Louis XIII

thumb|Louis XIII Louis XIII (27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643), sometimes called the Just, was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown. Louis XIII relied heavily on his chief ministers, first Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes and then Cardinal Richelieu, to govern the Kingdom of France. The King and the Cardinal are remembered for establishing the Académie française, and ending the revolt of the French nobility. They systematically destroyed the castles of defiant lords, and denounced the use of private violence (dueling, carrying weapons, and maintaining private armies). Quotes My brother, who hath well concluded, that the union of Hearts, in these times of danger, is as necessary as the forces of the Kingdome, to oppose with the more puissance, the Enemies of the greatnesse of this Crowne, and its tranquilitie. Proclamation to the nation, on reconciling with his brother Gaston; reported in The Continuation of the Actions, Passages, and Occurrences, both Politike and Polemicall, in the Upper Germanie (London: E. P. for Nathanael Butler, 1637), p. 100 Quotes about Louis XIII His intestines were inflamed and ulcerated, making digestion virtually impossible; tuberculosis had spread to his lungs, accompanied by habitual cough. Either of these major ailments, or the accumulation of minor problems, may have killed him, not to mention physiological weaknesses that made him prone to disease or his doctors' remedies of enemas and bleedings, which continued right to his death. A. Lloyd Moote, Louis XIII, the Just (California UP, 1989), p. 292 External links Category:Monarchs from France Category:1601 births Category:1643 deaths Category:LGBT people Category:Catholics from France