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The queen mother became regent, and trusted entirely to Mazarin, who had become a cardinal, and pursued the policy of Richelieu. THE QUEEN MOTHER BECAME REGENT AND TRUSTED ENTIRELY TO MAZARIN WHO HAD BECOME A CARDINAL AND PURSUED THE POLICY OF RICHELIEU
ng only survived him five months, dying on the 14th of May, 1643. The war was continued on the lines Richelieu had laid down, and four days after the death of Louis XIII. the army in the Low Countries gained a splendid victory at Rocroy, under the Duke of Enghien, entirely destroying the old Spanish infantry. The battles of Freiburg, Nordlingen, and Lens raised the fame of the French generals to the highest pitch, and in 1649 reduced the Emperor to make peace in the treaty of Münster. France obtained as her spoil the three bishoprics, Metz, Toul, and Verdun, ten cities in Elsass, Brisach, and the Sundgau, with the Savoyard town of Pignerol; but the war with Spain continued till 1659, when Louis XIV. engaged to marry Maria Theresa, a daughter of the King of Spain. 3. The Fronde.--When an heir had long been despaired of, Anne of Austria, the wife of Louis XIII., had become the mother of two sons, the eldest of whom, _Louis XIV._, was only five years old at the time of his father's death. H OF MAY SIXTEEN FORTY THREE THE WAR WAS CONTINUED ON THE LINES RICHELIEU HAD LAID DOWN AND FOUR DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF LOUIS THE THIRTEENTH THE ARMY IN THE LOW COUNTRIES GAINED A SPLENDID VICTORY AT HOQUAI UNDER THE DUKE OF ONGIA ENTIRELY DESTROYING THE OLD SPANISH INFANTRY THE BATTLES OF FREEBURG NORDLINGEN AND LENS RAISED THE FAME OF THE FRENCH GENERALS TO THE HIGHEST PITCH AND IN SIXTEEN FORTY NINE REDUCED THE EMPEROR TO MAKE PEACE IN THE TREATY OF MUNSTER FRANCE OBTAINED AS HER SPOIL THE THREE BISHOPRICS METZ TULLES AND VALDA TEN CITIES IN ELSAIS BRISSAC AND THE SAN GAUL WITH THE SAVOYARD TOWN OF PINROL BUT THE WAR WITH SPAIN CONTINUED TILL SIXTEEN FIFTY NINE WHEN LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH ENGAGED TO MARRY MARIA THERESA A DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF SPAIN THREE THE FRONDE WHEN AN HEIR HAD LONG BEEN DESPAIRED OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA THE WIFE OF LOUIS THE THIRTEENTH HAD BECOME THE MOTHER OF TWO SONS THE ELDEST OF WHOM LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH WAS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH
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