![]() ![]() The child king felt humiliated by the arrogance of the great lords and physically threatened in the capital. Originating as a dispute between the monarchy and the Parlement de Paris, the rebellion subsequently spread to the aristocracy. While his mother ruled as regent and Mazarin busied himself with the young king’s political training, a civil conflict known as the Fronde broke out (1648-1653). Taking the throne at the age of four following the death of his father, King Louis XIII, the young monarch received a thorough education from his mother Anne of Austria and his godfather Cardinal Mazarin. ![]() Acclaimed as “Louis the God-given”, arriving as he did after a 23-year wait for an heir, Louis XIV was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1638. ![]()
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