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Was King Louis XIII As Amazing As
The Three Musketeers Depicted Him?
King Louis XIII in Real LifeBY NAOMI MALE
You're in your school library searching for a
book about a king when you com e across a book
titled The Three M usketeers. You read the book
and becom e curious about the King. There is
plenty of inform ation about the three
m usketeers and d?Artagnan and Captain Treville
but alm ost nothing about this King. King Louis
XIII. Now in the book The Three M usketeers
King Louis XIII (13th) is a fairly im portant side
character. H e?s the king the com m ander of the
m usketeers and plays an im portant part as a
character. But outside of this book he isn?t all
that well known. So was King Louis XIII all that
im portant in history or was he just an ordinary
king? King Louis XIII was a character in The
Three M usketeers and a real life King between
1610 and 1643. H is son, King Louis XIV, was m uch
betrayed him and then spent the last few m onths
m ore well known than King Louis XIII. In fact
King Louis XIV was com pared to a blood thirsty
lion by France?s enem ies and he was considered
the ?Sun King? by his people. (Louis XIII)
How Family affect ed Louis
XIII
King Louis XIII was m arried at the age of
14. H e had no interest in m arriage which would
be understandable for any 14 year old but
actually it is speculated that he was actually gay.
(King Louis XIII profile) King Louis XIII was
m iscarriages and stillbirths, which would be
incredibly sad, before she had one son, Louis XIV,
and then one 2 years later, Philippe I. (M oniek
Bloks) King Louis XIII died shortly after his
second son was born. (King Louis XIII profile)
H is wife, Anne of Austria, was cheating on him
which caused him to get rid of the treaty
between France and Spain. (Louis XIII) This was
right before he got extrem ely sick and died while
still being king. (King Louis XIII profile)
King Louis XIII Personalit y in
Real Life vs. in The Three
Musket eers
In The Three M usketeers King Louis XIII is
depicted as very indecisive and is constantly
being played by the Cardinal. In real life though,
he wasn?t really known for anything related to
his personality. In reality, he was known for being
very lethargic and quite different from his father
who had tons of scandals. (Louis XIII Profile)
Louis XIII wasn?t really m uch of a ruler in The
Three M usketeers with constantly being swayed
This is a painting of Cardinal Richelieu, King
Louis XI I I , Louis XI V, Anne of Austria, and
Duchesse de Chevreuse.
from left to right, good to bad he didn?t do m uch
to help his citizens in the book. In real life he
didn?t do very m uch. In fact, very close to the end
of his life he learned that Spain had been secretly
bedridden and doing next to nothing. (Louis XIII
Profile).
King Louis XIII's
Accomplishment s vs. King
Louis XIV's
King Louis XIII did bring religious stability but
after searching a bit m ore I couldn?t find m uch
m ore other than that. H e did exile his m other
and accused her of treason which she was not
convicted of.(Louis XIII of France Biography)
King Louis XIV on the other hand had m any
accom plishm ents in com parison to his father.
King Louis XIV conquered m any countries and
spread their ways, but he also ?dug the grave of
This is a coin t hat was used t hat was
engraved wit h King Louis XIII
port rait . Louis XIII silver ecu blanc
(louis d'argent )
the m onarchy?.(Philippe Erlanger) W ith strict
religious laws and constantly attem pting to take
land from other countries, people didn?t like this
m onarchy fam ily very m uch.
From all of these facts about King Louis
XIII it seem s m ore like he was an ordinary bland
king that didn?t do very m uch but also wasn?t like
his father who had a ruling full of scandals. King
Louis XIII did bring peace to the country but
unlike his son he didn?t do any expanding or
m any changes to the country. It seem s that even
though he did do a few things none of it is very
im portant in this day of age.