Chapter VI (3)

It will be recollected that the role of universal arbitrator was played by the "young Court," the youthful King at its head, at the time in which there was daily contact with Paris, and when the Court was always in the advance in ideas as in fashions. The residence at Versailles ended the possibility of these times ever returning; there was no longer any bond between the King of France and the merchant of the rue St. Denis. In consequence, Paris employed itself in the eighteenth century in the evolution of minds. The Court had decided upon the success of the plays of Moliere, the Parisian parquet criticised those of Beaumarchais.

If it be considered that the interior politics of Louis XIV. were constantly dominated by a horror of the Fronde, it will be recognised that this abortive revolution brought in its train consequences almost as grave as if it had been successful. This is the reason it has seemed permissible to make the history of the ideas and sentiments existing during the wars of the Fronde and the succeeding forty years circle around the incidents in the life of the Grande Mademoiselle. She was a truly representative figure of this generation, and on this account will always merit the attention of historians, and by a double claim, through the interest in her proud conception of life, and through the importance of the evil for which she was partly responsible and by the results of which she was herself overwhelmed. No one possessed in a higher degree than this Princess the great qualities belonging to her epoch, and no one preserved them so intact without thought of the danger after the retaining of such opinions had become a cause of disgrace.

Neither Retz nor the great Conde showed signs in their old age of their characteristics displayed under the Fronde; both had become calmed. The Grande Mademoiselle remained always the Grande Mademoiselle, and this steadfastness, while sometimes a difficulty, was more often her real title to glory.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 264: M. du Honsett, Ancient Intendant of Finance. He had just purchased the office of Chancellor of Monsieur.]

[Footnote 265: Letter dated April 1, 1671.]

[Footnote 266: Letter dated January 13, 1672.]

[Footnote 267: _Memoires de La Fare._ _Cf._ the _Memoires de Choisy, Segraisiana_, etc.]

[Footnote 268: Louvois had visited Pignerol the preceding year.]

[Footnote 269: The authorities quoted in this and the following chapter, upon the captivity of Lauzun, are in part unpublished and drawn from the Archives of the Minister of War, in part borrowed from the _Archives de la Bastille_, by M. Ravaisson. See also a collection of historic documents of 1829: _Histoire de la Detention des Philosophes_, by J. Delort.]

[Footnote 270: Mme. de Montespan and Mlle. de La Valliere were designated briefly "_les Dames_."]

[Footnote 271: This letter has been lost or destroyed.]

[Footnote 272: Louvois to Saint-Mars, March 2, 1676.]

[Footnote 273: The letter from Saint-Mars (March 23, 1680) giving an account of the communications between the dungeons has never been found, any more than that telling of the flight of Lauzun.]

[Footnote 274: Louvois to Saint-Mars, November 28, 1679.]

[Footnote 275: Leopold von Ranke, _Histoire de France_.]

[Footnote 276: _Journal d'Olivier Lefevre d'Ormesson._]

[Footnote 277: Two years after this warning Louis XIV. gave at Versailles, in honour of Mme. de Montespan, a fete for which special buildings were created. The ballroom, only used _one night_, was marble and porphyry; the rest in accordance.]

[Footnote 278: A loss of more than 100,000 crowns was not rare at the gaming table of the King. March 6, 1670, Mme. de Montespan lost 400,000 pistoles in one night; at eight in the morning she regained 500,000. The pistole is worth about ten francs. In 1682, three years after her disgrace, she lost at one time 700,000 crowns which she did not regain. The King paid her debts.]

[Footnote 279: Letter of Mme. de Chatrier, attached to the House of Conde; _De La Valliere a Montespan_, by Jean Lemoine and Andre Lichtenberger.]

[Footnote 280: Letter from Colbert to the Intendant de Rochefort (April 16, 1678).]

[Footnote 281: _Memoires de la Fare._]

[Footnote 282: _Memoires de Mlle. de Montpensier._]

[Footnote 283: _Memoires de l'Abbe de Choisy._]

[Footnote 284: _Souvenirs sur Mme. de Maintenon._--_Les Cahiers de Mlle. d'Aumale_, with an introduction by M. G. Hanotaux.]

[Footnote 285: _Ibid._]

[Footnote 286: Letter to the Marquis de Trichateau.]

[Footnote 287: Note by La Reynie (December 27, 1679). The documents of the _Affaire des poisons_ form more than 1300 pages of the _Archives de la Bastille_, and they are not complete. Certain especial depositions, particularly compromising for Mme. de Montespan, are lacking, and were probably burned by order of Louis XIV.]

[Footnote 288: Louvois to Boucherat, President of the _Chambre_, February 4, 1680.]

[Footnote 289: It included the Comtesse de Soissons, the Marquise d'Alluye (the King saved both), the Duc de Luxembourg (victim of an error), the Vicomtesse de Polignac, the Marquis de Feuquieres, the Princesse de Tingry, the Marechale de la Ferte, the Duchesse de Bouillon, etc.]

[Footnote 290: Cf. _Archives de la Bastille_, the "_Note autographe_" of La Reynie, dated September 17, 1679. Was this the first time that these names had appeared? The destruction of portions of the testimony through the orders of the King does not permit the real truth to be disclosed.]

[Footnote 291: Louvois to M. Robert, January 15, 1680.]

[Footnote 292: She died there September 8, 1686. Cato seems to have been dismissed, although she had been placed with Mme. de Montespan by La Voisin.]

[Footnote 293: Marie-Anne-Christine de Baviere, coming to marry the Grand Dauphin.]

[Footnote 294: Cf. _Les souvenirs de Mme. de Caylus_ and--among others--the letter of Mme. de Sevigne dated July 17, 1680.]

[Footnote 295: _Mme. de Montespan et Louis XIV._]

[Footnote 296: _Louis XIV., sa Cour et le Regent_, by Anquetil (Paris, 1789).]

[Footnote 297: The gift to be enjoyed only after the death of Mademoiselle.]

[Footnote 298: _Memoires de Saint-Simon._]

[Footnote 299: Saint-Simon, _Ecrits inedits_.]

[Footnote 300: At Chalon-sur-Saone.]

[Footnote 301: Exactly, according to the official figures, 284,940 francs.]

[Footnote 302: The coat called a _brevet_, because it could only be worn with a _brevet_ from the King, was changed every year. It was thus very out of fashion at the end of twelve years. Lauzun had worn a wig at Pignerol, to protect his head against the dampness of his dungeon.]

[Footnote 303: _Ecrits inedits_, Saint-Simon.]

[Footnote 304: Saint-Simon, _Memoires_. Saint-Simon takes his details from an eye-witness.]

[Footnote 305: Saint-Simon, _Ecrits inedits_.]

[Footnote 306: Sevigne.]

[Footnote 307: _Memoires de la Cour de France_, by Mme. de La Fayette.]

[Footnote 308: Sevigne, January 6, 1689.]

[Footnote 309: Letter of M. d'Amfreville, general-officer of the marine to Seignelay, in the _Histoire de Louvois_, by Camille Rousset.]

[Footnote 310: Saint-Simon, _Ecrits inedits_.]

[Footnote 311: _[Oe]uvres completes_, of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Paris, 1830), vol. i.; _Essai sur la Vie_ by Aime-Martin.]

[Footnote 312: Cf. the _Gazette_ for 1693, and the series of the _Mercure Galant_ monthly periodical, founded in 1672 by Donneau de Vise.]

[Footnote 313: Saint-Simon, _Memoires_.]

[Footnote 314: Saint-Simon says fifteen. He is mistaken; the act of marriage says fourteen.]

[Footnote 315: _Memoires_, Saint-Simon.]

[Footnote 316: Saint-Simon, _Memoires_.]

[Footnote 317: The royal ordinance is dated July 7, 1668. Louis XIV. was ever ignorant of the fact that the councillors of the Hotel de Ville had passed nights in copying what was to be burned, so that the documents supposed to be destroyed still exist.]

[Footnote 318: From La Riviere to Bussy-Rabutin.]

