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Anne of Austria
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Anne of Austria (1601–1666)

Queen of France from 1615 and regent 1643–61. Daughter of Philip III of Spain, she married Louis XIII of France (whose chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu, worked against her). On her husband's death she became regent for their son, Louis XIV, until his majority.

She chose her lover Mazarin as her chief minister.



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Berriere examines how four regents during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Louise de Savoie, Catherine de Medicis, Anne d'Autriche, and Marie de Medicis, although politically handicapped by the Salic Law, used their influence and patronage to promote causes and individuals dear to them.
French Women and the Early Modern Canon: Recent Conferences, ... by LARSEN, ANNE R. / Renaissance Quarterly
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