1611 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch: Louis XIII
• Regent: Marie de' Medici

Births

• September 11 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France probable - Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, French count and musketeer, on which the fictional D'Artagnan from the novel The Three Musketeers is based

Deaths

• June 8 - Jean Bertaut, French poet
• October 3 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader