My Reign

When I was about nine years old, my father's reign ended when my mom killed him. I was too young at the time, and didn't know what was going on. I only knew that my father was dead and my mother told me that I was going to rule France by myself when I'm older. There was a rebellion of nobles, because they believed that I was too young to rule France by myself. My mother helped protect me in everything. She called in for an estates general, which said that I would be able to rule France when I am thirteen years old. This did not help anything and was a waste of money and time. My mother also ordered the Edict of Nantes, which separated civil from religious unity. It opened a path for secularism and religious tolerance. The Edict of Nantes ended the religious wars and also helped the Huguenots out by letting them practice their religion. She also relied on Concino Cocini which was an Italian. Most of the nobles disliked him because he was a foreigner, they also were very violent with him. He helped out my mother in many ways.