Pictures of the old French court

INDEX

• A
• Abbeville, 81
• Agnadel, battle of, 357
• Aire, castle of, 272
• Albret, Alain de:
• wishes to marry Anne de Bretagne, 307;
• she consents to betrothal, 308;
• she refuses to marry him, 310, 311;
• his rebellion, 313, 314;
• marriage of his daughter, 340
• Albret, Armand de:
• married Marguérite de Bourbon, 69
• Albret, Charles de:
• commanded at battle of Azincourt, 271
• Albret, Jean de, 361
• Alexander VI. (see Borgia)
• Alençon, 8, 99, 256, 357
• Alençon (see Catherine)
• Amadeo VI., Count of Savoy (called Green Count), 4, 5, 13, 14, 85
• Amadeo VII., Count of Savoy (called Red Count), 85
• Amadeo VIII., Count of Savoy, 85
• Amboise, George, Cardinal de, 332, 340, 351, 360
• Amboise, Château de, 301, 322, 324, 326, 343, 347, 351
• Amiens, Jacquerie, 22;
• fair of, 113–115;
• conference, 158
• Ampoulle, 54
• Angoulême, François de (see Valois)
• Angoulême, Jean, Comte de, 261
• Angoulême, Marguérite de, 357
• Anjou, Louis, Duc de, second son of Jean, King of France:
• knighted, 8;
• hostage in England, 46;
• breaks parole, 50;
• bad government, 98;
• disputed precedence with Burgundy, 131;
• death, 131
• Anjou (see Marie d’Anjou)
• Anné de Beaujeu, daughter of Louis XI., Regent of France, 302, 318, 322
• Anne de Bourgogne, 338
• Anne, Duchesse de Bretagne, 88
• Anne, Duchesse de Bretagne, wife of Charles VIII. and Louis XII.:
• birth and childhood, 302–308;
• refuses Albret, 308;
• succeeds to duchy, 308;
• first council, 309;
• war with France, 312;
• marriage with King of the Romans, 314;
• besieged at Rennes, 316;
• betrothed to Charles VIII., 318;
• marriage, 320;
• coronation, 321;
• birth of Dauphin, 322;
• Italian war, 323;
• return of King and death of Dauphin, 324;
• birth and death of other children, 325;
• death of Charles VIII., 327;
• Queen goes to Paris, 329;
• betrothed to Louis XII., 331;
• returns to Bretagne, 331;
• marries Louis XII., 335;
• birth of Claude de France, 337;
• hôtel des Tournelles, 338;
• maids of honour, 338;
• gardens, court, pursuits, and dress, 343;
• betrothal of Claude de France to the Duke of Luxemburg, 345;
• birth and death of a son, 345;
• quarrel with Gié, 346;
• pilgrimage to Bretagne after King’s illness, 348;
• betrothal of Claude de France to François Duc de Valois, 351, 352;
• birth of Renée de France, 352;
• love of music, 359;
• gives a bell to cathedral of Chartres, 359;
• anger with Chalais, 360;
• dangerous illness, 361;
• birth of another son, his death, 361;
• death of the Queen, 362;
• her funeral, 363
• Agnes Sorel, 300, 304
• Anne de Candale, 339, 340
• Anne de Foix, 338
• Anne de Graville, 353–356
• Anne de Rohan, 340
• Aquitaine (see Louis de France)
• Ardres, 184
• Arleux, Château de, 16, 21
• Armagnac, Bernard, Comte de, 254, 256, 269, 277, 282, 283, 288
• Armagnacs, 286, 287, 291
• Arras, 155, 272, 298
• Augustins, 295
• Auton, Jean de, 348
• Auvergne, Jeanne, Comtesse de, second wife of Jean, King of France, 8
• Auvergne, Eléonore de Comminges, Comtesse de, 139, 141
• Avaugour, François Baron de, son of François II., Duc de Bretagne, and Antoinette de Maignelais, 309, 329, 363
• Avignon, plague at, 47;
• Charles VI. at, 153
• Azincourt, battle of, 272–277
• B
• Bar, Marie, Duchesse de, youngest daughter of Robert II., Duke of Burgundy, 47
• Bar, Edouard, Duc de, 59, 228, 263, 276
• Bar, Marie, Duchesse de, daughter of Jean, King of France, 59
• Barbette, hôtel de, 206, 216, 236
• Basoche, clercs de la, 347
• Bastille, 81, 167, 192, 204, 287
• Bavaria, 110
• Beaumont-sur-Oise, Château de, 20
• Beauté, château de, 74, 81, 102, 105, 126, 154, 222
• Beauvais, 22
• Beaujeu (see Anne de Beaujeu)
• Bègue de Vilaine, 24, 58
• Berry (now spelt Berri), Jean, Duc de, third son of Jean, King of France:
• hostage in England, 46;
• ransom, 51;
• bad qualities, 59;
• christening of Dauphin, 79;
• meets the Emperor, 99;
• guardian to his nephews, 111, 122;
• regent, 124;
• Charles VI. obliges him to resign, 126;
• grasping and unpopular, 131;
• marriage, 139, 141, 142;
• gives house to Isabeau, 152;
• conference at Amiens, 158;
• opposes war with Bretagne, 163;
• regency, 167;
