COU

Coustard, General, executed, iv. 621
Couthon the Cripple, Vergniaud's retort on, iv.
589. Invests Lyons, 597. Refuses terms
to the Lyonese, 598. Establishes a reign of
terror in Lyons, 598. Member of the Com-
mittee of Public Safety, 609. Proposes the
reorganisation of the revolutionary tribunal,
649. Arrested, 657. Rescued by the troops
of the commune, 657. Re-arrested and exe-
cuted, 658, 659

Coutras, battle of, iii. 210, 211

Craon, Pierre de, his attempt to assassinate
the Constable Clisson, ii. 42. Flies from
the vengeance of the King to the Duke of
Brittany, 42

Craon, Sire de, leads the troops of Louis XI.
into Burgundy, ii. 328

Crecy, battle of, i. 427. Great numbers of the
slain at, 429

Credit, advantages and disadvantages of, iv. 174
Creil, taken by Charles of Navarre, i. 485.
And by Charles VII., ii. 212
Cremieux, M., one of the Provisional Govern-
ment, v. 596. Minister of justice, 605
Cremona taken by the French, ii. 429. Con-
quered by the Venetians, 405, 406. Besieged
by Bayard, 479. Captured by Prince Eugène,
iv. 86.

Créquy, Marshal, at the affair of Montserrat,
iii. 481. Besieges Valenza, 513. His part
in the affairs of Savoy, 516. Sent by Louis
XIV. to quarrel with the Papal Court, 649.
Posted with an army at Verdun, 662. De-
feated by the Imperialists, 694. Takes
Kehl, 703. Compels Brandenburg to restore
his Swedish conquests, 704

'respigny, De, taken prisoner by Henry I. at
Brenneville, i. 119. Strikes the King with
his sword, 119

Crespy, treaty of, ii. 564
revant, battle of, ii. 149

Crevecœur, recovered by the French crown, ii.
264

Crevecoeur, Sire de Querdes, surrenders the
city of Arras to the French, ii. 331. From
whom he accepts a command in the north,
339. Loses the battle of Guinegate, 339
Crevecoeur, M., his demands as a member of
the League, iii. 184

revelt, battle of, iv. 278

ricq, St., minister of commerce, v. 366
rillon, refuses to assassinate the Duke of
Guise, iii. 228

roats, their ravages in Bavaria, iv. 219
roce, Marquis of Santa, commands the Span-
iards before Casale, iii. 492

romwell, Oliver, applied to, by the Bordelais,
iii. 634. His Spanish and Dutch policy,
638. Obtains Dunkirk, 639

otoy, town of, bought over by Charles V., i.
523. Recovered by France, ii. 264

VOL. V.

CYP

Crown, increase of the power of the, in the
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, i. 358
Croy, Sire de, tortured by the Orleanists, ii. 83
Croy, Count of, his influence over the Duke of
Burgundy, ii. 263

Crozat, sells his interest in trade to Lousiana,
iv. 175

Crusades, origin of the, i. 85, 101. Peter the
Hermit, 102. Address of Urban II. at the
Council of Clermont, 104. The First Cru-
sade decided upon, 104. Chief personages
who agreed to assume the Cross, 104. Ar-
rival in Asia Minor of the first two armies
under Peter the Hermit and Gaultier sans
Avoir, 105. Destruction of this vanguard
by the Turks, 105. Disorganised state of
the French crusaders, 106. Efficiency of the
armies of Godfrey of Bouillon and Boemond
of Naples, 106. Passage of the Crusaders
into Asia, 107. Their conquest of Nicea,
107. Their siege and capture of Antioch,
108. Their delay there and diminished
numbers, 110. Their siege and capture of
Jerusalem, 110, 111. The Second Crusade
preached by St. Bernard, 137. Failure of
the Emperor Conrad III. and of Louis VII.
in the, 138. Melancholy tidings of the state
of the Christian principalities in Syria
brought home by William of Tyre, 155.
The defeat at Tyberiade, and loss of the
Holy City, 155. The Cross assumed by
Henry II. of England and Philip Augustus,
156. Commencement of the Third Crusade,
157. Entry of the Crusaders, under Frederic
Barbarossa, into Asia Minor, 158. Chivalry
of the French nobles in Palestine, 167. Un-
successful expedition of the Crusaders to
Damietta, 193. Contempt of the Crusaders
for the monks and doctors of the Church of
Rome, 202. The Fifth Crusade led by St.
Louis, 233. Preparations of the Pastoureaux
for a second crusade, 373

