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Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle, 1652-1693

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The author reconstructs the royal court, tracing the evolution of a reserved monarch into a sovereign who outmaneuvers aristocratic resistance and redefines political authority. Seen largely through the life of a high-born cousin—her exile, salon gatherings, passionate liaison with a royal favorite, blocked marriage, and final seclusion—the narrative interweaves political crises, cultural flourishing in drama and music, courtly morality and libertinism, and architectural and administrative reforms. Detailed character studies and contemporary memoirs illuminate how personal temperaments, factional rivalries, and artistic patronage shaped private fortunes and contributed to the consolidation of centralized rule.

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

Dubois, Les Fragments des Mémoires inédits, by, 67

Dubuisson (Lesage). See Lesage

Dubuisson-Aubenay, Journal des Guerres civiles, by, 92

Dunkerque, 173, 307

Dupré, Mlle., 124

E

École des Femmes (Molière),131, 227

Écrits inédits (Saint-Simon), 354, 359, 363, 364

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

Elbeuf, M. d', 178

Elisabeth de France, mother of Marie-Thérèse, 149

Embrun, Archbishop of, 38, 39 190

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

Ennemis de Racine, Les (Deltour), 223, 226

Époques du Théâtre français, Les (Brunetière), 223

Essai sur la Vie (Aimé-Martin), 365

Estrées, Maréchal d', 76

Étampes, 54

Étrechy, 89

Études critiques sur l'Histoire de la Littérature française, Les (Brunetière), 223

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

Eu, Comté 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

Eugénie, ou la force du destin, 14

F

Fabert, 84

Famine of 1659-1662, 93

Feillet, La misère au temps de la Fronde et Saint Vincent de Paul, by, 82, 84

Ferté, Maréchale 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, Abbé, 25, 78;
punishment of, 141;
imprisonment of, 311-313, 326, 330;
death of, 326, 329

Fragments des Mémoires inédits, 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 Pyrénées, 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-Comté, 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'Orléans. See Orléans

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 Pyrénées 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, Mémoires of, 28, 34

Gramont, Catherine de, 211

Gramont, Chevalier de, 35

Gramont, Maréchal de, 149, 211

Grand Cyrus, Le (Scudéry), 11, 124

Grignan, Mme. de, 11

Guibourg, Abbé, 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'Orléans, 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'Orléans, 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, Présidente de, 88, 92

Histoire amoureuse des Gaules L', 297

Histoire du Château 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'Opéra en Europe (Rolland), 213

Histoire de Paris, L' (Delaure), 21

Histoire de la Princesse de Paphlagonie (Mademoiselle), 132

Histoires de la Détention des Philosophes (Delort), 312

Hoguete, Fortin de la, 140

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

Honsett, M. du, 305

Hôpital, Maréchal de l', 75

Hôpital, Mme. de l', 76

Hospitals, establishment of, 87

Hôtel Rambouillet, 14, 124

Hôtel de Ville, the, 369

Huet, Dr., Mémoires of, 10, 127, 129

I

Image du Souverain, L', 140

Infortunes d'une petite-fille d'Henri IV., Les (Rodocanachi), 138

Inventaire général du Comté d'Eu, 163

Iphigénie (Racine), 227

Isarn, M., 327-329

Isle des Faisans (Isle de la Conférence), 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 Lefèvre d'Ormesson, 159, 174, 177, 186, 194, 197, 285, 287, 301, 332, 335

Journal de Voyage de deux jeunes Hollandais à 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 Bruyère, 269

La Calprenède, Cassandre and Cléopâtre, by, 11

Lacour-Gayet, L'Éducation politique de Louis XIV., by, 64, 67

La Duverger, 211

La Fare, Marquis de, Mémoires et Réflexions 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 Clèves, by, 153;
Mémoires 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 Vallière, 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 Rivière, 374

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

La Saussaye, L'Histoire du Château 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 Vallière, Laurent de La Baume Le Blanc, Seigneur de, 134

La Vallière, 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

Lemaître, Jules, 81

Lemoine, Jean, and André Lichtenberger, De La Vallière à Montespan, by, 175, 229, 263, 335

Le Nôtre, 176

Le Pelletier, Claude, 186, 286

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

Lesdiguières, Duc de, 75, 76

Lésigny, 46

Le Tellier, Michel, 25, 94

Lettres historiques et édifiantes. See Maintenon

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

Lichtenberger, André. See Lemoine

Limay, 89

Limours, Château 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, Problêmes 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, Maréchal 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 Orléans

Lorraine, Prince Charles de, 137

Lorraine, Prince de, 252

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