<Li> Louis XIII , his wife Anne , and Cardinal Richelieu became central figures in Alexandre Dumas , père 's novel The Three Musketeers and subsequent television and film adaptations . The book depicts Louis as a man willing to have Richelieu as a powerful advisor but aware of his scheming ; he is portrayed as a bored and sour man , dwarfed by Richelieu 's intellect . Films such as the 1948 , the 1973 or the 2011 versions tend to treat Louis XIII as a comical character by depicting him as bumbling and incompetent . </Li>
<Li> Louis XIII , his wife Anne , and Cardinal Richelieu became central figures in Alexandre Dumas , père 's novel The Three Musketeers and subsequent television and film adaptations . The book depicts Louis as a man willing to have Richelieu as a powerful advisor but aware of his scheming ; he is portrayed as a bored and sour man , dwarfed by Richelieu 's intellect . Films such as the 1948 , the 1973 or the 2011 versions tend to treat Louis XIII as a comical character by depicting him as bumbling and incompetent . </Li>
who was the king in the three musketeers
who was the king in the three musketeers
Louis XIII
Louis XIII