[Footnote 319: _Relation de la Cour de France_, by Ezechiel Spanheim, envoy extraordinary from Brandenbourg.]

INDEX

A

Absolute monarchy, establishment of, in France, 7, 118, 142;
a Spanish importation, 371

Adickes, Erich, _Kant als Mensch_ by, 220

Aime-Martin, _Essai sur la Vie_, by, 365

Aix, Court at, 100-102

Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, 258

Albret, Marechal d', 282

_Alceste_ (Lulli), 218

Alencon, Elisabeth, Mlle, d', daughter of Monsieur, 77, 133, 186;
marriage of, 235, 294

Allier, Raoul, _La Cabale des Devots_, by, 83, 85, 157, 181, 198

Alluye, Marquise d', 344

Alphonse VI., King of Portugal, 142-145, 160, 185

_Amadis_, 216

_Amants Magnifiques, Les_ (Moliere), 202

_Amaryllis_, 18

_Ambassadeur de la Fuente au roi d'Espagne, L'_, 189

Amboise, Chateau of, 27, 44, 354

Amfreville, M. d', 364

Amiens, 263

"Amours of Hercules," 120

Andilly, Arnauld, d', 79

_Andromaque_ (Racine), 225, 228

Angelique, Mother, 88, 92

Angennes, Julie d', 264

Anjou, Philippe, Duc d' (the little Monsieur), proposed marriage of,
with Mademoiselle, 59, 73, 272-278;
character of, 74, 102, 105, 152, 196, 261, 262, 271, 272;
becomes Duc d'Orleans, 102;
marries Henrietta of England, 136, 151, 152;
marries Princess Palatine, 156, 315;
daughters of, 277;
opposed to mesalliance of Mlle., 285

Anjou, son of Louis XIV., 285

Anne of Austria, regency of, 1;
education of her sons, 31, 63-65, 74, 371;
relations of, with Mazarin, 62, 63, 82, 112, 304;
reception of Mademoiselle, 57-59, and lack of Court etiquette, 76-79,
82;
member of Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement, 87, 103, 148, 158, 198;
prevents marriage of Louis and Marie Mancini, 82, 97;
receives Conde, 100;
interview of, with Philip IV., 108-110;
favours absolute monarchy, 118, 146, 371;
be friends Marie-Therese, 118, 149;
detests Madame, 122;
reproaches Louis, 153, 170;
influence of, 153, 159, 192, 194, 195, 208;
illness and death of, 194-197;
effect of death of, 195, 197, 200, 201, 206, 208, 209

Anquetil, _Louis XIV., sa Cour et le Regent_, by, 349

_Archives de la Bastille_ (Ravaisson), 189, 201, 209, 282, 293, 312, 343, 344 _Archives de Chantilly_, 117, 174, 175, 186

_Archives_ of Eu. _See_ Eu

_Ariane_ (Monteverde), 214

Armagnac, Louis de Lorraine, Comte d', 237

Arras, siege of, 23, 161

_Artamene, ou le Grand Cyrus_ (Scudery), 11

_Astrate_, 81

_Astree, L'_(d'Urfe), 11, 14, 80

Aubineau, Leon, 67

Aumale, Duc d', 46

Aumale, Mlle. d', _Memoires_ of, 291

Auteuil, Comte d', 47

Ayen, Comte d' (Duc de Noailles), 270

B

Bachaumont, 32

_Bajazet_ (Racine), 8, 225

_Ballet des Arts_, 172

Bartelemy, Eduard de (Honorat de Bueil, Marquis de Racan), editor _La Galerie des Portraits_, etc., 122, 130

Bastile, the, 247, 370

_Bastille, Archives de la._ _See Archives_

Baviere, Anne de. _See_ Palatine

Baviere, Elisabeth Charlotte de (Madame). _See_ Palatine

Baviere, Marie Anne Christine de, 347

Bayard, Comtesse de, 365

Baziniere, Sieur de la, 76

Beaufort, Duc de, 185

Bellefonte, Marshal of, 264

Bernieres, M. de, 87, 88, 91, 92;
_Relations_ of, 87-90

Berri, government of, 307

Berulle, 373

Bethleem, Bishop of, 191

Bethune, Comte de, 47

Bethune, Mme. de, 266

Beuvron, Charles d'Harcourt, Comte de, 275

Beziers, M. de, 147

Bezon, M. de, 343

Bidassoa, river, 105, 110

Bielle, Sieur de, 83

Blois, forced sojourn of Monsieur at, 25-35, 39-41, 49-53, 97, 98, 134;
court at, 97

Blois, Mlle. de, marriage of, 337

Bocquet, Mlle. (Agelaste), 124

Boileau, 217, 222, 223

Bois-le-Vicomte, Chateau of, 50

Bologna, theatres in, 215

Bordeaux, Court at, 98, 99, 132

Bossuet, Court preacher, 140, 142, 200;
funeral oration of, 152;
at death-bed of Madame, 272, 273

Boucherat, 344

Bougy, Lady de, 211

Bouillon, Duc de, 77

Bouillon, Duchesse de, 344

Bouligneux, M. de, 264

Boult, 89

Bourbon, Baths of, 329, 354

Bourbon, Henri de. _See_ Montpensier

Bourbon, House of, 42, 47

Bourbon, Marie de, 42

Bourdaloue, Court preacher, 200

Bourgogne, Hotel de, 227

Bourgogne, province of, 83, 94

Boursault, 225

Boyer, Abbe, tragedies of, 226

Brandenbourg, 374

Brie, province of, 83, 84

Brienne, Father, 190

Broglie, Emmanuel de, _Saint Vincent de Paul_, by, 82, 91

Brunetiere, M. F., _Les Epoques du Theatre francais_;
_Les Etudes critiques sur l'Histoire de la Litterature francaise_,
by, 223

Bussy-Rabutin, _Memoires_ of, cited, 32, 55, 61, 147, 148, 160, 248, 337,
342, 343, 345;
letters to, 272, 273, 302, 305, 342, 374;
_Correspondance de_, 303, 364

C

_Cabale des Devots, La_ (Allier), 83, 85, 88, 148, 157, 181, 198, 199

_Cahiers de Mlle. d'Aumale, Les_, 230, 341

Cambert, _Pomone_, opera by, 216

Carignan, Princesse de, 291

Carrosse _Amarante_, 223

Cartwright, Julia, _Madame, Memoirs of Henrietta, Duchesse of Orleans_,
by, 136

_Cassandre_ (La Calprenede), 11

Cato, Mme. de Montespan's maid, 344, 346

Caylus, Mme. de, _Souvenirs et Correspondance_ of, 300;
_Souvenirs de_, 150, 347

Chaillou des Barres, Baron, _Les Chateaux d'Ancy-le-France,
de Saint-Fargeau_, etc., by, 6

Chalais, 25

Chalon-sur-Saone, 354

Chambord, 26, 33

_Chambre ardente_, established by Louis, 204, 343, 344;
suppression of, 347

Champagne, province of, 55, 56, 87, 92, 334

Champigny lawsuit, 49, 50, 125

Chantelauze, _Saint Vincent de Paul et les Gondi_, by, 82, 112

Chantilly, _see Archives_ of

Chapelle, 32

Charenton, 289

Charles II. (of England), 136

Charles II. (of Spain), marriage of, 277

_Chateaux d'Ancy-le-France, de Saint-Fargeau_, etc., _Les_
(Chaillou des Barres), 6

Chatelet, the, 211

Chatellerault, duchy of, 49

Chatillon, Duchesse de, 78, 80, 126

Chatrier, Mme. de, 335

Chauvelin, M. de, 347

Cheruel, editor, 3, 48, 297

Chevreuse, Mme. de, 369

Choisy, Mlle.'s mansion at, 357, 359

Choisy, Francois-Timoleon, Abbe de, _Memoires_ of, 74, 133, 134,
138, 281, 289, 291, 310, 340