Crussol, sent by Catherine de Medicis to Lan-
guedoc, iii. 48

Cuba, taken by the English, iv. 285, 287. Ex-
changed by them for Flanders, 288
Cubières, General, minister of war, v. 5, 25.
Inculpated of corruption, 576

Cuesta, General, encounters Marshal Bessières,
v. 155

Cumberland, Duke of. See William, Duke of
Cumberland

Curton, De, lieutenant of Auvergne, defeats the
troops of the League at Issoire, iii. 266
Cussin-Gridaine, minister of commerce, v. 518
Custine, General, captures Frankfort, iv. 563.

Keeps Austria and Prussia at bay, 590. Ex-
ecuted, 601, 604, 610

Cuvier, his treatment by the Royalists, v. 311
Cyprus, the soldiers of the Fifth Crusade as-
semble at, i. 233. St. Louis winters in, 233

CYP

Cyprus, King of, assumes the Cross at Avignon,
i. 501. Raises an army and goes to the East,
508. Destroys Alexandria, 509
Cyr, Marshal Gouvion de St., his history of the
campaigns of 1791-1793, iv. 603. His
opinion that German armies might have
taken Paris in 1791-1793, 604
Cyr, Marshal St., defeats Wittgenstein at Po-
lotsk, v. 186. Becomes minister of war, 260.
Supersedes Duke of Feltre as minister of
war, 289. Proposes reorganisation of the
army, 289. Retires from the ministry, 298
Cyran, St., his imprisonment, iv. 5
Czaslau, or Chotusiz, battle of, v. 221

'ACI, advocate-general, slain by the mob,

D'ACL474

Dagobert I., son of Clothaire II., given by his
father to the Austrasians as their prince, i.
11. His accession to the empire, 11. His
power and haughtiness, 11, 12. Appoints his
son Sigebert king of Austrasia, 11, 12. His
death, 12

Daguesseau, becomes a member of a new eccle-
siastical council, iv. 141

Dalmatia, Duke of. See Soult.

Dam, destruction of the French fleet at, i. 188
Damas, General de, appointed war minister,
v. 330. And foreign minister, 334
Damascus, unsuccessful siege of, by the Chris-
tians, i. 139

Damême, General, his death in the insurrection
of the Ateliers, v. 628

Damiens, attempts to murder Louis XV., iv.
267. His punishment, 268

Damietta, unsuccessful expedition of the Cru-
saders to, i. 193, 201. Taken by St. Louis,
233
Dammartin, Antoine de Chabannes, Count of,
Kis calumnies against the Dauphin Louis, son
of Charles VII., ii. 234. His charges against
Jacques Coeur, 236. Marches into Dauphiné
against the Dauphin, 243. Obliged to fly on
the accession of Louis XI., 253. Recovers
the good will of the King, 277. Sent by the
King against the Duke of Nemours and
Count of Armagnac, whom he defeats, 296.
Removed by Louis XI. from command in
the north, 339. Besieged in Peronne by the
Imperialists, 540. Killed there, 540
Damme, captured by Henry VII. of England,
ii. 375

Damon, M., finance minister, v. 578
Dampierre, Count of, married to Margaret,
Duchess of Flanders, i. 231.
The county
passes into his family, 231

Damville, Maréchal, his ill treatment of the
Protestants in Languedoc, iii. 83. Appointed
to the government of Picardy, 92. Favours
the formation of a confederation of estates in

DAU

Becomes the
Plot to arrest

the southern provinces, 155.
chief of the Politiques, 162.
him, 164. His escape into Languedoc, 164
Elected captain-general of the Haguen
167. His manifesto, 167. Joined by Cord
172. Becomes partially reconciled to th
court, 186. His succession to the Monta
rency title and dukedom, 187. Rejected
the Languedoc Protestants, 187. Besieg
Montpellier, 187

468.
483.
483.

