Chapter I: Introduction: , vii

I. QUEEN OF FRANCE, 1

II. PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS, 16

III. DUCHESS OF SAVOY, 32

IV. THE BUILDING OF BROU, 50

V. REGENT OF THE NETHERLANDS, 67

VI. THE LEAGUE OF CAMBRAY, 86

VII. MARGARET'S CORRESPONDENCE, 98

VIII. A LOVE AFFAIR, 119

IX. CHARLES DECLARED OF AGE, 141

X. DEATH OF MAXIMILIAN, 158

XI. REVOLT OF THE DUKE OF BOURBON, 183

XII. CAPTURE OF FRANCIS I., 208

XIII. THE LADIES' PEACE, 242

XIV. THE MISSION ENDED, 268

XV. THE CHURCH OF BROU, 294

INVENTAIRE DES TABLEAUX, LIVRES, JOYAUX, ET
MEUBLES DE MARGUERITE D'AUTRICHE, 305

LIST OF PICTURES FROM MARGARET'S COLLECTION
SENT TO BROU (1533) 328

CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS IN MARGARET OF
AUSTRIA'S LIBRARY AT MALINES, 330

A FEW LETTERS FROM MAXIMILIAN I. TO MARGARET,
AND FROM MARGARET TO VARIOUS PERSONS, 335

INDEX, 343

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MARGARET OF AUSTRIA, _Frontispiece_
From the Window in the Chapel of the Virgin
in the Church of Brou (about 1528).

PHILIPPE LE BEL AND HIS SISTER MARGARET OF
AUSTRIA, _To face page_ 12
Panel in the Imperial Museum, Vienna.
_Photograph by J. Löwy._)

TOMB OF DON JOHN, PRINCE OF ASTURIAS, ONLY SON
OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, AVILA, 29
(_Photograph by J. Lacoste._)

GHENT, SHOWING THE OLD BELFRY AND CHURCH OF
ST. JOHN, WHERE CHARLES V. WAS BAPTIZED, 32
(_Photograph by Deloeul._)

MEDAL STRUCK AT BOURG TO COMMEMORATE MARGARET
OF AUSTRIA'S MARRIAGE WITH PHILIBERT,
DUKE OF SAVOY, 40
British Museum Collection.

TOMB OF PHILIBERT LE BEAU, DUKE OF SAVOY, 45
In the Church of Brou.
(_Photograph by Neurdein frères._)

PHILIPPE LE BEL, 64
From the Painting in the Louvre (Flemish School)
(_Photograph by Neurdein frères._)

CHARLES V. AND HIS TWO SISTERS, ELEANOR AND
ISABEL, 69
Painted in 1502 (Margaret's Collection),
now in the Imperial Museum, Vienna.
(_Photograph by J. Löwy._)

ELEANOR OF AUSTRIA AS A CHILD, 74
From the Painting by Mabuse in the possession
of M. Charles Léon Cardou, Brussels.
(_Photograph by G. Van Oest & Co._)

MARGARET OF AUSTRIA IN WIDOW'S DRESS, 95
From the Painting by Bernard van Orley in the possession
of Dr. Carvallo, Paris.
(_Photograph by the Art Reproduction Co._)

CHARLES V., 154
From the Painting in the Louvre (Flemish School).
(_Photograph by Neurdein frères._)

THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN I. AND HIS FAMILY, 165
From the Painting by Bernhard Strigel in the Imperial
Museum, Vienna.
(_Photograph by J. Löwy._)

FRANCIS I., 211
From a Painting in the Louvre (French School).
(_Photograph by Neurdein frères._)

THE CHILDREN OF CHRISTIAN II. AND ISABEL OF DENMARK--IN
MOURNING DRESS FOR THEIR MOTHER, 234
From the Painting by Mabuse at Hampton Court Palace.
(_Photograph by W. A. Mansell & Co._)

CARVED WOODEN MANTELPIECE IN THE PALAIS DE
JUSTICE, BRUGES, ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE
PEACE OF CAMBRAY, 264
(_Photograph by Neurdein frères._)

INTERIOR OF COURTYARD IN MARGARET'S PALACE AT
MALINES, NOW THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE, 273
(_Photograph by Deloeul._)

JOHN ARNOLFINI OF LUCCA, AND HIS WIFE JOAN, 278
From the Painting by John van Eyck in the National
Gallery.

LEGEND OF 'NOTRE DAME DU SABLON,' 284
From the Tapestry in the Musée du Cinquantenaire,
Brussels. It contains portraits of Margaret and her
Nephews and Nieces.
(_Photograph by Deloeul._)

TOMB OF MARGARET OF AUSTRIA, _To face page_ 298
In the Church of Brou.
(_Photograph by Neurdein frères._)

MARGARET OF AUSTRIA SITTING AT A TABLE WITH AN
OPEN BOOK ADORING THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, 317
From a Diptych in the possession of M. Lescarts, Mons
(Margaret's Collection).
(_Photograph by G. Van Oest & Co._)