Choisy, Mme. de, 13

Chouquet, _Histoire de la Musique dramatique en France_, by, 213

Cinq-Mars, 25

Clagny, Chateau of, 235

Clairvoyants, 201-207

Clamecy, 191

Clement, P., _Mme. de Montespan et Louis XIV._, by, 282

_Cleopatre_ (La Calprenede), 11

Colbert, protected by Mademoiselle's escort, 56;
reorganises finances, 141, 171, 177;
letters to, 183, 348;
enemy of _Compagnie du Saint Sacrement_, 198;
opposes Louvois, 287;
protests against King's extravagance, 332-337;
mediation of, 345, 352

Coligny, Admiral de, 78

Comedie Francaise, 109

Conde, Prince de (the Great), 3, 56, 117, 256, 377;
alliance of, with Mademoiselle, 3, 16, 17, 33, 45, 56, 369;
defeat of, 20, 23, 54;
letters of, 38-40, 46, 147, 174, 186;
rupture of, with Mlle., 46, 47, 52;
cruelty of army of, 55, 83;
pardoned, 100, 101, 113;
son of, 117;
appreciation of Racine, 229;
opposes Mlle.'s marriage, 285, 291, 292, 296

Conde, Princesse de, 16, 17, 46

Conti, Louis Armand, Prince de, marriage of, 48, 337

Corneille, 80, 81, 129, 223-226, 228, 240, 241

_Correspondance de Bussy-Rabutin_, 303

_Correspondance de Pomponne, La_, 297

_Correspondant_, the, 112

Cotin, Abbe, _[OE]uvres galantes en vers et en prose_, by, 220, 223, 226

Coulanges, 287

_Country Pleasures_, operetta, 19

Court of France, Mademoiselle returns to, 2, 57-59, 72;
in disgrace with, 16, 19, 45, 55;
returns to Paris, 19-21, 65, 110, 281;
Monsieur under protection of, 39, 40, 48;
journeys of, 53, 68, 94-104, 108, 110, 132, 257, 258, 307;
manners and morals of, 76-79, 81, 82, 123-125, 128-131, 338;
etiquette of, 78, 104-111, 233;
occupations of, 103, 230-232;
the young, 148, 174, 224, 229, 376;
brilliancy of, 174, 258-260, 315;
size of, 174, 175, 258;
at Versailles, 174, 176-182, 333, 365, 370, 376;
at Fontainebleau, 182, 184;
literary tastes of, 224, 227, 229, 376;
at Saint-Germain, 269, 353, 354;
changed character of, 370, 371, 374

Court of Saint-Fargeau, 6-10, 17-20, 129-131, 135

Cousin, _La Societe francaise au XVIIeme siecle_, by, 124

_Creation de Versailles, la_ (de Nolhac), 176

Cregny, Duc de, 282

Crequi, 297

Crisse, Mme. de, original of Countess de Pimbesche, 191

Crosne, 89

Crussol, Emmanuel II., de. _See_ Uzes

D

_Dafne_, musical tragedy, 214

_Dames, les_ (the "ladies"), 315, 334-336

Dauphin, the Grand, 154, 155, 179;
marriage of, 347;
death of, 219

De Chapelain, 226

_Declaration par le Menu du Comte d'Eu_, 163

Delamare, Philibert, _Melanges_, by, 285, 286, 290, 294, 301

Delaure, _Histoire de Paris_, by, 21

_De La Valliere a Montespan_ (Lemoine and Lichtenberger), 175, 229,
263, 335

Delort, J., _Histoire de la Detention des Philosophes_, by, 312

Deltour, F., _Les Ennemis de Racine_, by, 223, 226

Derby, Lady, 137

_Deux Chevres_ (La Fontaine), _Les_, 107

_Devineresses, Les_ (La Fontaine), 203

_Devolution_, war of the, 154, 257

Diafoirus, Thomas, 109

_Dictionnaire des Precieuses, Le_ (Somaize), 13

Diderot, 172

Dijon, Court at, 94, 95

Divine Right of Kings, doctrine of, 139-142

Dombes, principality of, 49, 95;
given to Lauzun, 288;
demanded for Duc du Maine, 352

Dreyss, Charles, editor of _Memoires_ of Louis XIV., 58, 69, 141, 278

Dubois, _Les Fragments des Memoires inedits_, by, 67

Dubuisson (Lesage). _See_ Lesage

Dubuisson-Aubenay, _Journal des Guerres civiles_, by, 92

Dunkerque, 173, 307

Dupre, Mlle., 124

E

_Ecole des Femmes_ (Moliere),131, 227

_Ecrits inedits_ (Saint-Simon), 354, 359, 363, 364

_Education politique de Louis XIV., L'_ (Lacour-Gayet) 64

Elbeuf, M. d', 178

Elisabeth de France, mother of Marie-Therese, 149

Embrun, Archbishop of, 38, 39 190

Enghien, Duc d', 117;
marriage of, 174

_Ennemis de Racine, Les_ (Deltour), 223, 226

_Epoques du Theatre francais, Les_ (Brunetiere), 223

_Essai sur la Vie_ (Aime-Martin), 365

Estrees, Marechal d', 76

Etampes, 54

Etrechy, 89

_Etudes critiques sur l'Histoire de la Litterature francaise,
Les_ (Brunetiere), 223

Eu, Chateau d', 147, 170;
_Archives_ of, 162, 163, 167-169;
Mademoiselle at, 169, 182, 183, 360-363, 365

Eu, Comte d', property of the Guise, 161;
sale of, 161-167;
revenue from, 162-166;
given to Lauzun, 288;
given to Duc du Maine, 352, 353

_Eugenie, ou la force du destin_, 14

F

Fabert, 84

Famine of 1659-1662, 93

Feillet, _La misere au temps de la Fronde et Saint Vincent de Paul_, by,
82, 84

Ferte, Marechale de la, 344

Feuquieres, Marquis de, 344

Fiesque, Comtesse de, 16, 45, 129, 360

_Fille, la_, fable of (La Fontaine), 190-191

Flanders, Court in, 257, 307

Fontainebleau, Court at, 174, 182-188, 308

Fontanges, Mlle. de, 339, 340

Fontarabia, marriage of Louis XIV. at, 104, 105, 110

Forges, Baths of, 10, 53, 146

Foucquet, Abbe, 25, 78;
punishment of, 141;
imprisonment of, 311-313, 326, 330;
death of, 326, 329

_Fragments des Memoires inedits, Les_ (Dubois), 67

France, failure of Fronde important to, 1;
fondness for sport in, 7;
results of absolute monarchy in, 7, 371, 372;
wars of with Spain, 16, 20, 55, 59, 145, 361;
famine and misery in, 54, 55, 82-94, 331, 334;
advantages to, from peace of the Pyrenees, 99;
conversation, the delight of intelligent, 123, 135;
reforms of Louis and Colbert in, 141, 142, 171;
increase of industry and commerce, 142;
"rights" in, 168;
growing power and influence of, 171;
influence of women in, 193, 194;
belief in astrology and sorcery, 201-212;
introduction of dramatic music into, 213-217;
war of, with Holland, 235, 318, 330;
consternation in, over projected marriage of Mademoiselle, 283, 284,
286, 290, 292, 294, 295, 297;
mistress of the world, 330, 331;
moral deterioration of, 338, 372-374

France, Court of. _See_ Court

Franche-Comte, 330

Francis I., 27

Fronde, the, failure of, 1, 47;
effect of, 1, 58, 65, 68, 376;
leaders of, 2, 11, 81, 369;
Mademoiselle the heroine of, 3, 53, 59, 72, 370;
wars of, 16, 20, 36, 54, 82-85, 213, 221, 232, 377;
abuses giving rise to, 21, 22

Frondeurs, the, 2, 47, 58, 77, 369

Frontenac, Mme. de, 14, 15, 45

G

_Galerie des Portraits de Mlle. de Montpensier, la_, 122, 125-127,
129-131, 135

Gaston, Duc d'Orleans. _See_ Orleans

_Gazette de Hollande_, 307

_Gazette_ of Loret, 18, 20, 30, 171-174, 178, 179, 227, 272, 365

_Gazette de Renaudot_, 269

Geoffroy, editor of _Letters of Mme. de Maintenon_, 64

Germany, peace of the Pyrenees unfavourable to, 99;
humiliated by Louis XIV., 171, 331