565.

F

Danes, the, in France, i. 49, 58, 59
Danton, George James, chief of the Cordelie
Club, his activity in 1789, iv. 436. I
nounces conservative measures, 442.
comes a member of the Legislative Assem
His friendship sought by Dumbart
His alliance proposed to the Gires
Receives 50,000 crowns from Les
for his services and interest, 504. Prope
to banish the Queen, 506. Instance of h
mercenary conduct towards the King, &
Appointed minister by the assembly, 51
Proposes defending Paris, by audacity, 523
524. Refuses to save the prisoners at Vo
sailles, 529. Returned member of the Cz
vention, 535. His alliance refused by th
Girondists, 544. Intrigues with Dumour
562, 604. His sympathy for Dumor.
Leader of the Committee of P
Safety, 570. Attacked by Lasource,
nounces the Gironde, 573. Demands ar
and trial of Girondist chiefs, 584. Stre
to save Marie Antoinette, 604. Trusts Ce
tine, who fails in carrying out his policy, fi
Intrigues with Prussia, Austria, and Swed
605. Fails in his policy, 605, 606. -
gusts all parties in the Convention, 606. N
longer a member of Committee of P
Safety, he loses his influence, 608. Retin
to Arcis-sur-Aube, 610. Opposes the violen
of the Mountain, 632, et seq. Accusel t
moderantism, but rescued by Robespie
633. Rejoices over the fall of the Heberts |
641. Urged to fly from his impending f
but refuses, 641. His arrest, 642. His t
and defence, 643, 644. His execution, 644
Danubian Provinces taken by Russia, iv. 31°.
Given up to Turkey, 317
Dardanelles, treaty of the, v. 546
Darien, Roche, attacked by Charles of E
i. 438

Darmès, M., attempts to assassinate 1.
Philippe, v. 539. His trial, 547
Darthé, his execution, v. 13
Daubigny, Constable, and general of Char
VIII., releases the Duke of Orleans from t
tower of Bourges, ii. 372. Comman
division in Italy, 383. Commands the g
rison of Naples, 387. Defeats the Aragones
at Seminara, 390. But capitulates in Calz
bria, 391. His illness, 404. Entrust

DAU

with command of an army for the invasion of
Naples, 411. Defeated and taken prisoner
by the Spaniards, 414

Daubigné, released by Marat, iv. 525
D'Aulnay, Philip and Gaultier, execution of,
i. 353

Daun, Marshal Count, defeats Frederick the
Great at Kollin, iv. 269. And is defeated
by Frederick at Leuthen, 272. Occupies
Dresden, 280. Beaten by Frederick the
Great at Torgau, 280
Dauphiné, or Dauphiny, the government
given to Count Dunois, ii. 352. Extent of,
at the end of the fifteenth century, 403. The
province annexed to France, 439. Founda-
tion of Protestantism in, 515. Numbers of the
Huguenots in, iii. 17. Their success in, 29.
Invaded by the lieutenant of the Duke of
Guise, 47. Given up to the Huguenots, 188.
Invaded by the Duke of Savoy, 221, 225.
The Catholics compelled by Lesdiguières to
submit to Henry IV., 275. March of Louis
XIII. into, 481. Deprived of its estates by
Richelieu, 503. Invaded by the Duke of
Saxony, iv. 47. Ravaged by the Austrians,
237. Persecution of the Protestants of, 256.
Struggles of Lesdiguières against the ene-
mies of Henry IV. in, 261. The provincial
assembly of, 363. Resistance of the pro-
vince to the abolition of its parliament, 400.
Proclaims its declaration of rights, 401
David the Lawyer, his doctrines, and journey
to Rome, iii. 178

Davidowitsch, General, defeats Vaubois, v. 25
Daroust, Marshal, defeats the Prussians at
Naumbourg and Auerstadt, v. 130. The
most tyrannical of Napoleon's generals, 198.
Made war minister, 245. His resignation,
262. Created a peer of France, 295
Dawes, Sophie, mistress of Prince of Condé,
v. 435. Married to Baron de Feuchères,