• saves La Rivière, 168;
• opposes Orléans, 170;
• the ball, 174;
• attends wedding of Richard II. and Isabelle de France, 185, 186;
• marriage of his daughter with Henry of Lancaster prevented, 209;
• illness and recovery, 225;
• mediates between Queen and Burgundy, 232;
• occupies hôtel de Nesle, 233;
• grief at murder of Louis d’Orléans, 241;
• conference at Chartres, 249;
• Armagnac connections, 254;
• disputes regency, 268;
• death, 280
• Berry, Duchesse de, 142, 148, 168, 172, 173
• Bertrand du Guesclin:
• commands French troops, 52;
• takes prisoner the Captal de Buch, 56;
• avenges the murder of Blanche de Bourbon on Pedro el Cruel, 58;
• made Constable of France, 81;
• godfather to Louis de France, 87;
• his life and death, 90–93;
• buried at Saint-Denis, 132
• Blanche de Bourbon:
• birth, 3;
• marries Pedro el Cruel, King of Spain, 11;
• imprisoned by him, 13;
• murdered, 57
• Blanche de Navarre, wife of Philippe VI.:
• godmother to daughter of Charles V., 6, 7;
• arranges state entry of Isabeau de Bavière, 148;
• death, 193, 194
• Blanche de France, daughter of Charles IV., Duchesse d’Orléans, 20, 33, 79, 125, 340
• Blois, Château de, 182, 248, 249, 325, 336, 337, 343, 347, 357, 362
• Bonne d’Artois, daughter of Philippe Duc de Bourgogne, 155
• Bonne de Luxembourg, first wife of Jean, King of France, 10
• Bonne de Bourbon, wife of Amadeo VI., Count of Savoy, 3, 14, 85
• Bonne de France, daughter of Charles V., 41, 45
• Borgia, Alexander VI., 330, 332, 340
• Borgia, Cesare, son of Alexander VI., 332–335, 340
• Bosredon, Louis de, 283
• Bourbon, Catherine de, Comtesse de Harcourt, 3, 35
• Bourbon, Isabelle, Duchesse de (see Valois)
• Bourbon, Louis II., Duc de:
• birth, 3;
• succeeds to duchy, 15;
• hostage, 46;
• christening of Dauphin, 79;
• love for du Guesclin, 81;
• defends his mother and sister, 85;
• marriage, 85;
• good qualities and popularity, 86;
• guardian to nephews, 98;
• meets the Emperor, 99;
• affection of Charles VI. for him, 126;
• knighthood of King of Sicily, 136;
• wise government, 155;
• godfather to Charles d’Orléans, 157;
• wedding of King and Queen of England, 185, 187;
• goes to Melun, 232;
• indignation at murder of Louis d’Orléans, 241;
• his death, 254
• Bourbon, Jean, Duc de, 155, 256, 264, 277, 288
• Bourbon, Marguérite, Dame d’Albret, 3
• Bourbon, Pierre Duc de:
• marries Isabelle de Valois, 3;
• Crécy, 4;
• arranges marriage of eldest daughter, 5;
• of second daughter, 11;
• killed at Poitiers, 15
• Bourges, 259
• Brabant, Duchesse de, 112, 113, 116
• Brabant, Duc de, 276
• Bretagne, Duc de, 161, 163
• Bretagne, Jean, Duc de, 183, 190, 246, 251, 252
• Bretagne, Jeanne, Duchesse de, second daughter of Charles VI.:
• born, 153;
• betrothed, 183;
• married, 190;
• remained with her mother, 195, 217;
• quarrel with her husband, 251;
• reconciliation, 252;
• birth of a son, 253;
• survived the Queen, 296
• Bretagne, François II., Duc de (see François)
• Bretigny, treaty of, 41, 42, 288
• Briçonnet, Cardinal, 328
• Burgundy, Philippe de Rouvre, last Capétien Duke of, 8, 47
• Burgundy, Philippe, fourth son of Jean, King of France:
• first Valois Duke of, 57;
• favourite brother of Charles V., 59;
• guardian to his nephews, 98;
• meets Emperor, 99;
• oppressive government, 111;
• marriage of his daughter to Bavarian prince, 112;
• mismanagement of his nephew, 120, 121, 125;
• character, 130, 131;
• opposes Duc de Bourbon, 155;
• Amiens, 158;
• opposes war with Bretagne, 163;
• present when King went mad, 165;
• seizes government and persecutes La Rivière and others, 166–170;
• ball, 174;
• disputed King’s permission, 177;
• attends marriage of Richard II. of England and Isabelle de France, 185, 187;
• levies enormous taxes on his vassals, 187;
• funeral of Queen Blanche de Navarre, 194;
• dissensions with Louis Duc d’Orléans, 208;
• with Lancaster, 209;
• disapproves marriage of Isabelle, Queen-dowager of England, 212;
• meets her with escort, 219;
• hatred between Burgundy and Orléans, 221, 223;
• death, 224
• Burgundy, Jean Sans-peur, Duke of:
• swears vengeance against Louis d’Orléans, 221;
• character, 225;
• captures the Dauphin, 232;
