais conspiracy was a 1626 conspiracy in France directed against Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIII's chief minister. It was the first, but not the last conspiracy of the nobility against the minister.
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At age eleven, Anne was betrothed to King Louis XIII of France. [8] Her father gave her a dowry of 500,000 crowns and many beautiful jewels. [8] [9] For fear that Louis XIII would die early, the Spanish court stipulated that she would return to Spain with her dowry, jewels, and wardrobe if he did die. [10]
The Vow of Louis XIII is an 1824 oil painting on canvas by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, now in Montauban Cathedral. The painting depicts a vow to the Virgin Mary by Louis XIII of France. It was commissioned by France's Ministry of Interior in August 1820 for the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Montauban.
Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars The Execution of Cinq-Mars and de Thou. The State Barge of Cardinal Richelieu on the Rhone by Paul Delaroche.. Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi kwafje də ʁyze]; 1620 – 12 September 1642) was a favourite of King Louis XIII of France, who led the last and most nearly successful of many conspiracies ...
In 1643, upon the death of Louis XIII, Gaston became lieutenant-general of the kingdom, and fought against Spain on the northern frontiers of France. He was created duc d'Alençon in 1646. During the wars of the Fronde (1648–1653), he demonstrated no particular loyalty to the crown and passed with great facility from one side to the other. [4]