The court of Louis XV

INDEX

Abrégé chronologique, Hénault’s, 238, 239.
Adelaide, Madame, allowed to remain at Versailles, 246;
her apartment, 255.
Aix-la-Chapelle, the peace of, 130, 131.
Almases, performed at Versailles, 140.
Austria, France’s alliance with, 203et seq.;
an Austrian party at Versailles, 205.
Artois, Count of, 265.
Asturias, Prince of, 19.

Bachelier, the confidant of Louis XV., 51.
Barbier, quoted, 40, 44, 55;
his criticism of Bishop Fitz-James, 80.
Barthélemy, Édouard de, 245.
Beaujolais, Mademoiselle de, her birth, 19;
affianced to Don Carlos, 19;
sent back to France, 20;
later life and death, 21.
Beaumont, Christopher de, summoned to the archbishopric of Paris, 196;
his integrity to the Church, 196, 197;
exiled, 197;
his charge sent from Conflans to Paris, 198, 199;
recalled by the King, 197;
again exiled, 197.
Bellevue, Château of, 145, 146, 151.
Bernis, Abbé de, verses quoted, 126;
his attitude towards Madame de Pompadour, 183, 184, 185;
accused of drawing up the treaty of Versailles, 206;
his words on the convention of Cloister-Seven, 207, 208;
counsels peace, 208, 209;
threatened, 210;
resigns, 210, 211.
Berry, Duke of, 265.
Bonhomme, Honoré, his book on Louis XV. and his family, 245, 246;
his description of Madame Henriette, 249.
Bossuet, quoted, 195, 229.
Bourbon, Duke of, prime minister, 16;
ruled by his mistress, Madame de Prie, 16–18;
his uneasiness at court, 18;
his description of Marie Leczinska, 25;
endeavors to overthrow Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, 34;
his downfall, 34, 35.
Burgundy, Duke of, 264.

Campan, Madame de, quoted, 255;
her words concerning Marie Leczinska, 270.
Carlos, Don, 19.
Charles X., 265.
Charolais, Mademoiselle de, 50.
Chartres, Duchess de, 76, 78.
Chartres, Duke of, sketch of his career, 114, 115;
efforts to effect a marriage between Madame Henriette and, 250, 251;
his marriage, 251;
his unhappiness after marriage, 252.
Chateaubriand, quoted, 222.
Châteauroux, Duchess de, 1, 6;
words of the Goncourts concerning, 71;
wishes to follow the King to the army, 73;
joins the King, 76, 77, 78;
falls sick, 78;
is compelled to leave the King, 79;
her return to Paris, 84–86;
believes she will regain the King’s favor, 84, 86, 87;
the type of the passionate woman, 87;
among the crowd at the King’s triumph, 88;
visited by the King, 88, 89;
invited to return to Versailles, 89, 90;
her final illness and death, 90–92.
Choiseul, Duke de, 211;
his popularity, 213.
Christianity, the soul of France, 271.
Cloister-Seven, the convention of, 207.
Clotilde, Madame, 265.
Coaslin, Madame de, her insolent conduct toward Madame de Pompadour, 157.
Conti, Princess de, 125.

D’Alembert, 215.
Damiens, wounds Louis XV., 180–182.
D’Argenson, quoted, 44, 105, 106, 218;
his attitude towards Madame de Pompadour, 183;
possesses confidence of Louis XV., 186;
misled as to the feelings of the King towards Madame de Pompadour, 186;
proposes that meetings of the ministers be held in the Dauphin’s apartments, 187;
dismissed from service, 188;
his words on women in politics, 194;
a true prophet, 218, 219.
Dauphin, the, 109, 110;
marries, 110, 186, 187;
surrounded by the people, 220;
his delight at visit of his sister Elisabeth, 248;
his character, 258;
marries Marie Josèphe of Saxony, 261–263;
falls ill, 265;
his last hours and death, 266, 267.
Dauphiness, the, 220;
see Marie Josèphe.
Deffand, Madame du, 36, 37;
her sketch of Marie Leczinska, 237, 238.
Desmarets, Père, 181, 186.
Devin du Village, Le, performed at Bellevue, 146.
Diderot, his words concerning Madame de Pompadour, 232.
Duclos, quoted, 215.

Economists, the, 218.
Elisabeth, Madame, daughter of the Dauphiness, 265.
Elisabeth, Madame, the Infanta, marries, 247;
goes to Spain, 247;
visits her parents at Versailles, 247, 248;
her grief at her sister Henriette’s death, 252, 253;
spends a year at Versailles, 253;
did not esteem her husband, 253;
her ambitions, 253;
her final return to France and death, 253, 254;
accused by Michelet of causing the Seven Years’ War, 253, 254;
a selection from one of her last letters, 254.
Elisabeth of Russia, death of, 211.
Encyclopedia, the, 216, 271.
Encyclopedists, the, 217, 218.
Enfant prodigue, L’, performed at Versailles, 139, 154.
Erigone, performed at Versailles, 139.
Étioles, Madame d’, Marquise de Pompadour, see Pompadour, Marquise de.
Étioles, M. Lenormand d’, 118, 120, 121, 175;
not anxious to take back his wife, 176.
Europe, condition of, after treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 202, 203.

Favart, verses by, 228.
Félicité, Pauline, Mademoiselle de Nesle comes to Versailles, 54;
becomes mistress of Louis XV., 54;
marries Count de Vintimille, 56;
see Vintimille, Countess de.
Fitz-James, Bishop, forbids Louis XV. absolution while Madame de Châteauroux remains with him, 79;
administers extreme unction to the King, 80;
his detractors, 80.
Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, 30;
his origin and advancement, 32;
preceptor of Louis XV., 32;
his influence over Louis XV., 32;
Madame de Prie’s plot to get rid of, 33;
departs from the court, 34;
is recalled by Louis XV., 34;
his death, 68, 246.
Fontanelle, his verses to Marie Leczinska, 239, 240.
Frederick the Great, 205, 214, 222.
Fréjus, Bishop of, see Fleury.

Gresset, 139.

Helvetius, quoted, 215.
Hénault, President, his words concerning Marquise de Pompadour, 118;
offers manuscript of his Abrégé chronologique to Marie Leczinska, 238;
his verses to Marie Leczinska, 239.
Henriette, Madame, 247, 248;
of her by Honoré Bonhomme, 249;
her death, 248, 249;
her sad love affair, 250, 251;
her death, 252.
Hermitage, the, 151.

Infanta, Madame, see Elisabeth, Madame.
Ismène performed at Versailles, 139.
Issart, Marquis des, 261.

Jansenism, 194, 195.
Jesuits, 173–175, 189–192;
the order condemned, 221, 222.

La Tour, his pastel of Madame de Pompadour, 216;
his pastel Marie Leczinska, 236.
Leczinska, Marie, see Marie Leczinska.
Leczinska, Stanislas, his life of exile, 23;
his death, 266.
Louis XV., women of court of, 1 et seq.;
daughters of, 2, 112, 113, 245et seq.;
his character and career reviewed, 4–10;
his mistresses, 6, 7;
his melancholy, 8, 158;
his death, 10;
beginning of his reign, 14;
affianced to Infanta Marie Anne Victoire, 14, 15;
established at Versailles, 15;
coronation of, 15;
his health delicate, 18;
his marriage to Infanta Marie Anne Victoire broken off, 20, 21;
his beauty, 25;
marries Marie Leczinska, 26;
meets Marie Leczinska, 27;
his early married life exemplary, 30, 39, 40;
his affection for Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, 32;
recalls Fleury, 34;
expels Duke of Bourbon, 34, 35;
his growing indifference towards Marie Leczinska, 42;
influences about him, 43–45;
makes a favorite of Madame de Mailly, 47, 48;
changes his apartments, 48;
his trifling life, 49, 52;
becomes tired of Madame de Mailly, 53, 59;
makes a favorite of Pauline Félicité, 54;
his remorse, 54, 55;
his dismay at death of Countess de Vintimille, 58;
makes a favorite of Madame de la Tournelle, 62 et seq.;
his severity towards Madame de Mailly, 61;
dismisses Madame de Mailly from court, 65;
his economy, 69;
makes Madame de la Tournelle Duchess of Châteauroux, 69, 70;
isolates himself at court, 71;
hesitates to join his troops, 72–74;
at the head of his troops, 74;
misses Madame de Châteauroux, 76;
receives Madame de Châteauroux at Lille, 77;
goes to Metz, 78;
falls ill, 79;
is compelled to dismiss Madame de Châteauroux, 79;
receives extreme unction, 80;
grief of France at illness of, 81;
his reconciliation with the Queen, 81;
repentant only when sick, 83, 180, 181;
returns to Paris, 88;
visits Madame de Châteauroux, 88, 89;
his neglect of Madame de Châteauroux during her last illness, 90;
his emotions transitory, 92;
his personal attractions, 97;
his religious feelings, 98;
his ennui, 92, 99, 100, 133;
his monarchical faith, 101;
how he differs from Louis XIV., 101, 102;
among his troops, 102;
not as indolent as accused of being, 103;
his sensuality, 103, 104;
his distrust and timidity, 104;
his dissimulation, 105, 205;
his indecision, 105;
D’Argenson’s portrait of, 105, 106;
neglects the Queen, 107;
receives Marie Thérèse Antoinette Raphaelle at Étampes, 110;
his meeting with Madame d’Étioles at the Hôtel de Ville ball, 120;
installs Madame d’Étioles at Versailles, 121;
joins the army, 122;
confers title of Marquise de Pompadour on Madame d’Étioles, 124;
returns to Versailles, 125;
relinquishes his military activity, 129, 130;
his policy in the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 130;
yields up the fruit of his conquests, 130, 131;
Voltaire’s lines to, 131;
change of public feeling toward, 132;
his interest in the theatre of Madame de Pompadour, 138;
becomes bored by dramatic spectacles, 145;
transfers performances from Versailles to château of Bellevue, 145, 146;
his conscience uneasy, 158;
equestrian statue of, 159, 160;
public attacks on, 165, 166;
his Jubilee, 169, 171, 172;
his religious tendencies, 166, 173;
retains Madame de Pompadour only through compassion, 174;
wounded by Damiens, 180–182;
public sympathy for, 182;
receives Madame de Pompadour graciously, 187;
his attitude towards Jansenism, 196;
his spirit of compromise, 197;
summons Christopher de Beaumont to the archbishopric of Paris, 196;
sends de Beaumont to Conflans, 197;
recalls de Beaumont, 199;
his enmity to Parliament, 198, 200;
his indecision, 203, 204;
his attitude toward Austria, 205;
accepts resignation of Abbé Bernis, 210, 211;
gives up cities possessed in Germany, 212;
his words concerning famous men of letters of France, 214;
revokes the privileges of editors of the Encyclopedia, 216, 217;
anonymous letter to, 217, 218;
called a Herod by the people, 219, 220;
his words at the funeral of Madame de Pompadour, 231;
fond of the society of his daughters, 255, 256;
selects a second wife for the Dauphin, 258;
at the death-bed of his wife, 273.
Louis XIV., 13, 101;
his attitude towards Jansenism, 195.
Louis XVI., 265.
Louis XVIII., 265.
Louise, Madame, 247, 255.
Luynes, Duchess de, 127, 128;
Marie Leczinska’s letters to, 241, 242;
Marie Leczinska’s friendship for, 241, 242.
Luynes, Duke de, his gift to Marie Leczinska, 241, 242.

Machault, M. de, his attitude towards Madame de Pompadour, 183;
his interview with Madame de Pompadour, 184, 185.
Mailly, Countess de, 1, 46;
her birth and marriage, 47;
description of, by Le Roy, 47;
becomes mistress of Louis XV., 47, 48;
loses affection of the King, 53;
introduces her sister, Pauline Félicité, to the King, 54;
her grief at death of her sister, 58;
dismissed from court, 60 et seq.;
pitied by every one, 64;
pensioned by the King, 67;
her last years, 93;
her last days and death, 170–172.
Mariage fait et rompu, Le, performed at Versailles, 139.
Maria Theresa, 204;
her display of admiration for Louis XV., 205.
Marie Anne Victoire, Infanta, affianced to Louis XIV., 14, 15;
sent back to Spain on account of her youth, 18, 20, 21;
marries Joseph Emanuel, 21.
Marie Antoinette, 2.
Marie Josèphe of Saxony, the Dauphiness, 259;
the marriage of, with the Dauphin, 259 et seq.;
the Duke de Richelieu’s words concerning, 261;
leaves Dresden for Versailles, 261;
Marshal Saxe’s words concerning, 261, 262;
marries the Dauphin, 261–263;
burdened by court etiquette, 263, 264;
makes herself beloved, 264;
her children, 264, 265;
a perfect wife and mother, 265;
her words at the death of the Dauphin, 267;
her death, 268;
her life a symbol, 271.
Marie Leczinska, 2;
her birth, 23;
her character, 23–25, 272, 273;
Duke of Bourbon’s words concerning, 25;
suddenly called to the throne of France, 24, 25;
her marriage to Louis XV., 26;
her letter to her father concerning her reception by the French people, 26, 27;
meets Louis XV., 27;
her gifts to the ladies of the court, 27;
pleases every one, 28;
goes to Versailles, 29;
her early married life happy, 30;
jealous of influence of Fleury over Louis XV., 32;
her worthy life, 40;
gives birth to twins, 40;
her pious excursion to Paris, 40, 41;
her children, 41, 245 et seq.;
her behavior towards Louis XV., 41, 42;
her suffering on account of the favor of Madame de Mailly with the King, 48;
her sympathy for Madame de Mailly, 64;
visits the King ill at Metz, 81–83;
her disappointment regarding the King’s feelings towards her, 83;
her feelings at the death of Madame de Châteauroux, 91;
D’Argenson’s words concerning, 106;
her tenth child, 106;
neglected by the King, 107;
her daily life, 107, 108;
her peace of heart, 109;
called the “Good Queen,” 109;
her reception of Madame de Pompadour, 126;
her feelings towards Madame de Pompadour, 128;
refuses to permit Madame de Pompadour to take part in religious service, 169;
her words concerning Madame de Pompadour after the latter’s death, 231;
compared with Madame de Pompadour, 233–235, 276;
her character, 233 et seq.;
portrait of, by La Tour, 236;
Nattier’s portrait of, 237;
sketch of, by Madame du Deffand, 237, 238;
her circle of friends, 238;
her words to President Hénault, 239;
President Hénault’s verses to, 239;
Fontanelle’s verses to, 239, 240;
her letters to the Duchess de Luynes, 241, 242;
her friendship for the Duchess de Luynes, 241, 242;
her solid information, 243;
a tender mother, 245, 255;
the daughters of, 245 et seq.;
her resignation in grief at loss of two of her daughters, 255;
her relations to her children, 255, 256;
her apartments, 256, 257;
her liking for Marie Josèphe, the Dauphiness, 264;
loses her son and father, 266, 267;
crushed by sorrow, 268;
goes to the Carmelite convent of Compiègne, 270;
Madame de Campan’s words concerning, 270;
universally beloved, 272;
falls ill, 273;
her last moments and death, 273–275;
her funeral, 276;
the last Queen who ended her days on the throne of France, 276.
Marie Thérèse Antoinette Raphaelle, her marriage to the Dauphin, 110;
her amiability, 111;
her death, 129, 130, 258.
Massillon, 275.
Maurepas, 89, 90, 162.
Memoirs of court of Louis XV., 3.
Mère coquette, performed at Versailles, 142.
Michelet, his words concerning Madame de Prie, 36;
his effort to cast ridicule on the daughters of Louis XV., 245;
accuses Madame Elisabeth of being the cause of the Seven Years’ War, 253, 254.
Montpensier, Mademoiselle, her birth and marriage, 19;
becomes Queen of Spain, 19;
sent back to France, 20;
her later life, 21.
Motte, Mademoiselle de la, 117.

Nattier, his portrait of Marie Leczinska, 237.
Nesle, Mademoiselle de, see Félicité, Pauline.
Nuptial ceremony of putting to bed, described, 262, 263.

Orleans, Duke of, 16;
sketch of his career, 113, 114.

Palissot, verses by, 228.
Parliament, Madame de Pompadour’s conduct towards, 194;
Louis XV.’s attitude towards, 196–198, 200;
one hundred and fifty members of, resign, 198;
members of, pose as protectors of liberty, 200.
Pérusseau, 79.
Philip, Don, son of Philip V. of Spain, marries Madame Elisabeth, 247;
obtains sovereignty of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastella, 247;
not esteemed by his wife, 253.
Philip V. of Spain, 18, 19.
Poisson, Abel, 148, 149, 160.
Poisson, François, 117.
Poisson, Jeanne Antoine, afterwards Marquise de Pompadour, 117;
see Pompadour, Madame de.
Pompadour, Marquise de, 1, 6;
her character, 116, 117;
her birth and early life, 117;
her accomplishments, 117;
her marriage, 118;
President Hénault’s words concerning, 118;
plans to capture the fancy of Louis XV., 119;
appears as Diana at the Hôtel de Ville ball, 119, 120;
her children, 120;
makes her way into Versailles, 120, 121;
concealed by Louis XV., 121;
withdraws to her chateau at Étioles, 122;
receives title of Marquise, 124;
her presentation, 125;
treatment of her by the court, 127;
her attitude toward the Queen, 127–129;
her theatre of the little Cabinets, 132 et seq.;
her fear of losing the interest of the King, 133;
her successes as an actress, 132, 134, 139, 140, 142, 145;
wants to play comedy at Versailles, 135;
draws up regulations for players at her theatre, 137, 138;
plays and sings, 139;
in the ballet of Almases, 140;
her last performance, 146;
Rousseau’s letter to, 146;
her power, pomp, and opulence, 147 et seq.;
her sepulchre, 149;
her beauty, 149, 150;
what she cost France, 150;
her dwellings and apartments, 150–152;
verses to, by Voltaire, 122–124, 145, 152–154;
her griefs and sadness, 156 et seq.;
threatened with death, 157;
insulted by Madame de Coaslin, 157;
her lack of confidence in the King, 156, 158;
like Scheherezade, 158;
her desire to marry her daughter Alexandrine, 160–162;
death of her daughter Alexandrine, 160;
verses at death of her mother, 160;
Sainte-Beuve’s words concerning, 161;
Paris implacable towards, 162;
verses abusing her, 163–166;
suffers under public abuse, 167;
ready to do anything to hold her place, 168;
makes a show of devotion, 168–170, 173;
has a statue made of herself, 170;
is attacked by fever, 170;
her feeling of insecurity, 170, 171;
endeavors to obtain absolution from the Jesuits, 173, 174;
refused absolution by Père de Sarcy, 174, 175;
solicits a place as lady of the Queen’s palace, 175;
declares her willingness to be reconciled to her husband, 175, 176;
receives communion, 177;
becomes a lady of the palace, 177, 178;
her conduct when Louis XV. was wounded by Damiens, 182, 183;
attitude of the three principal ministers towards, 183;
interview of M. de Machault with, 184, 185;
meets the King and resumes her domination, 186–189;
her grudge against the Jesuits, 189;
her note to the Pope censuring the Jesuits, 189–192;
her methods in politics, 193, 194;
held responsible for the Seven Years’ War, 201;
her interest in porcelains, 202;
her attitude toward the Austrian alliance, 205 et seq.;
her obstinacy, 209, 211;
the object of public vindictiveness, 213;
her attitude towards Voltaire, 215;
her attitude towards Quesnay, 215;
her attitude towards the philosophers, 214 et seq., 221;
La Tour’s pastel of, 216;
anonymous letters to, 217, 218;
reviled by the people, 220;
effects the expulsion of the Jesuits, 221, 222;
eulogized by Voltaire, 223;
foresees the crumbling of the government, 224;
aged prematurely, 226, 227;
her courage in suffering, 227;
falls ill at Choisy, 227;
feels the coming of death, 229;
fears the King more than God, 229;
her death-bed, 229, 230;
her will, 230;
her death, 230, 231;
funeral service of, 231;
regretted by the men of letters, 232, 233;
compared with Marie Leczinska, 233–235, 276.
Porcelains, Madame de Pompadour’s interest in, 202.
Précis du siècle de Louis XV., Voltaire’s, 154.
Préjugé à la mode, Le, performed at Versailles, 139.
Prie, Marquise de, mistress of the Duke of Bourbon, 16;
influence of, at court, 16, 18;
her life, 17;
pleased at marriage of Louis XV. to Marie Leczinska, 31;
plots to get rid of Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, 33;
expelled from court by Louis XV., 35;
the bitterness of her last years, 36, 37;
her death, 38;
rumored to have poisoned herself, 38.
Provence, Count of, 265.

Quesnay, 183, 185;
the confidant of Madame de Pompadour, 215;
his character, 216.

Revolution, the, prophecies of, 218, 219, 224.
Richelieu, Duke de, description of, by D’Argenson, 61;
his plan at court, 62;
made first gentleman of the chamber, 71;
his exasperation at the favor of Madame de Pompadour with the King, 127;
quarrel of, with Duke de la Vallière, 142–144;
his treatment of Madame de Pompadour, 143, 261;
his words concerning Marie Josèphe of Saxony, 259.
Rohan, Cardinal, 26.
Rousseau, his letter to Madame de Pompadour, 146.

Sainte-Beuve, his words concerning Madame de Pompadour, 161;
his description of La Tour’s pastel of Marie Leczinska, 236.
Saint Monica, 269.
Sarcy, Père de, refuses Madame de Pompadour absolution, 174, 175, 190.
Saxe, Marshal, negotiates the marriage of Marie Josèphe of Saxony with the Dauphin, 258–261;
his words concerning Marie Josèphe, 261, 262;
his description of the ceremonial of putting to bed, 262, 263.
“School of Man, The,” a pamphlet attacking Louis XV., 165, 166.
Seven Years’ War, the, Madame de Pompadour held responsible for, 201;
the results of, 212.
Sophie, Madame, 247, 255.
Soubise, 209.
Surprises de l’amour, Les, performed at Versailles, 142.

Tancred, performed at Versailles, 142.
Tartuffe, performed at Versailles, 139.
Theatre of the little Cabinets, at Versailles, 136, 137 et seq.;
regulations for players at, 137, 138;
dramatic performances at, 139, 140;
collection of comedies performed at, 141.
Thétis et Pélée, performance of, 170.
Toulouse, Countess de, her apartment at Versailles, 49;
accused of aiding the intimacy of Louis XV. and Madame de Mailly, 50.
Tournehem, M. Lenormand de, 117.
Tournelle, Madame de la, her birth and marriage, 60;
appointed lady of the palace, 60;
becomes a favorite of the King, 62;
determines to have Madame de Mailly dismissed from court, 62, 63;
her triumph, 65–67;
inferior to Madame de Montespan, 68;
becomes Duchess of Châteauroux, 69–71;
see Châteauroux, Duchess of.
Tournelle, Marquis de la, 60.
Trois Cousines, Les, performed at Versailles, 139.

Unigenitus, the bull, 195, 196, 200.

Vallière, Duke de la, quarrel of, with Duke de Richelieu, 142–144.
Vanloo, 232.
Versailles, deserted after death of Louis XIV., 13;
festivities at, 111, 112;
theatre constructed for Madame de Pompadour at, 136;
Madame de Pompadour’s apartments at, 150, 151;
the treaty of, 204, 206;
an Austrian party at, 205.
Victoire, Madame, 247, 255.
Vintimille, Countess de, gives birth to a boy, 57;
her death, 57, 58;
see Félicité, Pauline.
Vitzthum, Count, 259.
Voltaire, his words concerning Marie Leczinska, 27, 28;
his Henri IV., 28, 29;
obtains a pension, 29;
with Madame d’Étioles at her château, 122;
his lines to Madame d’Étioles, 122–124;
his lines to Louis XV., 131;
his lines to Madame de Pompadour at her toilet, 145;
his flattery of Madame de Pompadour, 152–155, 215;
his Enfant prodigue produced at Versailles, 139, 154;
turns against Madame de Pompadour, 166, 167, 208;
quoted, 211;
his words concerning Seven Years’ War, 212, 213;
eulogizes Madame de Pompadour, 223;
his pleasure in foreseeing the French Revolution, 224;
his words concerning Madame de Pompadour after the latter’s death, 232.

Women of court of Louis XV., 1 et seq.

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