 From 6 March until 2 April, Angers was the "de facto" capital of France and the King tried all means to satisfy the Catholics of the city, for example by laying the cornerstone of the new Capucine convent.In 1619, Louis XIII of France gave the governance of Anjou to his mother, Marie de' Medici.The Queen Mother settled in Angers, at the Logis Barrault, with her chaplain, Cardinal Richelieu.