History UsefulNotes / LouisXIII

* He is a RoyalBrat and {{Manchild}} in the animated series ''WesternAnimation/AlbertTheFifthMusketeer'', which is loosely based on ''The Three Musketeers''.

* DemotedToExtra: As most of his depictions in pop culture come from ''The Three Musketeers'' where he has a very small role, he's always overshadowed by Richelieu and even Queen Anne of Austria.

** He is a RoyalBrat and {{Manchild}} in the animated series ''WesternAnimation/AlbertTheFifthMusketeer'', which is loosely based on the above.

** He is a RoyalBrat and {{Manchild}} in the animated series ''WesternAnimation/AlbertTheFifthMusketeer'', loosely based on the above.

* DemotedToExtra: As most of depictions in pop culture come from ''The Three Musketeers'' where he has a very small role, he's always overshadowed by Richelieu and even Anne of Austria.

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' (1844) and its numerous faithful-to-loose [[Franchise/TheThreeMusketeers adaptations]].

* In ''Film/LouisTheChildKing'', he is a ghost who talks to his 10-year old son Louis XIV. Voiced by Marcel Bozonnet.

* In ''Film/LouisTheChildKing'', he is a ghost who talks to his 10-year son Louis XIV.

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' (1844) and its numerous [[Franchise/TheThreeMusketeers adaptations]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AlbertTheFifthMusketeer''

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' (1844) and its numerous [[TheThreeMusketeers adaptations]]

* DemotedToExtra: As most of depictions in pop culture come from ''The Three Musketeers'' where he has a very small role, he's always overshadowed by Richelieu, even Anne of Austria.

* ''Theatre/CinqMars'' from Alfred de Vigny

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!!Tropes associated with Louis XIII:
* CainAndAbel: With his brother Gaston d'Orléans, who was heir to the throne until the birth of the future UsefulNotes/LouisXIV in 1638. Gaston was a RoyalBrat who plotted several times against Richelieu and Louis XIII. Each time the plot would be foiled, each time Gaston [[DirtyCoward would denounce his accomplices]] to [[ItsAllAboutMe save his skin]], and each time he would get [[KarmaHoudini minor punishment]].

* EnemyMine: The very Catholic and his equally pious Prime Minister Richelieu allied with the German protestants to fight their Habsburg arch-enemies when the latter seemed close to winning the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar.
* TheGoodKing: Louis XIII was officially nicknamed "the Just".
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Richelieu. Even more so, Louis XIII outlived Richelieu for only 6 months.
* IllBoy: Louis XIII suffered from [[IncurableCoughOfDeath tuberculosis]] for most of his adult life.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] as Louis XIII Was a ''victim'' of this trope. He married the beautiful Anne of Austria at 14, and at that time, the King's wedding night was ''public'', as high officials would attend it to make sure the union was consummated. Louis XIII was very shy and it traumatized him for life, making him reluctant to accomplish his conjugal duty from then on. In fact, the marriage was not consummated until four years later.
* NoBisexuals: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Louis XIII is renowned for his strong attachment to male favourites, most notable Duc de Luynes and Marquis de Cinq-Mars. There's no proof of physical consumption though, while he did got his wife pregnant five times though only two pregnancy ended with births. He also had two platonic relationships with Marie de Hautefort and Louise de La Fayette.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Received a very strict catholic upbringing and was for his whole life a very pious man obsessed with not sinning.

!!Louis XIII appears in the following media:

* Creator/KenRussell's ''Film/TheDevils'', a rather controversial film and a fairly unflattering depiction (though Louis XIII gets a better deal than Richelieu).

Tropes associated with Louis XIII:

* CainAndAbel: With his brother Gaston d'Orléans, who was heir of the throne until 1638 and the birth of future UsefulNotes/LouisXIV. Gaston was a RoyalBrat who plotted several times against Richelieu and Louis XIII. Each time the plot would be foiled, each time Gaston [[DirtyCoward would denounce his accomplices]] to [[ItsAllAboutMe save his skin]], and each time he would get [[KarmaHoudini minor punishment]].
* DemotedToExtra: As most of depictions in pop culture come from The Three Musketeers where he has a very small role, he's always overshadowed by Richelieu, even Anne of Austria.
* EnemyMine: The very catholic and his equally pious Prime Minister Richelieu allied with the German protestants to fight their Habsburgs arch-enemies when the latter seemed close to win the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Richelieu. Even moreso, Louis XIII outlived Richelieu for only 6 months.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] as Louis XIII Was a ''victim'' of this trope. He married the beautiful Anne of Austria at 14, and at that time, the King's wedding night was ''public'', as high officials would attend it to make sure the union was consumated. Louis XIII was very shy and it traumatized him for life, making him reluctant to accomplish his conjugal duty from then on. In fact, the marriage was not consumated until four years later.

* RealMenLoveJesus: Received a very strict catholic upbbringing and was for his whole life a very pious man obsessed with not sinning.

* ''Theatre/CinqMars'' from Alfred de Vigny

* IllBoy: Louis XIII suffered from [[UncurableCoughOfDeath tuberculosis]] for most of his adult life.

* NoBisexuals: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Louis XIII is renowned for his strong attachment to male favourites, most notable Duc de Luynes and Marquis de Cinq-Mars. There's no proof of physical consumption though, while he did got his wife pregnant five times though only two pregnancy ended with births. He also had two platonic relationships with Marie de Houtefort and Louise de La Fayette.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] as Louis XIII Was a ''victim'' of this trope. He maried the beautiful Anne of Austria at 14, and at that time, the King's wedding night was ''public'', as high officials would attend it to make sure the union was consumated. Louis XIII was very shy and it traumatized him for life, making him reluctant to accomplish his conjugal duty from then on.

Louis XIII, taciturn and suspicious, relied heavily on his chief minister Cardinal Richelieu to govern the kingdom of France. King and cardinal are remembered for the establishment of the Académie française and for putting an end to the revolt of the French nobility. The reign of Louis "the Just" was also marked by the struggles against Huguenots and Habsburg Spain.[1]

* ''Theatre/Cinq-Mars'' from Alfred de Vigny

* NoBisexual: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Louis XIII is renowned for his strong attachment to male favourites, most notable Duc de Luynes and Marquis de Cinq-Mars. There's no proof of physical consumption though, while he did got his wife pregnant five times though only two pregnancy ended with births. He also had two platonic relationships with Marie de Houtefort and Louise de La Fayette.

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' (1844) and [[TheThreeMusketeers adaptations]]

France's greatest victory in the conflicts against the Habsburg Empire during the period 1635-59 came at the Battle of Rocroi (1643), five days after Louis's death from apparent complications of intestinal tuberculosis. This battle marked the end of Spain's military ascendancy in Europe and foreshadowed French dominance in Europe under UsefulNotes/LouisXIV, his son and successor.

France's greatest victory in the conflicts against the Habsburg Empire during the period 1635-59 came at the Battle of Rocroi (1643), five days after Louis's death from apparent complications of intestinal tuberculosis. This battle marked the end of Spain's military ascendancy in Europe and foreshadowed French dominance in Europe under Louis XIV, his son and successor.