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Fronde (1648–52) - events| 5 September 1651 | France | Louis XIV of France attains his majority. At the same time, the charges against Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, are withdrawn. However, Condé leaves Paris, France, and forges an alliance with Spain, while Marshal Henri de Turenne, previously in the service of the Spanish, now refuses to fight the French king and, in March 1652, takes command of his army. | | 2 July 1652 | France | The royalist marshal Vicomte Henri de Turenne defeats Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, in the Faubourg St Antoine, Paris, France, but strategically withdraws. A provisional Fronde government is set up in Paris. | | 4 July 1652 | France | The forces of Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, massacre the Fronde parliamentary deputies. This discredits the new government and creates a desire for peace in the civil war. | | 13 October 1652 | France | Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, leaves Paris, France, and flees to the Spanish Netherlands after losing the support of the people and the Parlement. | | 21 October 1652 | France | King Louis XIV of France returns to Paris, France, in triumph, re-establishing the government and exiling leading Frondeurs. |
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