Definition of Louis XIII

1. Noun. King of France from 1610 to 1643 who relied heavily on the advice of Cardinal Richelieu (1601-1643).

Generic synonyms: King Of France

Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis XIII

Louis Leakey
Louis Pasteur
Louis Quatorzian
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
Louis Stanton Auchincloss
Louis Sullivan
Louis Untermeyer
Louis V
Louis VI
Louis VII
Louis VIII
Louis Victor de Broglie
Louis X
Louis XI
Louis XII
Louis XIII (current term)
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Louis d'Outremer
Louis le Begue
Louis le Faineant
Louis le Hutin
Louis the Bruiser
Louis the Far
Louis the German
Louis the Great
Louis the Pious
Louis the Quarreller
Louis the Stammerer

Literary usage of Louis XIII

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"On the murder of Henry IV., in 1610, the government fell into the hands of the queen, who administered it during the minority of her son, Louis XIII. ..."

2. A History of European and American Sculpture from the Early Christian Period by Chandler Rathfon Post (1921)
"THE REIGN OF Louis XIII AND THE MINORITY OF LOUIS XIV From the death of Henry IV to Louis XIV's personal assumption of rule in 1661, the advance towards ..."

3. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1847)
"The Swaddling-clothes—Poverty of Louis XIII.—Social Position of the Kingdom—Partial Reconciliation of the King and Queen—M. de Cinq-Mars—Birth of the Duke ..."

4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Louis XIII was as completely the roi fainéant as were the last of the race of ... RICHELIEU'S RETURN TO THE MINISTRY Louis XIII had been inspired by Luynes ..."

5. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1909)
"Louis XIII was as completely the roi faineant as were the last of the race of ... RICHELIEU'S RETURN TO THE MINISTRY Louis XIII had been inspired by Luynes ..."

6. Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1901)
"Death of my Father—Anecdotes of Louis XIII.— The Cardinal de Richelieu — The ... to a Libel — M. de la Rochefoucauld — My Father's Gratitude to Louis XIII. ..."

7. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1890)
"On the murder of Henry IV., in 1610, the government fell into the hands of the queen, who administered it during the minority of her son, Louis XIII. ..."

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