Marie de Rohan
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Marie Aimée de Rohan was a French courtier and political activist, famed for being the centre of many of the intrigues of the first half of the 17th century in France. In various sources, she is often
Velázquez's The Lady with a Fan is purported to be a likeness of the duchess, although the features of the sitter differ remarkably from other extant portraits of Marie Aimée.
Anne of Austria
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Anne of Austria was Queen of France from 1615 to 1643 by marriage to King Louis XIII. She was also Queen of Navarre until the kingdom's annexation into the French crown in 1620. After her husband's de
Marie de Rohan
…première dame du palais, the much older and now outranked widow of the Connétable de Montmorency, to resign in protest. Initially, the queen consort, Anne of Austria, was jealous and disliked Madame de Luynes, as the king paid her far too much attention, but eventually, through assiduous efforts, her influence with…
Portrait by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1620s
Anne at the age of six, 1607
Anne of Austria, coronation costume, by Peter Paul Rubens
Louis XIII, Anne, and their son (the future Louis XIV), flanked by Cardinal Richelieu and the Duchesse de Chevreuse