• murders Louis, Duc d’Orléans, 239;
• confesses crime, flight, 241;
• impunity and power, 242–245;
• returns to Paris, 249;
• conference at Chartres and influence over Dauphin, 250;
• sent for to punish the Duc de Bretagne, 252;
• governor of the Dauphin, 253;
• interferes to protect his daughter, 256;
• quarrels with his son-in-law the Dauphin, 256;
• siege of Bourges, 259;
• riots, 261–265;
• La Cassinelle, 269;
• forbids his son to be at Azincourt, 272;
• accused of poisoning the Dauphin, 278;
• delivers the Queen, 285;
• gets into Paris and massacres the Armagnacs, 287;
• goes with Queen to Melun, 288;
• peace with Dauphin Charles, 290;
• murdered, 292
• Burgundy, Philippe le Bon, Duke of:
• betrothed to Michelle de France, 224;
• married, 251;
• returns to Burgundy, 265;
• grief at being prevented being at Azincourt, 272;
• at his father’s assassination, 292;
• enters Paris with the Kings and Queens of England and France, 293
• Burgundy, Marguérite de Flandre, wife of Philippe de Rouvre and Philippe de France, Dukes of Burgundy:
• inherits Flanders and Hainault, 48;
• harmonious life led by Philippe and Marguérite, 130;
• their death, 224, 225
• Burgundy, Marguérite, eldest daughter of Philippe and Marguérite, Duke and Duchess of Burgundy; wife of Louis, Duc d’Aquitaine and Dauphin, 224, 243, 248, 255, 258, 277, 278
• C
• Cale, Guillaume, leader of the Jacquerie, 22, 31
• Cambrai, 99, 112, 178, 357
• Canny, Dame de, 216
• Canny, Sieur de, 240
• Captal de Buch, Jean de Grailly, 27, 28, 56
• Carmelites, 36, 37, 295
• Cassinelle, 256, 269
• Catherine d’Alençon, 201, 260, 267
• Catherine de France, daughter of Charles V., 104, 121, 125
• Catherine de France, daughter of Charles VI., 215, 288, 289, 293, 294, 296
• Catherine de Foix, 361
• Céléstins, 35, 60, 61, 62, 180, 255
• Chandos, Sir John, 81, 139
• Chalais, Prince de, 360
• Châlons, Jean de (see Orange)
• Charles V., King of France:
• betrothed to Jeanne de Bourbon, 6;
• married to her, 7;
• Duke of Normandy, 9;
• Vivier-en-Brie, 10;
• regent, 16;
• visit to the Emperor, 16;
• Meaux, 23, 24;
• returns to Paris, 35;
• Carmelites, 37;
• treaty of Bretigny, 42;
• death of two daughters, 45;
• misrule, 49;
• siege of Vernon, 52;
• coronation and state entry, 53–57;
• war with Pedro el Cruel, 59;
• difficulties and ill-health, 59, 60;
• Céléstins, 60, 61, 62;
• library treasures, 63–67;
• the Louvre and its gardens, 69–75;
• King’s barge, 77;
• birth and christening of Dauphin, 72–79;
• gets rid of the Grande Compagnie, 79;
• prosperity of kingdom, 81;
• Hôtel St. Paul, 82–84;
• pilgrimages, 90;
• success and happiness, 91;
• Louis de Harcourt, 93;
• life at court, 93–97;
• distrust of his brothers, 98;
• will, 99;
• visit of the Emperor, 99–104;
• death of the Queen, 104;
• death of Charles V., 105
• Charles VI., King of France:
• birth, christening, 77, 79;
• visit of Emperor, 102, 103;
• succeeds to throne, 107;
• negotiations for marriage, 110–113;
• fair of Amiens, 113–116;
• Isabeau de Bavière, 116, 117;
• wedding, 117;
• character and education of Charles VI., 118–122;
• assumes government, 126;
• birth and death of Dauphin, 127;
• dress, 130;
• splendour of fêtes for knighthood of the King of Sicily 134, 135;
• opposes marriage of Duc de Berry, 142;
• fêtes for marriage of Louis d’Orléans, affection for Valentine Visconti, 142–145;
• state entry of Queen, 148, 149;
• coronation of Queen, 150, 151;
• southern tour, 152–155;
• birth of second Dauphin Charles, 157;
• Pierre de Craon and the Constable de Clisson, 158–163;
• war with Bretagne, 163, 164;
• madness of Charles VI., 164–169;
• recovery, 169, 170;
• fire at the ball, 171–175;
• second attack of madness, 175;
• second recovery, 176–178;
• madness returned, 179;
• affection for Valentine, 180;
• recovered again, 182;
• at wedding of Richard II. and Isabelle, 184–187;
• attends the profession of his daughter Marie at Poissy, 190, 191;
• declining health, 190, 194;
• receives news of Queen of England, 206;
• anxiety for Queen of England and displeasure with Lancaster, 208, 209;
• alarm caused by English revolution brings on attack of madness, 210;
• frequent attacks, 214, 215;
