Editing Anne of Austria (section)

==Regent of France==
[[File:AnnaofAustria13.jpg|thumbnail|right|Anne of Austria widow, by [[Charles de Steuben]], [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]]. She never lost her love for magnificent jewellery, and she especially loved bracelets, which emphasized her famously beautiful hands.]]
Upon Louis' death in 1643, Anne was named [[regent]], despite his attempts to prevent her from obtaining the position. With the aid of [[Pierre Séguier]], she had the [[Parlement of Paris]] revoke the will of the late king, which would have limited her powers.{{cn|date=March 2024}} Their four-year-old son was crowned King Louis XIV of France. Anne assumed the regency but to general surprise entrusted the government to the chief minister, [[Cardinal Mazarin]], who was a protégé of Cardinal Richelieu and figured among the council of the regency. Mazarin took up residence at the Palais Royal near Queen Anne. Before long he was believed to be her lover, and, it was hinted, even her husband.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

With Mazarin's support, Anne overcame the aristocratic revolt, led by [[Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé]], that became known as the [[Fronde]]. In 1651, when her son Louis XIV officially came of age, her regency legally ended. However, she kept much power and influence over her son until the death of Mazarin.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

In January 1648, while acting as regent, Anne received a request on behalf of artists who were affiliated with the crown or aristocracy. The artists, led by painter [[Charles Le Brun]], wanted independence from the monopoly control of the [[guild]], which fined the artists or seized their work. The painters and sculptors petitioned Louis XIV and the Queen Regent to form a new organization. They wanted to found an academy that would be for the [[visual arts]] what [[Académie Française]] was for [[French literature]]; this was to become the [[Académie Royale]].{{sfn|Baetjer|2019|page=15}}