Excerpt from The Married Life of Anne of Austria: Queen of France, Mother of Louis XIV Regent, and the more conciliatory overtures Of his Old adversary the secretary of state, Villeroy. The government Of Queen Marie thus became isolated, and found support only from the Duke d'epernon,3 from Soissons, and other antagonists Of the late minister Sully, who, for power at court, were content to connive at the assumptions of Concini. At issue with the princes Of the blood and the more potent of the great vassals Of the crown, with the Huguenots Of the realm, and with the Protestant princes of Europe - the only policy which the Regent and her clique could oppose to combinations so hostile, was alliance Offensive and defensive with Spain. The grand-duke Of Tus cany, uncle of the Queen, undertook to make the first overtures to Obtain the renewal Of the ancient alliance Of the crowns. The Duke of Lermaf prime minister of Philip III., graciously responded to the advance, and a few months later the double alliance between the children Of France and Spain was proposed and accepted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.