: for other women named anne of austria, see anna of austria (disambiguation)  anne of austria (22 september 1601 &ndash; 20 january 1666) was queen consort of france and navarre, regent for her son, louis xiv of france, and a spanish and portuguese infanta by birth. during her regency (1643&ndash;1651) cardinal mazarin served as france's chief minister. accounts of french court life of her era emphasize her difficult marital relations with her husband louis xiii, her closeness to her son louis xiv, and her disapproval of her son's marital infidelity to her niece maria theresa. ==early life== thumb|left|upright|anne at the age of six, 1607 born at benavente palace in valladolid, spain, and baptised ana marÃ­a mauricia, she was the eldest daughter of king philip iii of spain and his wife margaret of austria. she held the titles infanta of spain and of portugal (since her father was king of portugal as well as spain) and archduchess of austria. in spite of her birth in spain, she was referred to as anne of austria because the rulers of spain belonged to the house of austria.though "house of habsburg" is now used, that expression was uncommon before the 19th century. anne was raised mainly at the royal alcazar of madrid. exceptionally for a royal princess, anne grew up close to her parents, who were very religious. she was raised to be religious too, and was often taken to visit monasteries during her childhood. in 1611, she lost her mother, who died in childbirth. despite her grief, anne did her best to take care of her younger siblings, who referred to her with affection as their mother. ==life in france== ===marriage=== anne was betrothed at age eleven to king louis xiii of france. her father gave her a dowry of 500,000 crowns and many beautiful jewels.{{cite book|isbn=978-1112021442 |title=the married life of anne of austria: queen of f
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