Louis XIII

King Louis XIII of France (27th September 1601 – 14th May 1643) reigned from 17th October 1610 until his death.

His marriage to Queen Anne was stormy; both parties took lovers. By 1626, when King Louis XIII met the Doctor, Peri, and Erimem, Queen Anne had only recently ended an affair with the Duke of Buckingham, and Louis's wandering eye fixed itself firmly on Erimem.

Louis XIII appointed Richelieu his chief minister in 1624, despite a personal and professional rivalry with the Cardinal. By 1626, the king's musketeers and the Cardinal's guards were constantly at each other's throats.

Nevertheless, Louis and Anne would go on to have two sons, including Louis XIV.