Anne of Austria

noun

1. 1601–66, queen consort of Louis XIII of France: regent during minority of her son Louis XIV.

Anne of Austria

noun

1. Anne of Austria16011666FFrenchSpanishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1601–66, wife of Louis XIII of France and daughter of Philip III of Spain: regent of France (1643–61) for her son Louis XIV

Example Sentences

The set, which included a porridge bowl and egg cup, among other gummable things, was based on a 17th-century fluted goblet in the Louvre that was said to have belonged to Anne of Austria, the mother of King Louis XIV of France.

From New York Times

The governor was civil, and even intended to be very affable; but Albert of Morseiul was not of a character to be amused with the anecdotes of a debauched soldier's life; and the only variety which the conversation of Besmaux afforded were tales of the regency of Anne of Austria, which, though they might at any other moment have served to entertain an idle hour, were too light and insignificant to take hold of a mind agitated and writhing like that of the Count.

From Project Gutenberg

Richelieu was dead, and Anne of Austria was compassionate.

From Project Gutenberg

King Louis XIV.—son of that Anne of Austria who had hated Ninon—had reached the age when life began at times to drag.

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Were the Empress of the French the mere belle of a court, she might doubtless have joyfully swallowed all the bitternesses for the sake of the brightness and splendor of her lot; were she a woman of high, imperial genius, a Maria Theresa, an Anne of Austria, she might have found in the mere enjoyment of power, or in the nobler aspirings of patriotism, abundant compensation for her individual vexations.

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