Biography of Louis XIII King France 1601-1643

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Blanca de la Cerda y Lara 1317-1347

On 18 Aug 1572 [his father] Henry IV King France (age 18) and [his step-mother] Margaret Valois Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine Medici Queen Consort France (age 53). He the son of Antoine King Navarre and Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre. They were second cousins.

On 12 May 1575 Henry III King France (age 23) Abdicated III King France: Capet Valois Angoulême. His second cousin [his father] Henry IV King France (age 21) succeeded IV King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.

On 17 Dec 1600 [his father] Henry IV King France (age 47) and [his mother] Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 25) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Antoine King Navarre and Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre. They were fourth cousins.

On 27 Sep 1601 Louis XIII King France was born to Henry IV King France (age 47) and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 26).

On 14 May 1610 [his father] Henry IV King France (age 56) was murdered in Paris [Map]. His son Louis XIII King France (age 8) succeeded XIII King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.

In 1615 Louis XIII King France (age 13) and Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Philip III King Spain (age 36) and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain. He the son of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 39). They were second cousins.

On 11 Mar 1617 [his sister-in-law] Margaret Frances Habsburg Spain (age 6) died.

Before 1622. Frans Pourbus the Younger (age 52). Portrait of Louis XIII King France (age 20).

Baptism of future Charles II

On 27 Jun 1630 the future Charles II was baptised by Archbishop William Laud (age 56) at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. Louis XIII King France (age 28) and [his mother] Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 55) were godparents.

Robert Kerr 1st Earl Ancram (age 52) was created 1st Earl Ancram.

On 30 Jul 1632 [his brother-in-law] Charles Habsburg Spain (age 24) died.

On 05 Sep 1638 [his son] Louis "Sun King" XIV King France was born to Louis XIII King France (age 36) and [his wife] Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France (age 36). Coefficient of inbreeding 4.44%.

On 21 Sep 1640 [his son] Philip Bourbon I Duke Orléans was born to Louis XIII King France (age 38) and [his wife] Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France (age 38). Coefficient of inbreeding 4.44%.

Evelyn's Diary. 10 Sep 1641. I took waggon for Dort, to be present at the reception of the [his mother] Queen-mother, Marie de Medicis (age 66), Dowager of France, widow of Henry the Great, and mother to the French King, Louis XIII (age 39), and the [his sister] Queen of England (age 31), whence she newly arrived, tossed to and fro by the various fortune of her life. From this city, she designed for Cologne, conducted by the Earl of Arundel (age 14) and the Herr Van Bredrod. At this interview, I saw the Princess of Orange (age 39), and the lady her daughter (age 13), afterwards married to the House of Brandenburgh. There was little remarkable in this reception befitting the greatness of her person; but an universal discontent, which accompanied that unlucky woman wherever she went.

On 09 Nov 1641 [his brother-in-law] Ferdinand Habsburg Spain (age 32) died.

On 03 Jul 1642 [his mother] Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 67) died.

On 14 May 1643 Louis XIII King France (age 41) died. On 14 May 1643 His son [his son] Louis "Sun King" XIV King France (age 4) succeeded XIV King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.

Pepy's Diary. 10 Nov 1662. Thence by water, and so by land to my Lord Crew's, and dined with him and his brother, I know not his name; where very good discourse; among others, of France's intention to make a patriarch of his own, independent from the Pope, by which he will be able to cope with the Spaniard in all councils, which hitherto he has never done. My Lord Crew told us how he heard my Lord of Holland say that, being Embassador about the match with the Queene-Mother (age 23) that now is, the King (age 32) of France [Louis XIII, in 1624.] insisted upon a dispensation from the Pope, which my Lord Holland making a question of, and that he was commanded to yield to nothing to the prejudice of our religion, says the King (age 32) of France, "You need not fear that, for if the Pope will not dispense with the match, my Bishopp of Paris shall". By and by come in great Mr. Swinfen, the Parliament-man, who, among other discourse of the rise and fall of familys, told us of Bishopp Bridgeman (brother of Sir Orlando (age 56)) who lately hath bought a seat anciently of the Levers, and then the Ashtons; and so he hath in his great hall window (having repaired and beautified the house) caused four great places to be left for coates of armes. In one, he hath put the Levers, with this motto, "Olim". In another the Ashtons, with this, "Heri". In the next his own, with this, "Hodie". In the fourth nothing but this motto, "Cras nescio cujus". Thence towards my brother's; met with Jack Cole in Fleet Street, and he and I went into his cozen Mary Cole's (whom I never saw since she was married), and drank a pint of wine and much good discourse. I found him a little conceited, but he had good things in him, and a man may know the temper of the City by him, he being of a general conversation, and can tell how matters go; and upon that score I will encourage his acquaintance.

On 20 Jan 1666 [his former wife] Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France (age 64) died.

Louis XIII King France 1601-1643 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Isabella Queen Castile 1451-1504

Royal Ancestors of Louis XIII King France 1601-1643

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Son of Henry IV King France

Royal Descendants of Louis XIII King France 1601-1643

Louis "Sun King" XIV King France x 1

Marie Louise Bourbon Queen Consort Spain x 1

Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia x 1

Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain x 1

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia x 1

King Louis Philippe I of France x 1

Ancestors of Louis XIII King France 1601-1643

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Laval Countess Vendôme and Castres 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Savoy I Count Savoy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy

GrandFather: Antoine King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Valois I Duke Alençon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Valois II Duke Alençon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Montfort Duchess Alençon 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Rene Valois Duke Alençon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John IV Count Armagnac 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Armagnac Duchess Alençon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Évreux Countess Armagnac 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Antoine Count of Vaudémont 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Countess of Harcourt

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Lorraine Duchess Alençon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Valois Anjou 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: Henry IV King France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean Albret 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alain "Great" Albret 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Rohan

Great x 2 Grandfather: Jean III King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Viscount of Limoges 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Francois Chatillon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry II of Navarre 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gaston IV Count Foix

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gaston V Count Foix 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Grailly I Queen Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Victorious" VII King France 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalena Valois Countess Foix 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Valois Duke Touraine I Duke Orléans 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Valois Orléans 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Rohan

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Savoy I Count Savoy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Landless" Savoy II Duke Savoy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise of Savoy Countess Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Louis XIII King France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John II King Aragon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Aragon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juana Enríquez Queen Consort Aragon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John II King Castile Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Queen Castile 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Aviz Queen Consort Castile 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Władysław II Jagiełło

Great x 3 Grandfather: Casimir IV King Poland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia of Halshany

Great x 2 Grandfather: Vladislaus II King Hungary 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Foix 1st Earl Kendal 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gaston de Foix 2nd Earl Kendal 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Kerdeston Countess Foix 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Foix Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gaston IV Count Foix

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Foix Countess Kendal 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England