Editing Anne of Austria (section)

==Conventual patronage and the Val-de-Grâce==
As part of her role as a member of French royalty, Anne visited churches and convents across France, where she met Marguerite de Veny d'Arbouze at the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de la-Ville-d'Evêque. As well as securing from the King the position of Abbess at the Benedictine Val-de-Grâce de Notre-Dame-de-la-Crèche for Marguerite in 1618, Anne purchased lands and transferred the convent to Paris in 1621. She was named the new foundress of the convent in the same year. Her patronage included the building of a small church and an apartment for herself between 1620 and 1625, against the wishes of both Louis and Cardinal Richelieu.{{sfn|Hills|2003|pages=48–9}}

The [[Val-de-Grâce (church)|Val-de-Grâce]] was commissioned by Anne in 1645, which was undertaken initially by Francois Mansart, who was dismissed in 1646 and succeeded by Jacques Lemercier. This church became Anne's main place of worship and would later gain dynastic significance during the Fronde when she was queen regent. In 1662, she acquired the heart of her ancestor, Anne Elizabeth of France, and placed it in the 
[[Val-de-Grâce (church)#Chapels of Saint Anne and Saint Louis|Chapel of Saint Anne]]. In 1666, Anne's own body was interred next to Louis XIII's at the [[Basilica of St Denis]] in Paris,{{sfn|Saint Denis}} but her heart in the [[Val-de-Grâce (church)#Chapels of Saint Anne and Saint Louis|Chapel of Saint Sacrament]],{{sfn|Dulong|1980|p=348}} alongside the body of Marguerite d'Arbouze.{{sfn|Mignot|2001|page=112}}