Louis XIII

Also known as: his august father Louis XIII / the late king / your father · Family: French court · Role: king · First appears: Chapter 41

Life events

A second prince is born as Louis XIV’s twin brother, creating a concealed succession crisis.(Chapter43 · 📍 Palais Royal)
- With: Anne of Austria Perronnette Louis XIV
- “He came to your beside, madame, at the very moment Dame Perronnette presented to him a second prince, as beautiful and healthy as the former”
Cardinal de Richelieu decides that France must have only one prince to prevent civil war.(Chapter43 · 📍 Palais Royal)
- With: Cardinal de Richelieu
- “Cardinal de Richelieu, by the direction of Louis XIII., thought over the subject with deep attention and after an hour’s meditation in his majesty’s cabinet, he pronounced the following sentence:--‘One prince means peace and safety for the state; two competitors, civil war and anarchy.’”

with Fouquet (The king is identified with Louis XIII, who is named earlier in the chapter.) “The king does not like M. Fouquet, and he would willingly sacrifice M. Fouquet if an opportunity were only given him.”

married with Anne of Austria “that light once more flashed from her husband’s dull eyes”
with Cardinal de Richelieu (Richelieu acted on Louis XIII.’s direction regarding the secret of the twin princes.) “Cardinal de Richelieu, by the direction of Louis XIII., thought over the subject with deep attention”
with Laporte (interaction) “dispatched Laporte to inform the king that her majesty the queen-mother wished to see him in her room.”

child: Louis XIV “Son of Louis XIII, you begin your reign badly, for you begin it by abduction and disloyalty!”

Extracted from the original text of Louise de la Vallière. Made with Rho MD.