text: Queen Anne played the most important role in defeating the Fronde because she wanted to transfer absolute authority to her son. 
  In addition, most of the princes refused to deal with Mazarin, who went into exile for a number of years. The*Frondeurs*claimed 
  to act on Louis's behalf, and in his real interest, against his mother and Mazarin. 
  
  Queen Anne had a very close relationship with the Cardinal, and many observers believed that Mazarin became Louis XIV's 
  stepfather by a secret marriage to Queen Anne.[30] However, Louis's coming-of-age and subsequent coronation deprived them of 
  the*Frondeurs*' pretext for revolt. The*Fronde*thus gradually lost steam and ended in 1653, when Mazarin returned triumphantly 
  from exile. From that time until his death, Mazarin was in charge of foreign and financial policy without the daily supervision of 
  Anne, who was no longer regent.[31] 
  
  During this period, Louis fell in love with Mazarin's niece Marie Mancini, but Anne and Mazarin ended the king's infatuation by 
  sending Mancini away from court to be married in Italy. While Mazarin might have been tempted for a short time to marry his 
  niece to the King of France, Queen Anne was absolutely against this; she wanted to marry her son to the daughter of her brother, 
  Philip IV of Spain, for both dynastic and political reasons. Mazarin soon supported the Queen's position because he knew that her 
  support for his power and his foreign policy depended on making peace with Spain from a strong position and on the Spanish 
  marriage. Additionally, Mazarin's relations with Marie Mancini were not good, and he did not trust her to support his position. All 
  of Louis's tears and his supplications to his mother did not make her change her mind. The Spanish marriage would be very 