Giustiniani, Venetian Ambassador, 142

Gomberville, works of, 11

Gonzague, Anne de. _See_ Palatine

Gonzague, Marie de. _See_ Poland

Goulas, Nicolas, _Memoires_ of, 28, 34

Gramont, Catherine de, 211

Gramont, Chevalier de, 35

Gramont, Marechal de, 149, 211

_Grand Cyrus, Le_ (Scudery), 11, 124

Grignan, Mme. de, 11

Guibourg, Abbe, 345, 348

Guiche, Comte de, 71, 148, 149

Guilloire, 286, 307

Guise, Charles de Lorraine, Duc de, 42

Guise, Chevalier de, 221

Guise, Duc de, 177, 178;
married Mlle. d'Orleans, 294, 295

Guise, Duchesse de (grandmother of Mademoiselle), 42, 51

Guise, family of, 161. _See also_ Lorraine

Guise, Mlle. de, marriage of, 161

Guitry, Marquis de, 282, 297

H

Hachette, 202

Hanotaux, M. G., 150, 230, 341

Haro, Don Luis de, 107, 108

Haussonville, Comte d', 150, 219, 291

Heine, Heinrich, 224, 228

Henrietta of England (Madame) wife of Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, 130,
151-153, 191;
relations of, with Louis XIV., 194, 228;
death of, 233, 270-273, 275;
daughters of, 277

Henry III., 67

Henry IV., 149, 283

Henry, Victor, _La Magie dans l'Inde antique_, by, 210

Herse, Presidente de, 88, 92

_Histoire amoureuse des Gaules L'_, 297

_Histoire du Chateau de Blois, L'_, (La Saussaye), 26

_Histoire de France_ (Porchat and Miot, trs.), 99

_Histoire de France_ (von Ranke), 330

_Histoire de Louvois_ (Rousset), 364

_Histoire de Madame Henriette d'Angleterre_ (La Fayette), 151-153, 194,
271

_Histoire de Mlle. et du Comte de Losun_, 257

_Histoire de la Musique dramatique en France_ (Chouquet), 213

_Histoire de l'Opera en Europe_ (Rolland), 213

_Histoire de Paris, L'_ (Delaure), 21

_Histoire de la Princesse de Paphlagonie_ (Mademoiselle), 132

_Histoires de la Detention des Philosophes_ (Delort), 312

Hoguete, Fortin de la, 140

Holland, war between France and, 235, 318, 330

Honsett, M. du, 305

Hopital, Marechal de l', 75

Hopital, Mme. de l', 76

Hospitals, establishment of, 87

Hotel Rambouillet, 14, 124

Hotel de Ville, the, 369

Huet, Dr., _Memoires_ of, 10, 127, 129

I

_Image du Souverain, L'_, 140

_Infortunes d'une petite-fille d'Henri IV., Les_ (Rodocanachi), 138

_Inventaire general du Comte d'Eu_, 163

_Iphigenie_ (Racine), 227

Isarn, M., 327-329

Isle des Faisans (_Isle de la Conference_), 106-110

Isle Saint-Louis, 206

Iturrieta, Don Miguel de, 282

J

Jacobins, the, 375

Jansenism, 85

Jansenists, 87, 88, 129, 373

Jesuits, the, 79, 80, 83

_Jeune Alcidiane, La_ (Gomberville), 11

Joinville, Prince de. _See_ Lorraine

Joly, Mme., 90

Jourdain, Mme., 115

_Journal des Guerres civiles_ (Dubuisson-Aubenay), 92

_Journal d'Olivier Lefevre d'Ormesson_, 159, 174, 177, 186, 194, 197,
285, 287, 301, 332, 335

_Journal de Voyage de deux jeunes Hollandais a Paris_, 72, 73, 75, 76

Joyeuse, Duc de. _See_ Lorraine

Joyeuse, Henriette Catherine, Duchesse de. _See_ Montpensier

Jusserand, J. J., _Les sports et jeux d'exercice dans l'ancienne France_,
by, 7

K

Kant, Emanuel, 220

_Kant als Mensch_ (Adickes), 220

_Kreutzer Sonata_ (Tolstoi), 220

L

La Bruyere, 269

La Calprenede, _Cassandre_ and _Cleopatre_, by, 11

Lacour-Gayet, _L'Education politique de Louis XIV._, by, 64, 67

La Duverger, 211

La Fare, Marquis de, _Memoires et Reflexions_ of, 248, 283, 287, 290,
302, 310, 339

La Fayette, Mme. de, 134;
_Histoire de Madame Henriette d'Angleterre_, 151-153, 194, 271;
_Princesse de Cleves_, by, 153;
_Memoires de la Cour de France_, 209, 363

La Fontaine, letters of, 26, 27, 54;
fables of, 107, 111, 109, 203;
appointment of, 191

Lair, J. _Louise de La Valliere_, by, 180

Lalanne, Ludovic, 303

Lamoignon, Mme. de, 88, 92

Landrecies, 263-265

Lansac, Mme. de, 67

La Reynie, Lieut.-General of Police, 209, 210, 343-346

La Riviere, 374

La Rochefoucauld, 11, 130, 134, 256, 369

La Saussaye, _L'Histoire du Chateau de Blois_, by, 26

Lauzun, Antonin Nompar de Caumont, Marquis de Puyguilhem, Comte de, 238;
career of, 243-247;
intrigues of, 245, 246, 249-251;
relations of with Mme. de Montespan, 245, 246, 282, 287, 290, 309;
description of, 243, 244, 248, 262, 324, 356;
in the Bastile, 247;
character of, 248-251, 269, 287, 356-359, 367-369;
projected marriage of Mademoiselle with, 251-257, 267-270, 276,
279-281, 284, 293;
tacit consent of Louis to marriage, 281-283;
generous gifts of Mademoiselle to, 288, 289, 355;
marriage broken off, 290-297, 317, 326;
question of secret marriage with Mlle., 304-308, 349;
arrest and imprisonment of, 310-324, 350;
the "caskets" of, 317;
attempted escape of, 325, 326, 350;
communicates with Foucquet, 326;
interview of, with his family, 327-329;
released from prison, 329, 349, 354, 359;
forced to renounce gifts of Mlle., 353, 354;
reimprisoned, 354;
forbidden to return to Court, 354, 355, 360, 361;
saves Queen of England, 363;
Order of the Garter and title conferred upon, 364;
marriage of, 366;
death of, 369

Lauzun, Chevalier de, 327

Lauzun, Mme. de, married life of, 366-369

Laval, Marquise of, 6

La Valliere, Laurent de La Baume Le Blanc, Seigneur de, 134

La Valliere, Louise de, youth of, 134;
relations of, with Louis XIV., 150, 153-156, 172, 176, 178, 193;
made Duchess, 154;
position of, officially recognised, 197, 233, 234, 258, 315, 334, 336;
attacked by Bossuet, 200;
successor to, 208-210;
marriage of daughter, 337;
character of, 339;
retires to convent, 339

La Voisin, the poisoner, 207, 208, 210, 212;
clients of, 207, 208, 210-212, 342, 344-346, 351

Lemaitre, Jules, 81

Lemoine, Jean, and Andre Lichtenberger, _De La Valliere a Montespan_, by,
175, 229, 263, 335

