Louis XIII died of tuberculosis while Louis XIV was still too young to rule. In the meantime Anne appointed Cardinal Mazarin to Chief Priest and rule over France in Louis' stead. As the young Louis XIV was often neglected by his parents and given over to the servants for his care. At the age of 9, a great civil war broke out known as the Fronde. The Parliament of Paris was against the decisions of the Cardinal Mazarin. In a violent uprising Louis was driven from Paris, where the king who once had it all, suddenly had