DEP

political exiles, 297. His measures coun-
teracted by the Liberals, 297. Modifies his
electoral measures to please the King, 298.
But opposed by members of his government,
298. Forms a new ministry, 298. Liberals
oppose his measures, 299. Assassination of
Duke of Berry by Louvel leads Count
D'Artois to demand his dismissal, 301.
Sent ambassador to London, 302. His
treatment by George IV., 302. Summary
of his character and government, 312
Dego, battle of the, v. 18

Deism of the middle of the eighteenth century,
iv. 289

Dejoly, M., minister of justice, his letter to the
Assembly, iv. 508

Delaborde, M., dismissed by Casimir Perier, v.
444

Delacroix and Lord Malmesbury, negotiations
between, v. 27

Delaunay, governor of the Bastille, his defence
of the prison, iv. 425. Beheaded by the
mob, 426

Delessert, M., appointed minister of foreign
affairs, iv. 473. Accused by Brissot, 479.
His arrest, 479, 480. Proposes the Duke of
Orleans as lieutenant-general, v. 407. Ap-
pointed prefect of police, 504. Killed by the
mob at Versailles, 530

Delisle, General, trial of, v. 281
Denain, Villars' victory at, iv. 114

Denbigh, Earl of, fails to relieve La Rochelle,
iii. 478

Denis, St., the monastery of, ransomed by the
Normans, i. 46. The monastery in the
twelfth century, 112. Supremacy and pro-
perty of the abbey at this period, 112. The
abbey aided by Louis against the Baron of
Montmorency, 114. Coronation of Philip Au-
gustus and Queen Margaret at, 149. Funeral
of St. Louis at, 278. Burned by Charles of
Navarre, 485. Garrisoned by licentious Bra-
banters, ii. 82. Occupied by the Duke of
Burgundy, 102. Threatened by John, Duke
of Burgundy, 122. Massacre of the citizens
at, by the mob of Paris, 126. Captured by
Jeanne d'Arc, 172. Occupied by the Royal-
ists, 189. Occupied by the Huguenots under
Condé and Coligny, iii. 94. Battle of, 96.
Denmark subsidised by England, iii. 461
Desmewitz, battle of, v. 211
Deutz, the Jew, betrays the Duchess of Berry,
v. 473

Deputies, Chamber of, remodelled, v. 270, et seq.
Their conduct disgusts the King, 280. Their
attempt to restore the Church to supremacy,
280. Prorogation of, 280. Dissolved, 282. The
new and its composition, 283. Designation
of the parties into which divided, the Centre
and Bascule, 283. Measures of ministers
brought before them, 286. Disputes in the,

DER

303, 481. Manuel expelled from the, 325.
Charles X. proposes to dissolve, 369. Its
composition on Martignac's taking office, 368.
Parties nearly balanced, 368. Address of, to
the King to change his ministers, 385. Pro-
rogued, 385. Dissolved by the King, 387.
Their contest with the King, 388. The
liberal deputies ordered to be arrested by
Marmont, 398. Opening of, by the lieu-
tenant governor, 415. Propose to call Duke
of Orleans to the throne, 416. Agitation in, at
trial of April conspirators, 492. Show their
distrust of Molé, 511. Dissolved by Molé,
511, 513. Re-assembling, choose M. Passy
as president, 516. Opening of, 539. M.
Thiers draws up the address which leads to
his resignation, 539, 540. Discuss universal
suffrage, 542. Its unpopularity, 578. Its
republican members meet to oppose Louis
Philippe, 580. Session of December, 1847,
opened by the King, 582. Its opposition to
the address, 582. Debates in, on the Re-
Violent pro-
gency question, 595, et seq.
ceedings, 597, 598. Its members form a
second republic, 598, et seq. Dissolved by
the Provisional Government, 611.
Its new
constitution and mode of election, 611. Louis
Blanc and Socialists seek to expel the Mode-
rates, 613. The New Assembly and its par-
ties and numbers, 617. Meet in the Palais
Bourbon, 617. See Assembly, New.
Derby, Earl of, defeats the Flemings at Cad-
sand, i. 402. Reduces St. Jean d'Angely
and Poitiers, 432. Goes to Calais, 432. At
the siege of Calais, 434. Sent by Edward
III. to Bayonne with an army, 420. Marches
into Perigord, and takes all the fortresses
in Upper Gascony, 420. Defeats the French
at Auberoche, 420. Captures Angoulême,
421. His prowess and gentillesse, 421
Derval, castle of, besieged by the Constable Du
Guesclin, i. 534. Terms of its proposed
surrender, 534