Le Notre, 176

Le Pelletier, Claude, 186, 286

Lesage (Dubuisson), 204;
arrest and trial of, 210-212, 348

Lesdiguieres, Duc de, 75, 76

Lesigny, 46

Le Tellier, Michel, 25, 94

_Lettres historiques et edifiantes._ _See_ Maintenon

Libertins, the, 148, 153, 157, 159, 182

Lichtenberger, Andre. _See_ Lemoine

Limay, 89

Limours, Chateau of, 25

Lionne, Hugues de, 148

_Lit de Justice_, 19, 20

Livet, 257, 297

Loing, valley of the, 4, 9, 12

Loire, the, 28, 29

Loiseleur, Jules, _Problemes historiques_, by, 63

Longueville, Duc de (Count de Saint-Paul), 256, 257, 270

Longueville, Duchesse de, 256, 369

Loret, _Gazette_ of, 18, 20, 30, 171-174, 178, 179, 227, 258, 272, 365

Lorges, Marechal de, daughter of, marries Lauzun, 366-369

Lorraine, Charles III., Duc de, 137

Lorraine, Chevalier de, 275

Lorraine, Duc de, cruelty of army of, 38, 84

Lorraine, Henri de, 42

Lorraine, House of, 42, 294

Lorraine, Louis de, Comte d'Armagnac, 237

Lorraine, Louis de, Duc de Guise, 294, 295

Lorraine, Louis de, Duc de Joyeuse, death of, 161, 168

Lorraine, Louis Joseph de, Prince de Joinville, 161, 168

Lorraine, Marguerite de (Madame). _See_ Orleans

Lorraine, Prince Charles de, 137

Lorraine, Prince de, 252

Louis XIII., 25, 243;
death of, 102

Louis XIV., returns to Paris, 2, 19, 24;
occupations of Court of, 7, 230-232;
dictates to Parliament, 19, 23;
holds _Lit de Justice_, 19, 20;
escorts Mazarin to Paris, 20;
fondness of, for fetes and ballets, 21, 75, 120, 172, 176, 178-181,
315;
growing power of, 22-24, 59, 170, 171;
education of, 31, 63-68, 371;
proposed marriages of, 48, 77, 94, 96;
permits Mademoiselle to return to Court, 57-59;
effect of Fronde upon, 58, 65, 68, 278, 370;
character of, 68-72, 101;
lack of etiquette at Court, in youth of, 77, 78;
infatuation of, for Marie Mancini, 77, 97, 193, 228;
cruelty of armies of, 84;
journeys of, 94, 97-100, 103, 104, 199, 257;
pardons Conde, 100, 101;
ignorance of, 103, 104, 112-116;
marriage of, with Marie-Therese, 103-111;
interviews of, with Philip IV., 106, 107;
letters of, 108, 183, 184, 188, 189;
begins to govern without minister, 113, 114;
systematic regulation of his time, 116, 117;
growth of absolute monarchy, 118, 119, 128, 138-142, 371;
fondness of, for gaming, 133, 333;
reforms abuses with Colbert, 141, 142;
proposes marriage of Mlle. with King of Portugal, 142-146, 160, 185;
banishes Mlle. for refusing marriage, 147, 148, 161;
Queen's lack of influence over, 149-151, 154;
passionate temperament of, 153-155, 170, 193, 219, 220;
relations of, with Madame, 153, 194, 228;
strained relations with his mother, 153, 157;
relations of, with La Valliere, 153-156, 172, 176, 193, 197;
_Memoires_ written for Dauphin, 154-156, 179;
opinion of women, 155, 193, 194;
conduct of, disapproved, 157-159;
religious opinions of, 156, 212, 213, 374;
influence of Mme. de Maintenon upon, 156, 193, 219, 339;
acquires Dunkerque, 173;
takes up permanent residence at Versailles, 174, 370;
size of Court, 174, 175, 258;
hospitality of, 175-177;
plans Savoie marriage for Mademoiselle, 185-190, 236;
effect of mother's death on, 195-197, 199;
relations of, with Mme. de Montespan, 193, 209, 210, 212, 229, 333,
338-342;
frames rules of etiquette relating to position of mistresses, 197,
233-235, 315, 334-336;
boldness of Court preachers, 200, 201;
orders prosecution of Mariette and Lesage, 210-212;
lover of music, 218-220;
sustains Racine and Moliere, 224, 227, 228;
death of infant daughter, 233;
with the army, 235, 361;
Lauzun a favourite of, 243-247, 250, 251, 254, 257;
discomforts of travelling in 1670, 258-267;
plans marriage of Mlle. with Monsieur, 274, 276-278;
tacitly consents to marriage of Mademoiselle with Lauzun, 282, 283,
286;
withdraws consent, 290-293, 295, 296;
treatment of Mademoiselle, 299-301;
Lauzun's imprisonment, 312-315, 323;
charmed with new sister-in-law, 315;
brilliancy of reign of, 330, 331, 375;
power and importance of, 330-332;
extravagance of, 332-339;
love of martial display, 333-336;
marriage of Mlle. de Blois, 337;
responsible for deterioration of manners and morals, 338-341, 372;
finds presumptive proof of guilt of Madame de Montespan, 343-347, 349;
orders destruction of records, 343, 344, 369;
turns to Mme. de Maintenon, 339-341;
dismisses Mme. de Montespan, 341, 342;
establishes the _Chambre ardente_, 343;
suppresses the _Chambre ardente_, 347;
marriage of, with Mme. de Maintenon, 305, 370;
effect of reign of, upon France, 371-373;
_Memoires_ of, 58, 66, 68-70, 114, 141, 142, 154-156, 179, 193, 278,
355

_Louise de La Valliere_ (Lair), 180

Louvois, letters to, 209, 311, 325;
enemy of Lauzun, 244, 245, 247, 287, 288;
instructions of, concerning Lauzun, 310-313, 318-323, 325;
letters of, 344, 347;
sent to coerce Mademoiselle, 352

Louvre, Palace of the, Mazarin returns to, 20;
Court at, 65, 78, 82, 111, 112, 122;
fete at, 178

Lulli, Baptiste, operas of, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221

Luxembourg, Duc de, 344

Luxembourg, palace of the, Monsieur at, 24;
Mademoiselle returns to, 72, 76, 121;
Madame occupies, 102, 121, 191, 285;
salon of Mademoiselle at, 122, 123, 125, 133-136, 148, 222, 223, 288,
296, 297, 361

Luynes, Constable de, 243

Lyonne, M. de, 293

Lyons, Court at, 94, 96, 258

M

Madame. See Orleans, Henrietta, and Palatine

_Madame de Montespan et Louis XIV._ (Clement), 282, 349

_Madame, Memoirs of Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans_ (Cartwright), 136

Madelaine, 50

Mademoiselle, La Grande. See Montpensier

_Magie dans l'Inde antique, La_ (Henry), 210

Mailly, Chateau of, 263

Maine, Duc du, 351, 352

Maintenon, Mme. de (Mme. Scarron), _Letters of_ (Geoffroy, ed.), 63, 64;
_Souvenirs sur_, 150, 151, 230;
influence of, over Louis XIV., 71, 156, 193, 219, 339-341, 374;
governess to King's children, 290, 309, 310;
_Lettres historiques et edifiantes_, of, 291;
King marries, 305, 370

Mairet, 223

_Malade Imaginaire_ (Moliere), 109

Mancini, Marie, niece of Mazarin, 77, 96, 193, 228, 339

"Mandate," the, 286

Mansard, Francois, 26

Man with the Iron Mask, the, 304, 329

Marie Antoinette, 23

Marie Therese, Infanta of Spain, marriage of, with Louis XIV., 103-111;
political opinions of, 118;
unhappy married life of, 149-151, 154, 172;
character of, 149-151, 196, 252, 260, 261, 264-266, 271;
friendly relations of, with Mme. de Montespan, 209, 210, 233-235;
friendship of, for Mme. de Maintenon, 341;
death of, 370

Mariette, priest, 204, 210;
arrest and trial of, 210-212

Marigny, _La Relation des Divertissements que le Roi a donnes aux
Reines_, by, 173

Marly, 336

Martinozzi, Anne Marie, niece of Mazarin, 48

Mascarille, Marquis de, 76

Mauny, Marquise de, 13, 131

Mazarin, Cardinal, power of, 11, 16, 25, 38, 39, 45, 47;
triumphal return of, 20;
obtains pardon for Mademoiselle, 48, 52, 53, 56;
detestation of, 60, 61;
rapacity of, 60-62, 112;
relations of, with Anne of Austria, 62, 63, 304;
created Cardinal, 63;
treatment of Louis XIV., 65-67, 69, 70, 74;
nieces of, 77, 82, 96, 97, 237;
letter of protest to, 84;
signs peace of Pyrenees, 99, 107;
difficulties of, in settling points of etiquette relating to King's
marriage, 105, 106;
instructions of, to Louis, 112, 113;
death of, 113, 116, 141;
opposition of, to _Compagnie du Saint Sacrement_, 158, 198;
introduces Italian opera into France, 215

Medicis, Catherine de', 67, 113

Meilleraye, Duc de la (Duc de Mazarin), 77

_Melanges_ (Delamare), 285

_Memoires._ _See_ Aumale, Bussy-Rabutin, Choisy, Goulas, Huet, La Fare,
La Fayette, Montpensier, Motteville, Saint-Simon, Sourches, etc.

