 | dimadick (0)
04/27/2004 | Louis was son to Henri IV and Maria de Medicis. His reign saw the restoration of France to its role as one of the most powerful European states. However the King himself was more interested in his personal life than the affairs of the state. The later laid secure in the hands of brilliant French Cardinal Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu.
The King had a loveless marriage with Anne of Austria but was known to seek male companion. French Court was surpised to learn of Anne becoming pregnant after twenty-three years of apparent infertility. The birth of Louis XIV and a number of later siblings was suspected to be the result of an extramarrital affair. Nevertheless Louis XIII acknowledged them as his children. In historical memory he remains overshadowed by his father, prime minister and son.
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 | Redoedo (39)
04/04/2004 | As King, Louis XIII largely continued his father's important investments in upgrading France's infrastructure along with promoting the arts and education. The economic prosperity that France enjoyed under Henry IV largely continued under Louis XIII. Despite Louis' evident commitment to bringing progress to France, one of his most important policies was entirely regressive. He essentially reversed all of his father's policies that granted religious toleration to Protestants, thus destroying the religious peace that had been enjoyed under Henry IV's reign. By the time of Lous XIII's death, freedom of religion was once again a question and religious turmoil was on the horizon.
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