• joy at return of Queen of England, 219;
• bad health, 222, 223;
• calls council, 223;
• his respect for Philippe, Duke of Burgundy, 226;
• anger with Savoisy, 227;
• Jacques Legrand, 228;
• the King and the Princess Marie, 229;
• the King and the Dauphin, 230;
• summons Jean Sans-peur, 231;
• bad attack, 233;
• disguised men, 233, 234;
• horror at murder of Duc d’Orléans, 240;
• bad health, 242, 243;
• receives Valentine, 245;
• goes to Melun to the Queen, 246;
• Odette de Champdivers, 247;
• conference of Chartres, 249;
• returns to Paris and sends for Duke of Burgundy, 251;
• quarrel with Duc de Bretagne, 252;
• appoints Burgundy governor to Dauphin, 253;
• letter to Duc de Bourbon, 255;
• riots, 260, 268;
• Azincourt, 272–277;
• King ill, 278;
• execution of Bosredon, quarrel with the Queen, her imprisonment, 282–284;
• in the hands of Burgundians, 287;
• attack of frenzy, 288;
• desires Dauphin to make peace with Burgundy, 289;
• goes to Troyes, 290;
• Paris, 293;
• death, 294;
• funeral, 295, 296
• Charles VII., King of France:
• birth, 221;
• betrothed to Marie d’Anjou, 267;
• Duc de Touraine, 280;
• Armagnac, 281, 282;
• quarrel with Queen, 283, 284;
• fled to Bastille, 287;
• Burgundy and Armagnac, 288;
• murder of Burgundy, 291;
• excluded from succession, 292;
• in exile, 294;
• treaty of Arras, 298, 300, 301
• Charles VIII., King of France, 302;
• war with Bretagne, 308–315;
• siege of Rennes, 316, 317;
• betrothed to Anne de Bretagne, 318;
• broke off marriage with Marguérite of Austria, 318;
• married Anne de Bretagne, 320;
• character, 321, 322;
• lived at Plessis and Amboise, 322;
• birth of Dauphin, 322;
• departure for Italy, 323;
• return, 324;
• despair at loss of his children, 325;
• treasures he brought from Italy, 326;
• death, 327;
• funeral, 329
• Charles IV., Emperor, son of Jean, King of Bohemia, 17, 99, 104
• Charles, eldest son of Charles VI., 127
• Charles, Dauphin, second son of Charles VI., 157, 181, 211, 214
• Charles le Mauvais, King of Navarre, 16, 21, 30, 31, 35, 47, 52, 59
• Charles le Bon, King of Navarre, 226, 249
• Charles, Duc d’Orléans:
• birth, 157;
• marries Isabelle, Queen-dowager of England, 234, 235;
• sent to Blois, 245, 248;
• conference of Chartres, 250;
• death of Isabelle, 252, 253;
• marries Bonne d’Armagnac, 254;
• treaty with English, 256;
• with princes at Vernon, 264;
• taken prisoner at Azincourt, 277;
• disapproved his son’s marriage, 305, 325
• Charlotte d’Aragon:
• refuses Cæsar Borgia, 334;
• marries Guy de Laval, 340
• Charlotte de Savoie, Queen of France, 301, 302
• Chartreux, 176
• Châtelet, 204, 286, 359
• Châteauneuf-Randon, death of Bertrand du Guesclin, 91
• Chelles, abbey de, 62
• Christine de Pisan, 76, 95, 97
• Claude, Queen of France:
• birth, 337;
• betrothed to Duke of Luxemburg, 345;
• heiress of Bretagne, 346;
• betrothed to Duc de Valois, 352;
• illness, 356;
• death, 363
• Clarence, Lionel, Duke of, second son of Edward III., King of England, 246, 261
• Clermont, Château de, 31, 86
• Clermont, Jean de (see Bourbon)
• Clisson, Constable de, 161, 163, 167
• Comets, 68
• Comminges, Comte de, 309, 313
• Comminges, Comtesse de, 139, 141
• Compiègne, 22, 99
• Cordelière, Marie la, favourite ship of Anne de Bretagne, 341;
• she visits it, 350;
• sunk in sea fight, 360
• Cordelière, order of Anne de Bretagne, 344
• Cordeliers, 203, 295, 337
• Coucy, Dame de, 186, 210
• Coucy, Seigneur de, 168
• Craon, Pierre de, 158–163
• Crécy, battle of, 4, 18
• Creil, 81, 125, 169
• D
• Dauphin du Viennois, Humbert de la Tour du Pin, 5, 6
• Dunois, Jean, Comte de, son of Louis, Duc d’Orléans and the Dame de Canny, called Bastard of Orléans, 216, 249
• Dunois, Comte de, 309, 313–315, 318, 319
• Dunois, Comte de, 349
• E
• Eclipse, 234
• Edward III., King of England, 52, 243, 272
• Edward, Prince of Wales (Black Prince), 6–9
• Eléonore de Guzman, 12
• Entragues, Baron de, 355
• Ermenonville, 20
• Etienne Marcel:
• provost of Paris, 16;
• Jacquerie, 27, 28;
• death, 34
• Étuves or public baths, 199, 200
• F
• Foix, Gaston, Comte de:
• called Gaston Phoebus, 27, 28, 139–142
• Foix, Comte de, 307
• Foix, Germaine de, 339, 340
• Foix (see Catherine)