_Memoires_ of Louis XIV. _See_ under Louis (editors, Dreyss and Petitot).

_Memoires de Montglat_, 25, 59, 62, 100, 108

_Memoires-Relations du temps_, 179

_Memoires sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de Jean Racine_ (Racine), 227

Menage, 222, 226

_Mercure Galant_, 365

Mignet, _Negociations relatives a la succession d'Espagne_, by, 143

Miot. _See_ Porchat.

_Misere au temps de la Fronde et Saint Vincent de Paul, La_ (Feillet),
82, 84

_Mithridate_ (Racine), 228

Moliere, returns to Paris, 81;
plays of, 109, 124, 131, 132, 180, 181, 202, 216, 231, 374, 376;
representations of, given at Versailles and the Luxembourg, 178, 180,
181, 221, 222;
opposition to Racine and, 223-227;
King sustains, 227, 228

"Moliere," of the _Grands Ecrivains de la France_ (Hachette), 176, 179,
202

Monsieur, _See_ Orleans, Gaston, Duc d'.

Monsieur, the little. _See_ Anjou, Philippe, Duc d'.

Montausier, Duc de, 264, 282, 287, 297, 306

Montausier, Mme. de, 263

Montbazon, Duchesse de, 126

Montchevreuil, M. de, 230

Montespan, Marquis de, 229

Montespan, Marquise de, supplants La Valliere, 80, 193, 209, 210;
marriage of, 172, 209, 229;
description of, 209, 230;
client of La Voisin, 210, 212, 342;
criminal charges against, 212, 344-348;
position of, 233, 258-271, 315, 334-336;
assumes habits of royalty, 233-235;
relations of, with Lauzun, 245, 246, 282, 287, 354;
betrays Lauzun, 290, 291, 296, 309, 310, 322, 323;
children of, 290, 344, 351, 352;
extravagance of, 333, 336;
character of, 339, 340, 342;
dismissal of, 341, 342, 350, 351;
evidence against destroyed, 343

Monteverde, _Ariane_, by, 214

Montigny, Abbe de, 263

Montmedy, 59

Montmorency-Boutteville, 78

Montmorency, 25

Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, Duchess of, La Grande
Mademoiselle,
possible marriage of, with Louis XIV., 2, 48;
character of, 2, 56, 59, 184

Montpensier, Mlle., alliance of, with Conde, 3, 16, 17, 33, 38, 45,
55, 56;
exiled to Saint-Fargeau, 3-20, 32-39, 43-48;
heroine of Porte Saint-Antoine, 3, 53, 58, 59, 72, 261, 370;
amusements at court of St.-Fargeau, 7-10, 17-20, 148;
literary tastes of, 8-10, 15, 18, 73, 132, 221, 224-226, 229;
begins her _Memoires_, 15;
rumoured marriage of, with Conde, 16;
litigation of, with father, 34, 37, 41-44, 51-54;
wealth of, 35-38, 145, 163, 185, 256;
skilful management of her affairs, 36, 37, 49;
breaks with Conde, 46, 47, 52;
makes overtures to Mazarin, 47, 48;
wins Champigny lawsuit, 49-51, 125;
permitted to return to Court, 54, 55, 57-59;
never fully forgiven, 58, 59, 101, 169, 186, 197, 370;
proposed marriage of, with little Monsieur, 59, 73, 272-278;
takes up residence in the Luxembourg, 72, 121, 122;
popularity of, in Paris, 72, 366;
description of, 72-74;
astonished at lack of etiquette at Court, 75-79;
visits Port-Royal, 79, 80;
visits Dombes, 95, 96;
Monsieur's duplicity towards, 98, 99;
grieves at death of Monsieur, 102, 103;
present at marriage of Louis XIV., 105-111;
ill-health of, 120;
salon of, 122-125, 131-136, 148, 223, 224, 226;
describes blue room of Mme. de Rambouillet, 132, 133;
letters of, 160, 170, 183;
letters to, 183, 188, 189, 348;
proposed marriages of, 136-138;
grudge of Charles II. against, 136, 137;
King plans marriage of, with King of Portugal, 142-146, 160, 161;
refuses to marry Alphonse, 145-147, 160, 185;
second exile of, 147, 160-170, 182, 184;
proposed marriage of, with Duc de Savoie, 147, 185-190, 236;
buys Comte d'Eu, 161-168;
installed at Eu, 169, 170;
recalled to Court, 184-187;
failure of proposed marriages of, 189-192;
patroness of Lulli, 221;
cultivates Mme. de Montespan, 229, 230, 233-236;
change in sentiments of, 235;
advancing age of, 236, 254, 277, 278;
infatuation of, for Lauzun, 238-242, 250, 262, 279-281, 359, 360;
describes Lauzun, 248;
makes proposals of marriage to, 251-256, 267-270, 279, 280;
Lauzun's treatment of, 253-256, 261, 275-277, 279, 281, 357-360;
proposed de Longueville marriage of, 256, 257, 270;
as a traveller, 262-267;
at death-bed of Madame, 270-272;
King's tacit consent to marriage with Lauzun, 281-283, 286;
criticism of projected marriage by all classes, 285, 286;
bestows principalities and titles upon Lauzun, 288, 307;
preparing for marriage, 289, 290, 296;
King refuses consent, 290-293, 295, 296, 353, 354;
marriage with Lauzun broken off, 291-293, 296, 297, 317, 326;
appeals in vain to King, 291-293, 315, 316;
grief and despair of, 296-303;
wide-spread belief in secret marriage of, 304-309, 349, 353, 358;
learns of Lauzun's arrest and imprisonment, 310-314;
efforts of, to obtain release of Lauzun, 317, 318, 348-352;
traditional daughter of, 349;
price demanded from, for liberation of Lauzun, 351, 352;
makes Duc du Maine her heir, 351, 352;
tricked by Louis and Mme. de Montespan, 354;
Lauzun forced to renounce gifts of, 354;
compensates Lauzun, 355;
devotion of, to Lauzun after his liberation, 356-360;
constant quarrels with Lauzun, 357-361;
final break with Lauzun, 362, 363, 366;
illness and death of, 365, 366;
burial of, at St. Denis, 366;
last of actors in the Fronde, 369;
great qualities of, 377

Montpensier, Mlle., _Memoires_ of, 3, 4, 8, 15, 23, 36, 45, 55, 59,
79, 97, 98, 102, 105, 106, 121, 125, 131, 136, 138, 143, 160, 169,
182, 210, 221, 222, 230, 238-240, 255, 256, 262, 269, 297, 305, 308,
315-317, 339, 347, 348, 350, 353, 356, 361

Montpensier, duchy of, 49;
given to Lauzun, 288

Montpensier, Henri de Bourbon, Duc de, 42

Montpensier, Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, Duchesse de, 42

Montresor, Claude de Bourdeville, Comte de, 161

Montvoisin, Antoine, 206-208

Montvoisin, Catherine "La Voisin" the poisoner, 207, 208, 210, 212

_Morale de Salomon, La_, 127

Moret, mock siege of, 334, 335

Morin the Jew, 76

Mortemart, Mlle. de (Mme. de Montespan), 172

Motteville, Mme. de, 31, 49, 62, 66, 116, 135, 149, 150, 195;
_Memoires_ of, 73, 100, 104, 109, 112, 113, 116, 135, 149, 150, 154,
170, 190, 195