Desaix, by his timely arrival, regains the battle
of Marengo, v. 86. His death, 86
Desfosses, M. Rosan, minister of marine, v.
646

Desiderius, or Didier, ascends the throne of
Lombardy, i. 22. His daughter married to
Charlemagne, 23. Who returns her to her
friends, 24. Besieged by Charlemagne in
Pavia, 24, 25, Taken prisoner and thrown
into captivity, 25

Desmarets, Jean, put to death, ii. 30
Desmarets, M., becomes finance minister, iv.
99. His measures, 99, 121
Desmoulins, Camille, his harangue in the
Palais Royal, iv. 422. Returned member
for the Convention, 535. His inhumanity
at the condemnation of the King, 555. Ex-
tracts from his 'Vieux Cordelier,' 633.

Op-

DIR

poses the more violent of the Mountain, 633
Accused of Moderantism, but rescued by
Robespierre, 633. Denounces the party ef
the Lanterne, 637. Arrested, 642. H
trial and execution, 643, 644. Execution
his wife, 646

Desolles, General, prime minister, v. 295. Re
signs his office, 298

Despotism, birth of, i. 262. Rapid establis
ment of, in France, i. 443. Causes whit
fostered the growth of despotism at the e-
mencement of the sixteenth century, ii. 40%
Despots, M. Guizot's two kinds of, i. 304.
Dettingen, battle of, iv. 227
Deutlingen, battle of, iii. 569
Deux Ponts, Duke of, joins the Huguenot army
iii. 104

Deux Ponts, duchy of, claimed by Louis XIT.
iv. 22. Seized by him, 25. Given up
France, 62

Diana of Poictiers, saves her father's life.
478. Becomes the mistress of Francis L., 475
note. Her influence over the Dauphin (aft
wards Henry II.), 550. Her influence or
the Duke of Orleans (afterwards Henry II
550, 593. Created Duchess of Valentin
593. Answer of the court tailor to her, 62
Compelled to retire from the court of Frar -
II., iii. 7

Diana, natural daughter of Henry II. of Fran
married to Horatio Farnese, ii. 613
Diderot, seizure of his papers by governme
iv. 269. His denial of aught but matter
and of the base of religion, 295
Didier, King of the Lombards. See Desideris
Didier, Paul, conspiracy of, v. 281. His ar
and death, 281

Diebitsch, General, defeated by the Poles,

449

Dieppe, a fleet fitted out by Philip V. at, i. 370
Recovered from the English, ii. 194. Faile
of an expedition of the English against. 24
Declares for the Huguenots, iii. 57. Tak
from Madame de Longueville, 601
Dietrichsen, trial and execution of, iv, 642, 61-
Dijon, a French army shut up by the Swiss-
ii. 439. Cruelties inflicted on the Hugue
of, iii. 64. Submits to Henry IV., 314, 3
Corn riots at, iv. 349

Dillon, General, invades Belgium but unsucces
ful, iv. 484. Repeats his oath of allegin
to the King, 532. Endeavours to save Dan
and his friends, 643. Executed, 646
Dinant, town of, taken by Edward III.
England, i. 416. Surrenders to the Fret
534. Its rule as a democratic communi
ii. 279. Rivalry between it and Bouvines,
D'Interville, Bishop of Auxerre, French ert
at Rome, recalled, ii. 525
Directors, the Five, chosen by Council of A
cients, v. 5. Se Directory.