• François, Duc de Valois, afterwards François II., King of France, 348, 352
• François II., Duc de Bretagne, 303;
• Antoinette de Maignelais, 304;
• character, 305;
• Landais, 307;
• battle of St. Aubin, death, 308
• Françoise de Dinan, Dame de Laval, 304, 308–312, 314, 317, 320, 321
• Frèron, Doctor, 176, 177, 178
• Friederich von Landshut (see Wittelsbach)
• G
• Giac, Madame de, 289
• Gié, Maréchal de, 346, 347
• Gilles, 24
• Guérande, Château de, 309
• H
• Hainault, Jacqueline de:
• wife of Jean, Duc de Touraine and Dauphin, fourth son of Charles VI., 234, 235, 278–280
• Harcourt, Jean de, married Catherine de Bourbon, 35
• Harcourt, Louis de, 93
• Harfleur, battle of, 271
• Hasseley, Guillaume, doctor, 169, 170
• Henry IV., Duke of Lancaster, King of England:
• exiled for treasonable practices, 208;
• proposes to marry daughter of Duc de Berry, 209;
• indignation of French at his usurpation, 210;
• wishes to marry Isabelle de France, widow of Richard II., to Prince of Wales, 213;
• detains her jewels and dowry, 219;
• absurd claim to French crown, 244;
• death, 261
• Henry V., King of England, 261;
• invades France, 270;
• Harfleur, 271;
• Azincourt, 272–277;
• negotiations for his marriage with Catherine de France, 288, 289;
• is betrothed to her and declared Regent and heir of France, 292;
• marriage, 293;
• departure to England and birth of a son, 293;
• return to France, 293;
• death, 294
• Henry VI., King of England and France:
• birth, 293;
• enters Paris, 297
• I
• Isabeau de Bavière, wife of Charles VI.:
• birth and childhood, 109;
• negotiations for marriage with Charles VI., 110–112;
• fair of Amiens, 113–116;
• interview with the King, 116, 117;
• wedding, 117;
• beauty of Isabeau, 122;
• remains at Creil, 125;
• birth and death of first Dauphin Charles, 126, 127;
• birth of Isabelle de France, 127;
• character of Isabeau, 128;
• dress at court, 129, 130;
• fêtes for the knighthood of King of Sicily, 134–137;
• Isabeau and Louis d’Orléans, 138;
• jealousy of Valentine Visconti, 145;
• state entry and coronation, 147–152;
• absence of the King, 152;
• birth of Jeanne de France, 153;
• at Beauté, return of King and his brother, 154;
• storm at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 156;
• birth of the second Dauphin Charles, 157;
• of Marie de France, 167;
• goes to the King at Creil, 169;
• returns to Paris, 170;
• has her own argentier, 171;
• ball, 172–174;
• King does not know her, 175;
• birth of Michelle de France, 176;
• quarrels with Duchess of Burgundy, 179;
• birth of Louis de France, 182;
• Poissy, 193, 194;
• birth of Jean de France, 193;
• tastes, pursuits, and household, 194–200;
• amasses treasure, 201;
• hôtels, 206;
• letters from England, 206;
• anxiety for Queen of England, 208, 210;
• birth of Catherine de France, 215;
• society and amusements of Isabeau and Louis d’Orléans, 215, 217;
• Isabeau and her children, 217, 218;
• fools and dwarfs, 218;
• return of Queen of England, 219;
• tries to mediate between Orléans and Burgundy, 221;
• birth of Charles de France (afterwards Charles VII.), 221;
• fête at hôtel Barbette, 222;
• council, 223;
• betrothal of Michelle de France, 224;
• receives complaint of University, 226;
• treasures of Isabeau and Ludwig of Bavaria stopped, 227;
• Jacques Legrand, 228;
• the Queen and Princess Marie, 229;
• the forest of Saint-Germain, 229;
• neglect of her children, 230;
• flight to Melun, 231;
• Burgundy seizes the Dauphin, 232;
• anger with some of her household, 233;
• returns to Saint Paul, 233;
• objects of Jean, Duc de Touraine, going to Hainault, 235;
• birth and death of Philippe de France, 236;
• murder of Louis d’Orléans, 236–241;
• implores vengeance, 243;
• goes to Melun, 243;
• consecration of Princess Marie, King’s visit to Melun, Queen returns to Louvre, 246, 247;
• Odette de Champdivers, 247;
• goes with children to Tours, 248;
• conference of Chartres, 249, 250;
• returns to Paris, 251;
• anger with son-in-law, Duc de Bretagne, 252;
• gives up charge of the Duc d’Aquitaine, 253;
• takes care of Duchesse d’Aquitaine, 256;
• threatens Duc d’Aquitaine, 259;
• riots, 260–264;