Mouchy, 199

N

Nallot, M. de, 310, 311

Nantes, Revocation of Edict of, 331, 374

Necromancy, 202-207

_Negociations relatives a la succession d'Espagne_ (Mignet), 143

Nemours, Henri de Savoie, Duc de, 185

Nemours, Marie-Jeanne Baptiste de, 190

Nemours, the Mesdemoiselles de, 185, 190

Nesmond, Presidente de, 90

Nevers, Duchesse de, 347

Nimeguen, peace of, 331

Noailles, Duc de(Comte d' Ayen), 270

Noailles, Mme. de, 248

Nogent, Mme. de, 290, 327-329

Nolhac, M. de, _La Creation de Versailles_, by, 176

_Nouvelles Francaises, Les_ (Segrais), 8

Nuitter and Thoinan, _Les Origines de l'Opera Francais_, by, 213

O

Oeillets, Mlle. des, 346

_Oeuvres completes_ (Saint-Pierre), 365

_Oeuvres galantes en vers et en prose_ (Cotin), 223

_Oeuvres de Louis XIV. Lettres particulieres_, 188

Olivet, Abbe d', 222

Opera, Italian, birth of, 214-216;
French, 215, 216

_Origines de l'Opera Francais, Les_ (Nuitter and Thoinan), 213

Orleans, city of, 33, 34, 39, 42, 49, 53

Orleans, House of, 35, 37

Orleans, Gaston, Duc d' (Monsieur), character of, 3, 23-25, 28-30,
44, 52, 97-99;
exiled to Blois, 24-33;
piety of, 29, 30;
children of, 31, 34, 37, 39, 42, 77, 97-99, 105, 106, 133, 134, 137,
138, 186, 235, 294;
pillages daughter's fortune, 35-37, 39-44, 168;
under Court protection, 38-40, 48, 49;
litigation of, with Mademoiselle, 37, 41-44, 51-54;
death and burial of, 101, 102

Orleans, Henrietta of England (Madame), wife of Philippe Duc d'.
_See_ Henrietta

Orleans, Marguerite de Lorraine (Madame), second wife of Gaston, Duc d',
24, 43, 191, 285, 286;
daughters of, 31, 34, 37, 39, 42, 77, 97-99, 105, 106, 133, 134, 137,
138, 186, 188, 235, 294;
character of, 101, 102, 121, 122, 133, 134

Orleans, Marguerite Louise, Mlle. d', daughter of Monsieur, 97, 98, 133;
marriage of, 137, 138

Orleans, Marie Louise d', daughter of little Monsieur, 277;
marriage of, 277

Orleans, Mgr. Duc d', 162

Orleans, Philippe, Duc d'. _See_ Anjou

Ormesson, Andre d', 22, 48

Ormesson, Olivier Lefevre d', _Journal_ of, 48, 76, 118, 159, 174,
177, 186, 194, 197, 285, 287, 301, 331, 332, 335;
disgrace of, 118, 332

Ormond, Marquis d', 137

P

Palatine, Anne de Baviere, Princesse, 174

Palatine, Anne de Gonzague, Princesse, 106

Palatine, Elisabeth Charlotte de Baviere, Princesse (Madame), second
wife of Philippe Duc d'Orleans, 62, 156, 315

_Paraphrases des sept Psaumes de la Penitence_, 127

Paris, Archbishop of, 287, 288

Paris, King and Court return to, 2, 19-21, 24, 65, 110, 174, 281;
opinion of King in, 71;
committee of relief founded in, 87-93;
carnival in, 93, 94;
Queen's entrance into, 111;
commerce in, 142;
magic arts in, 201-206, 342-344;
bridges of, 206;
lampoons against Louis in, 335;
dungeons of, 347;
cradle of French revolutions, 370, 376

Parliament, the, Louis XIV. dictates to, 19, 20, 23, 76;
dictates to royalty, 68, 69;
petition to, 162;
decrees of, 167, 168;
privileges of, 371

Parma, Duc de, 189

Patin, Guy, letters of, 71, 113, 117

_Pedagogue chretien_, 324

Pellison, _Lettres historiques_, by, 258

Perefixe, Abbe de, 66, 67, 115

_Perroquet ou Les Amours de Mademoiselle_, Le 257, 282

_Pertharite_ (Corneille), 80

Petitot, editor _Memoires_ of Louis XIV., 66

_Phedre_ (Racine), 224

Philip IV. of Spain, 103, 104, 142, 149;
interviews of, with Louis XIV. and Anne of Austria, 106-110;
death of, 173

Picardy, 87, 165

Pignerol, fortress of, 310, 311, 318, 319, 325, 329, 351, 355, 356, 358

Pimbesche, Countess of, original of, 36, 191

_Plaideurs_ (Racine), 227

_Plaisirs de l'Ile enchantee_, 176

_Poisons, Les_ (La Fontaine), 203

Poland, Marie de Gonzague, Queen of, and Port-Royal, 88, 92;
letters to, 117, 174, 175, 186

_Polexandre_ (Gomberville), 11

Polignac, Vicomtesse de, 344

Pomponne, M. de, 293, 297;
_La Correspondance de Pomponne_, 297

Pont Marie, 206

Porchat, Jacques, and Miot, _Histoire de France_, tr. by, 99

Porte Saint-Antoine, heroine of, 3, 53, 59, 72, 370

Port Royal des Champs, 79, 88, 92

_Port-Royal_ (Sainte-Beuve), 82

Portugal, independence of, threatened, 142;
King of, 143-145, 160, 185

Portugal, Queen of, 190

_Precieuses Ridicules, Les_ (Moliere), 124

Prefontaine, 33, 35, 36, 41, 43, 44, 50, 53

_Princesse de Cleves_ (La Fayette), 153

_Princesse d'Elide_ (Moliere), 180, 216

_Problemes Historiques_ (Loiseleur), 63

_Provinciales_, the, 79

Provins, 84

Puyguilhem, Marquis de. See Lauzun

Pyrenees, peace of the, 2, 99, 100, 107

_Pyrrhus_ (Racine), 224

Q

"Queens, the three," 233

Quinault, tragedies of, 80, 81, 216, 217, 220

R

Racan, Honorat de Bueil, Marquis de. _See_ Barthelemy

Racine, Jean, tragedies of, 8, 81, 223-229;
and Corneille compared, 223-227;
King's appreciation of, 224, 227, 228

Racine, Louis, _Memoires sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de Jean Racine_,
by, 227

Rambouillet, Hotel, 14, 224

Rambouillet, Mme. de, salon of, 123

Rampillon, 84

Ranke, Leopold von, _Histoire de France_, by, 99, 330

Rapin, Father, 181

Ravaisson, Francois, _Archives de la Bastille_, by, 201, 312

Ravetot, Marquis de, 211

Regent, the, 62, 372, 374

Reims, 55, 56

Reims, Archbishop of, 288

_Relation de la Cour de France_ (Spanheim), 374

_Relation des Divertissements que le Roi a donnes aux Reines,
La_ (Marigny), 173

_Relation de l'Ile imaginaire, La_ (Mademoiselle), 18, 132

_Relations des Ambassadeurs Venitiens_, 65

_Relations_ of de Bernieres, 87-90

_Remerciement au Roi_ (Moliere), 231

Retz, Cardinal de, 20, 24, 25, 113, 369, 377

Richelieu, 11, 25, 28, 30, 50, 55

Robert, Procurer-General, 344

Robespierre, 375

Rochefort, 287, 336

Roche-sur-Yon, 49

Rocroy, 101

Rodocanachi, M., _Les Infortunes d'une petite-fille d' Henri IV._, by, 138

Rohan, Marie-Eleonore de, Abbess, 126, 127

_Roland furieux_, 178

Rolland, Romain, _Histoire de l'Opera en Europe_, by, 213, 220

Romecourt, 265, 266

Roquelaure, 148

Rosen, de, 84

Rousseau, Sieur, 293

Rousset, Camille, _Histoire de Louvois_, by, 364

S

Sainctot, Mme. de, 131

Saint-Aignan, Duc de, 178

Saint Antoine de Padua, 205

Saint-Cloud, Chateau of, 54, 269

Saint-Cyr, 63

Saint-Denis, burial of Monsieur at, 102;
burial of Mademoiselle at, 366

Sainte-Beuve, _Port-Royal_, by, 82

Saint Evremond, _The Operas_, by, 218

Saint-Fargeau, Chateau of, Mademoiselle exiled to, 3-6, 36, 73;
Mademoiselle's Court at, 6-10, 12, 17-20, 129-131, 135;
Mademoiselle again exiled to, 147, 148, 160, 169

