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189 matches to Louis XII
Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.
Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.
Louis XII. Father of the People. 1462-1515. French King 1498-. Italian Wars.
Louis XIII. The Just. 1601-43. French King 1610-. With Richelieu, extended monarchs power. Absolutism.
Luynes, Duke of. 1578-1621. French. Adviser to Louis XIII.
Marie de Medici. 1573-1642. Queen consort to Henry IV, mother of Louis XIII. Regent 1610-14. Built Luxembourg Palace. Opposed Richelieu. Banished 1630. Died penniless.
Mary Tudor. 1496-1533. Daughter of Henry VII, married Louis XII of France.
Renaudot, Théophraste. 1586-1653. Physician to Louis XIII. Huguenot. Founder of first periodical, Gazette de France 1631.
Richelieu, Cardinal. 1585-1642. French politician 1624-. Built power of Louis XIII.
Alcott, Louisa May. 1832-88. US novelist: Little Women 1869.
Altranstadt, Peace. 1706 Sweden-Poland: Augustus renounces Polish throne. 1707 Sweden-HRE: HRE buys Swedish neutrality in War of Spanish Succession. 1714 Louis XIV-Charles VI.
Amiens, Mise of. 1264. Louis IX arbitrated annulment of Provisions of Oxford. Barons War.
Angoulême, Louis duc d’. 1775-1844. Last Dauphin of France 1824-30.
Aragon, Louis. 1897-1982. French Romantic poet + Communist.
Armstrong, Louis. 1900-71. US New Orleans Jazz trumpeter and band leader.
Art Nouveau. (Jugendstil). 1885-1910. Originally English style of art and architecture. Reaction to Industrial uniformity. Beardsley. Tiffany. Gaudi.
Ballet. Dance form originating in 15C Italy, and codified in Louis XIV court. Refined by Russians 19C.
Balue, Jean. 1421-91. Cardinal, Minister of Louis XI. Plotted with Louis the Bold vs king.
Balzac, Jean-Louis. 1597-1654. French writer. Lettres 1624.
Barrault, Jean-Louis. 1910-94. French actor, producer. F. Théâtre d’Orsay.
Bart, Jean. 1650-1702. French privateer for Louis XIV vs English.
Battenberg. Family name anglicized to Mountbatten.
Bellier, Catherine. (One-Eyed Kate). Amply rewarded for bestowing her favours on 16 yr. old Louis XIV.
Bernini, Lorenzo. 1598-1680. Italian Baroque painter, sculptor, architect. Louis XIV bust. Apollo and Daphne 1616. St. Theresa 1646.
Black Code. 1685. Louis XIV edict on treatment of slaves in French colonies.