• quarrel with Aquitaine, 267;
• flight from Melun after battle of Azincourt, 277;
• sends for Jean, Duc de Touraine, now Dauphin, 278;
• goes to Senlis with Charles, now Duc de Touraine, 280;
• absurd accusation of poisoning him, 281;
• unfortunate relations with her sons, 282;
• violent quarrel with King and Charles, the new Dauphin, 283;
• imprisonment, 284;
• appeals to Jean Sans-peur, 284;
• he rescues her, 285;
• she assumes the regency, 285;
• they enter Paris, 287;
• massacre of Armagnacs and reconciliation with King, 287;
• the Princess Catherine, 288, 289;
• truce with Dauphin, 289;
• goes to Troyes, 291;
• spends Christmas at Paris, 293, 294;
• death of Charles VI., 294;
• years of widowhood, 296;
• her grandson, Henry VI., 297;
• death, 297
• Isabelle de France, daughter of Jean, King of France:
• besieged in Meaux, 26;
• forced to marry Giovanni Visconti, 43, 44;
• splendour of her life in Italy, 142, 143;
• death, 143
• Isabelle de France, daughter of Charles V.:
• birth, betrothal, death, 87, 99, 104
• Isabelle de Valois, daughter of Charles de Valois:
• married Pierre, Duc de Bourbon, 3;
• left Paris, 5;
• lived much at court, 57;
• captured by free companies, 85;
• exchanged, 86;
• meets her daughters, 86, 87;
• the Duchesse de Bourbon and the Emperor, 102, 103;
• takes charge of her granddaughters, retired into convent of Cordelières, death, 105, 125
• Isabelle de Bretagne, second daughter of François II., Duc de Bretagne, 303, 304, 309, 312, 313, 317
• Isabelle de France, eldest daughter of Charles VI., wife of Richard II., King of England:
• birth, 127;
• receives English ambassadors, 183;
• marriage, 183–187;
• letters to parents, 206;
• English revolution, 210;
• courage, love for Richard, his death, 213;
• returns to France, 219;
• marries Charles d’Orléans, 235;
• death, 252
• J
• Jacobins, 15, 202, 295
• Jacquerie, 20–32
• Jean, King of France, 7;
• coronation, 8;
• treaty with Spain, 10;
• battle of Poitiers, captivity, 14;
• released, 42;
• disastrous treaty, 43;
• fêtes at Calais, 44, 45;
• seizes Burgundy, 47, 48;
• his amusements, 49;
• returns to England, 50, 51;
• death, 52
• Jean de France, Duc de Touraine, afterwards Dauphin, fourth son of Charles VI.:
• birth and childhood, 193, 217, 218;
• proposed marriage with a daughter of Burgundy, 224;
• betrothal to Jacqueline de Hainault, 224;
• marriage, 234;
• goes to Hainault, 235;
• brought up there, 259;
• proposal to declare him heir of France, 265;
• becomes Dauphin, 278;
• goes to Compiègne, 279;
• lives in splendour there, 280;
• estranged from the Queen, 281;
• death, 281
• Jeanne de France, daughter of Louis XI., wife of Louis XII.:
• unhappy marriage, 305;
• divorce, 332;
• made Duchesse de Berry, lived at Bourges, died there, 332
• Jeanne d’Evreux, wife of Charles IV., 32, 52, 67, 90
• Jeanne de France, daughter of Philippe VI., 90
• Jeanne de France, daughter of Jean, King of France, 4
• Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V.:
• birth, 3;
• betrothal to Comte de Savoie, 3;
• to Dauphin du Viennois, 5;
• to Dauphin of France, 6;
• her marriage, 7;
• birth of a daughter, 20;
• Marché de Meaux, 20–29;
• returns to Paris, 35;
• birth of second daughter, 41;
• death of children, 45;
• beauty and popularity of the Dauphine, 50;
• coronation, 53, 54, 55;
• entry into Paris, 56;
• the King’s love for the Queen, 60;
• their literary tastes, 61;
• birth and death of a daughter, 67;
• household and daily life, 68;
• birth of Dauphin, 77;
• illness of the Queen, 89;
• birth of Marie de France, 84;
• the Queen’s mother, 86;
• birth of Louis and Isabelle de France, 87;
• illness of the Queen, 89;
• life at court, 93–96;
• the last fête of the court of Jeanne de Bourbon, 101–104;
• birth of Catherine de France and death of Queen, 104
• Jeanne de France, daughter of Charles V., 20, 45
• Jeanne de France, daughter of Charles V., 67
• Jeanne de France, daughter of Charles VI. (see Bretagne)
• Jeanne de Laval, Queen of Sicily, 329, 331
• Joan (see Jeanne de France, daughter of King Jean)
• Jussi, Robert de, 36, 37
• L
• Ladislas, King of Hungary, Poland, and Bohemia, 339
• Lancaster (see Henry IV.)