Saint-Genevieve MS., 257

Saint-Germain-des Pres, 73

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Court at, 173, 177, 239, 247, 258, 269, 310,
313, 318, 353, 354

Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Court at, 104, 108;
marriage of Louis XIV., at, 110

Saint-Joseph, Convent of, 234

Saint-Mars, Sieur de, 310, 311;
letter of, 313;
letters to, 318-321, 325-327, 329

Saint-Paul, Comte de (Duc de Longueville), 256, 257

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 9;
_[OE]uvres completes_ of, 365

Saint Quentin, 263

Saint-Remi, Jacques de Courtavel, Marquis de, 134

Saint-Romain, Abbe de, 143

_Saint Sacrement, Compagnie du_, founding of, 85-87, 93;
charitable work of, 157, 158;
nicknamed, 157;
disapproves of King's conduct, 157-159, 373;
blow aimed at, 181;
disorganisation of, 198, 199

Saint-Severin, Church of, 210

Saint-Simon, Duc de, at Court, 78, 116, 369, 370, 372;
_Memoires_ of, 116, 161, 209, 212, 234, 245, 255, 326, 353, 360,
366-368, 372;
_Ecrits inedits_ of, 354, 359, 363, 364

Saint-Sulpice, 73

Saint Vincent de Paul, character and influence of, 85;
joins _Compagnie du Saint Sacrement_, 87, 373;
head of relief work, 88-90, 157

_Saint Vincent de Paul_ (Broglie), 82, 91

_Saint Vincent de Paul et les Gondi_ (Chantelauze), 82

Salic law, the, 105

Sambre, the, 264

Savoie, Charles Emmanuel II., Duc de, marriages of, 99, 147, 185,
186, 190, 236;
revenges himself on Louis and Mlle., 189, 190

Savoie, Marguerite, Princesse de, Louis XIV. refused to marry, 94,
96, 189;
marries Duc de Parma, 189

Savoie, Victor-Amedee II., Duc de, marriage of, 277

Saxe-Jena, Bernard, Duke of, 125

Scarron, Mme. de. _See_ Maintenon

Sceaux, 357

Scudery, Madeleine, Mlle. de, 258, 302;
_Artamene ou le Grand Cyrus_, by, 11, 125;
Saturdays of, 123, 124

Scudery, Mme. de, 302, 342

Sedan, 55-59, 73

Segrais, Mademoiselle's secretary, 8, 9, 13, 134, 226, 286, 306, 307,
349;
_Les Nouvelles Francaises_, by, 8, 9

_Segraisiana_, 71, 279, 310

Seignelay, 363, 364

Seine, the, 206

Sevigne, Mme. de, 75, 80, 134, 177, 200;
letters of, 2, 11, 129, 217, 218, 225, 235, 287, 288, 307, 310, 337,
338, 345, 347, 362;
letters to, 248, 284, 364

Soissons, Comtesse de, 237, 271, 336, 341, 344

Soissons, Marie de Bourbon-, 291

Somaize, _Le Dictionnaire des Precieuses_, by, 13

Sourches, Marquis de, _Memoires_ of, 26

_Souvenirs de Mme. de Caylus_, 150, 347

_Souvenirs et Correspondance_ of Mme. de Caylus, 300

_Souvenirs sur Mme. de Maintenon_, 150, 219, 230, 341

Spain, wars of, with France, 16, 20, 23, 38, 55, 59, 83, 361;
King of, 103, 104, 142, 149, 173;
etiquette of Court of, 104-111;
absolute monarchy an importation from, 118, 371;
war of Devolution in, 154, 257;
marriage of Infanta of,--_see_ Marie-Therese;
power of France over, 171, 331

Spanheim, Ezechiel, _Relation de la Cour de France_, by, 374

_Sports et jeux d'exercice dans l'ancienne France, Les_ (Jusserand), 7

_Suite du Menteur_ (Corneille), 241

T

_Tableau de la Penitence, Le_, 324

Tallemant, 31

Tarente, Princess of, 125

_Tartuffe_ (Moliere), 181, 182, 221, 222, 374

Terlon, Chevalier de, 293

Theiner, Pere, 63

_The Operas_ (Saint Evremond), 218

Thianges, Mme. de, 266, 347

Thoinan. _See_ Nuitter

Tingry, Princesse de, 344

Tolstoi, _Kreutzer Sonata_, by, 220

Torre, Don Diego de la, 282

Toulouse, Court at, 99

Tourraine, 50

Tours, 346

Tremouille, Mlle. de la, 125, 137

Treport, 166, 349

Trevoux, 95

Trianon, 235

Trichateau, Marquis de, 343

Tuileries, palace of the, 4, 19, 123

Turenne, 20, 23, 53, 54, 61, 137, 369;
visits and letters of, to Mademoiselle, 143-146, 160

Turin, 147, 319

Tuscany, Duke of, 138

U

Urfe, Honore d', _l'Astree_, by, 14, 80

Uzes, Emmanuel II. de Crussol, Duc d', 264

V

Valentinois, Duchess of, 75

Vallot, 270

Valois, Anne Marie de, daughter of the little Monsieur, 277;
marriage of, 277

Valois, Francoise-Madeleine, Mlle. de, daughter of Monsieur, 133;
marriage and death of, 185, 188

Vardes, 71, 148

Vatel 128

Vaujours, duchy of, 154

Vendome, Elisabeth de, 185

Vendome, M. de, 117

Venice, opera houses of, 214

Ventadour, Duc de, 85, 86

Versailles, palace of, 26;
Louis XIV. takes up residence at, 174, 370, 376;
fetes, 176-182, 269, 333, 365, etc.;
expenses of, 336, 337

_Vers d'Atys_, 81

Vexin, Comte de, 235

_Vie de Madame de Fouquerolles_ (Mademoiselle), 132

Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, 89

Villeroy, Marechal de, 290

Villeroy, Mme. de, 75

Vincennes, 111, 347

Vise, Donneau de _Mecure Galant_, 365

Vittori, 214

Voiture, 131

_Voyage de Chapelle et de Bachaumont_, 32

W

Westphalia, peace of, 99

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Transcriber's notes:

Letters surrounded with {e} represent supertext.

P.26. 'Qu'en croit' should be .Qu'on croit'.
P. 62. cammandemens should be commandemens. Changed.
P.62. 'voster' should be 'vostre'. Changed.
P.91. 'bourgeosie' should be 'bourgeoisie'. Changed.
Fontainbleau changed with Fontainebleau throughout the text.
P.187. vengance should be vengeance. Changed.
Footnote [187] < index. 'l'Opera' should be Histoire de 'l'Opera'.
P.132. Footnote 107: 'l'Ile' shoulde be 'l'Isle', changed.
Took out 'Court of France continued' in index. P. 382.
P.212, 'de' Mme. de changed to 'the' Mme. de.
P.229 'trival'. changed to 'trivial'.
Footone [269]. 'Historie' should be 'Histoire'.
P.329, 'Lauzon' should be 'Lauzun'.
P.347, 'suddently'should be 'suddenly'.
P.379. Arras, 'seige' of, should be 'siege'.
P.383. conversation, the delight of intelligent,
P.369. arrived 'a' the court should be 'at'.

These correction are not indicated.

Fixed multiple instances of:

Fontainbleau to Fontainebleau.
d'Ormesson.
d'Aumale
d'Haussonville
d'Ormesson
Blois, Mlle. de
Princesse

Accents that have been fixed: