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The love-affairs of the Condés (1530-1740)

Chapter 2: PREFATORY NOTE
By H. Noel Williams
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A multi-century study examines the private relationships of a prominent princely family, showing how marriages, illicit affairs, flirtations, and salon politics repeatedly influenced public life. Through biographical sketches and contemporary anecdotes, it follows successive members as personal desires intersect with religious divisions, factional rivalry, court maneuvering, and military careers, revealing how intimacy, patronage, and reputation shaped alliances, scandals, and the fortunes of a noble house across generations.

TO
MY WIFE

PREFATORY NOTE

The principal authorities, both contemporary and modern, which I have consulted in the preparation of this volume are mentioned either in the text or the footnotes. I desire, however, to acknowledge my obligations to the following works by modern writers: Duc d’Aumale, “Histoire des Princes de Condé;” M. Édouard Barthélemy, “La Princesse de Condé: Charlotte Catherine de la Trémoille;” M. Henri Bouchot, “Les Femmes de Brantôme;” Victor Cousin, “La Jeunesse de Madame de Longueville;” Comte Jules Delaborde, “Éléonore de Roye, Princesse de Condé (1535–1564);” M. I. Henrard, “Henri IV. et la Princesse de Condé;” MM. Homberg and Jousselin, “La Femme du Grand Condé;” Comte Hector de la Ferrière, “Trois Amoureuses au XVIe siècle;” and M. H. Thirion, “Madame de Prie (1698–1727).”

H. NOEL WILLIAMS.