• Langue d’oc, 17, 98, 179, 223
• Langue d’oil, 17
• Laval, Françoise de Dinan, Dame de (see Françoise)
• Lendit, fair of, 115, 222
• Loches, Château de, 301, 341
• Loredan, Doge of Venice, 360
• Lorris, Robert, 24
• Louis de France, Duc d’Anjou (see Anjou)
• Louis de France, Duc d’Orléans, second son of Charles V.:
• birth, 87;
• visit of the Emperor, 102, 103;
• talents, 121;
• Comte de Valois et Duc de Touraine, 124;
• opposes his uncles, 125;
• Louis and Isabeau, 138;
• marriage of Louis with Valentine Visconti, 142, 145;
• journey to Provence, 152;
• race to Paris, 154;
• love affair and quarrel with Craon, 158–161;
• King goes mad and attacks him, 164;
• ball, 172–174;
• accused of sorcery, 180, 193;
• étuves, 199;
• power and ambition, 208;
• goes to Notre Dame and Ste. Catherine, 214;
• society of Queen and Duc d’Orléans, 216, 217;
• expedition to Luxemburg, 219;
• hatred and rivalry between Orléans and Burgundy, 220, 221;
• oppressive government, 223;
• Jean Sans-peur and Louis d’Orléans, 225, 226;
• amasses treasure, 227;
• helps the Queen to persuade Princess Marie to renounce the cloister, 228, 229;
• narrow escape in the forest of St. Germain, 229;
• refuses to pay his debts, 230;
• goes to Melun with the Queen, 231;
• will not listen to the King of Sicily and Duc de Bourbon, 232;
• returns to Paris, 233;
• hôtel Barbette, 236;
• murdered, 238, 239
• Louis de France, Duc d’Aquitaine and Dauphin, third son of Charles VI.:
• birth, 182;
• Dauphin, 211;
• betrothed to Marguérite of Burgundy, 223;
• marriage, 224;
• the King and the Dauphin, 230;
• taken by Duke of Burgundy, 231;
• lodges in Louvre, 232;
• weakness of character, 250;
• conduct to his wife, 255, 256;
• stops siege of Bourges, 258;
• universally disliked, 259;
• dissensions with Burgundy, 261;
• riots, 262–266;
• quarrel with the Queen, 267, 268;
• with his wife and father-in-law, 269;
• at Rouen before the battle of Azincourt, 271;
• death, 278
• Louis XII., King of France and Duc d’Orléans:
• quarrel with Anne de Beaujeu, Regent of France, 304;
• Louis d’Orléans and Jeanne de France, 305;
• prisoner, 313;
• godfather to Dauphin Charles-Orland, 322;
• displeasure of Anne de Bretagne, retires from court, lives at Blois, 325;
• succeeds to throne, 328;
• visits the Queen, 329;
• in love with Anne de Bretagne, 331;
• divorced from Jeanne de France, 332;
• marries Anne de Bretagne, 335;
• their happiness, 336;
• birth of Claude de France, 337;
• Les Tournelles, 338;
• Italian war, 340, 341;
• crusade, 342;
• visit of Archdukes, 244;
• betrothal of Claude de France, 345;
• illness of King, 345;
• recovery, arrests Gié, 346;
• clercs de la Basoche, 347;
• summer in Touraine, 347;
• another illness, 348;
• Tommasina Spinola, 348;
• recalls Queen from Bretagne, 351;
• betroths Claude to François, Duc de Valois, 352;
• Italian expedition, 356;
• league of Cambrai, 357;
• return to France, 357;
• birth of Renée de France, 359;
• loss of Italian conquests, 360;
• strife with Pope, 362;
• death of Queen, 362;
• death of Louis XII., 363
• Louis, Duc de Bourbon (see Bourbon)
• Louvre, Palais du, 35, 63–67, 102, 182, 204, 232, 247, 264, 266, 267
• M
• Marcel, Jacques, 36
• Marcoussy, Château de, 353–356
• Marguérite de Bourbon (see Bourbon)
• Marguérite de Flandre, (see Burgundy)
• Marguérite de Valois, daughter of Charles, Comte d’Angoulême, and sister of François I., King of France, 357
• Marguérite of Austria, daughter of Emperor Maximilian, 119, 318
• Marie d’Anjou, daughter of Louis, King of Sicily, wife of Charles VII.:
• married Charles, Comte de Ponthieu, fifth son of Charles VI., 267, 300;
• takes refuge in Bastille, 287;
• rejoins Charles, 288;
• neglect of Charles VII., 300;
• love of her son, Louis XI., 300;
• death, 300
• Marie de Bourbon, daughter of Pierre, Duc de Bourbon, Prioress of Poissy, 91, 193, 194
• Marie de Clermont, daughter of Robert, Comte de Clermont, granddaughter of Saint Louis, Prioress of Poissy, 90
• Marie de France, daughter of Charles V., 84
• Marie de France, daughter of Charles VI., Prioress of Poissy:
• birth, 167;
• dedicated to religion, 167;
• enters convent of Poissy, 193, 194;
• refuses to leave convent, 229;
• takes the veil, 246;
• survives most of her brothers and sisters, 296
• Maximilian, Emperor, 308, 310, 311, 318, 344, 348
• Meaux, 20, 29, 34
• Melun, Château de, 81, 145, 148, 154, 221, 232, 246, 277, 284
• Michelle de France, Duchess of Burgundy, daughter of Charles VI.
• Montauban, chancellor of Bretagne, 311–315
• Montereau, 291
• Mortaigne, (see Pierre de Navarre)
• Montjoie Saint Denis, 133
• N
• Nantes, 301, 312, 313, 317, 335, 362
• Navarre (see Blanche de)
• Navarre (see Charles de)
• Navarre, Pierre de, Comte de Mortaigne, youngest son of Charles le Mauvais, King of Navarre, 136, 194
• Nesle, Hôtel de, 221, 233, 241
• Nevers (see Jean Sans-peur, Duke of Burgundy)
• Normandie, Duc de:
• Charles, son of King Jean, 9;
• favourite title, 10
• O
• Odette de Champdivers, 247
• Orléans (see Louis de, Philippe de, etc.)
