6/12/2023 0 Comments Louis XIV by John B. Wolf![]() ![]() The most important member of King Louis XIII's council was his `prime minister' Cardinal Richelieu who helped the King create a powerful and centralized state. John Wolf brilliantly lays out the life and reign-which are practically the same-in a decent narrative.ĭuring the few decades before he was born, France was under the rule of his father King Louis XIII. ![]() In 1643, his father had died and Louis, who was only four, was now the King of France. Two years after he was born a younger brother, Philippe, the Duke of Anjou, joined him. His birth denied his uncle Gaston de France, the Duke of Orleans, of throne to which he had been standing as heir presumptive for almost thirty years. The new Dauphin-heir to the French throne-was dubbed a miracle child. Born in the last years of his father reign, Prince Louis was considered special right from birth. ![]()
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