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the young king should arrive to an appropriate age to practice his
the hereditary powers in his/her his/her own name. Ann of Austria had always been
very kind to Henrietta, and you/he/she had made whenever always every his/her assistance
she had been reduced to some special extremity of the anguish. It was her
who had sent the provisionings of money and dressing to Henrietta when her
run away, patient and pauper, to Exeter, vainly hoping to find rest and
the means of restoration there.
Besides King Louis XIII., who was dead, Henrietta had another brother,
of who name was Gaston duke of Orleans. The Duke of Orleans had a
it gives birth that the Duchess of Montpensier was drawn while deducing the title
from his/her mother. You were, clearly, also a cousin of Prince Charles.
His/her father, being brother of the dead king and uncle of the present
one, were made general lieutenant of the kingdom, having so the second
puts, or, the next place to the queen, in the management of the
business of the kingdom. This way the small king started his/her kingdom from
having in his/her court his/her mother as regent of queen, his/her lieutenant of uncle
general, and his/her aunt, a queen exiled by a kingdom of sister his/her guest.
He also had in his/her family his/her brother Phillip, more youth that him,
his/her cousin the young Duchess of Montpensier and his/her cousin the Prince
Charles. The relationship of family of everybody that these individuals will be made
clearer being introduced in a tabular form, as it follows:
ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE IN THE DURATION OF LUIGI XIV.
Luigi XIII. Luigi XIV.
Ann of Austria. Phillip, 8 years old.
Henry IV Gaston, duke of Orleans. Duchess of Montpensier
Duchess of Montpensier.
Henrietta Maria. Prince Charles, 16.
King Charles me.
In the table on, the first column contains the name of Henry IV.,
the second those of three of his/her children, with the people that them
respectively gotten married, and the third one the four nephews that, as
cousins, are found together now made home in the royal buildings