• Oriflamme, 132, 273
• Orange, Jean de Châlons, Prince de, 313, 315, 317, 319, 320, 329
• P
• Palais de la Cité, 56, 69, 101, 150, 253, 264, 266, 347
• Pampeluna, 360
• Pedro el Cruel, King of Spain:
• marriage and crimes, 10–13;
• murder of Blanche de Bourbon, 57;
• death, 58
• Peers of France, 96
• Philippe VI., de Valois, King of France, 6, 8, 10
• Philippe, Archduke of Austria, son of Emperor Maximilian, 344, 345
• Plessis-les-Tours, Château de, 301
• Poitiers, 14
• Portzmoguet, Admiral, 361
• Pré-aux-clercs, 202
• R
• Renée de France, youngest daughter of Louis XII.:
• Duchess of Ferrara, 359
• Rennes, siege of, 313–318
• Richard II., King of England:
• betrothed to Isabelle de France, 182;
• married, 185–187;
• letters to Charles VI., 206;
• revolution, 208;
• captivity, 210;
• death, 213
• Rieux, Maréchal de:
• guardian to Anne and Isabelle de Bretagne, 309, 310, 312, 313, 315, 317
• Rivière, Jean de la:
• friend of Charles V., 95
• Rivière, Bureau de la, 116;
• arranges marriage of Duke de Berry, 139–141;
• gratitude of the Duchess, 142;
• arrested and thrown into Bastille, 167;
• saved by Duchesse de Berry, 168
• S
• Savoisy, chamberlain to Charles VI., 151, 226
• St. Aubin, battle of, 308
• Saint-Denis, Abbey of:
• burial of King Jean, 52;
• Charles V. returns thanks for birth of Dauphin, 78;
• burial of Jeanne de Bourbon and Isabelle de France, 104;
• knighthood of King of Sicily, 132–138;
• coronation of Isabeau de Bavière, 148–150;
• Charles VI., mass after recovery from attack of madness, 176;
• Isabelle de France on her way to marry Richard II. of England, 185;
• dispute about a crown at the consecration of Marie de France, 191;
• relic left by Queen Blanche de Navarre, 194;
• Charles, Dauphin, son of Charles VI., rides from Paris to St. Denis, 211;
• prayers for his life, 214;
• thanksgivings for peace between Orléans and Burgundy, 221;
• masses for soul of Dauphin Charles, 222;
• dresses of Isabelle de France given after her death, 253;
• plague, 28;
• funeral of Charles VI., 295;
• coronation of Anne de Bretagne, 321;
• her second coronation, 347;
• her funeral, 363
• Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 156, 269
• Saint-Germain-des-Près, 115, 204
• St. Paul, Hôtel de, 42, 76, 77, 78, 82–84, 102, 104, 121, 157, 161, 170, 183, 215, 216, 217, 219, 233, 239, 240, 245, 247, 260, 294, 329, 337
• Sforza, Ludovico, 340, 341
• Soulas, Jean, mayor of Meaux, 22–24
• Spinoza, Tommasina, 348
• Streets of Paris, 205, 206
• T
• Tanneguy du Chastel, provost of Paris, 286, 287, 290, 291
• Temple, 204
• Tournelles, Château des, 337, 338
• V
• Valois, François, Duc de (see François II., King of France)
• Valois (see Isabelle)
• Vauvert, 176
• Villequier, Antoinette de Maignelais, Dame de, 304, 307, 309
• Vincennes, 3, 7, 37, 69, 70–75, 102, 104, 125, 233, 283, 293
• Vivier-en-Brie, Château de, 10
• Visconti, Bernabo, 43, 109
• Visconti, Galeazzo, Vicomte et Prince de Milan, 43
• Visconti, Giovanni or Gian Galeazzo, Duke of Milan, 43, 142–144, 180, 182
• Visconti, Maddalena, 109
• Visconti, Taddea, 109
• Visconti, Valentine, daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti and Isabelle de France, wife of Louis, Duc d’Orléans:
• birth, childhood, and youth in Italy, 142–144;
• marries Louis, Duc d’Orléans, 145, 146;
• enters Paris, 148;
• remains at Beauté, 154;
• birth of a son, 157;
• story of Pierre de Craon, 158–160;
• rivalry with Duchess of Burgundy, 170;
• affection of the King, 175;
• accused of sorcery, 180;
• of attempt to poison the Dauphin, 181;
• goes to Blois, 182;
• enmity with Duchess of Burgundy, 220;
• in the country, 236;
• demands vengeance on the murderers of Louis d’Orléans, 245;
• retires to Blois, 248;
• death, 249
• W
• Wenceslas, Emperor, 360
• Wittelsbach, house of, 108, 109
• Wittelsbach, Friederich, of Landshut, Duke of Bavaria, 109–114
• Wittelsbach, Johann, of Munich, Duke of Bavaria, 109
• Wittelsbach, Stephan, of Ingolstadt, Duke of Bavaria, 109–114, 214
• Wittelsbach, Ludwig, son of Stephan, Duke of Bavaria, 109, 201, 227, 231, 232, 260, 263, 266, 267, 396