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at this time, 69. Consolidation of the inde-
pendence of the Church of France, 76. Com-
mencement of the civil war between the Or-
leans party and that of Burgundy, 82. Ra-
vages of the former, 89. Invasion of Henry
V., 111. Battle of Agincourt, 112-114.
Ravages of the English round Paris, 135.
Henry V. made regent and heir of the king-
dom, 136. The reduction of the north com-
pleted by Henry, 139. State of France
during the reign of Charles VII., 140. The
fiefs of France distributed by Henry V.
among his followers, 146. Consternation of
Charles VII. and his court at the siege of
Orleans, 159. Jeanne d'Arc, 161-181. Cir-
cumstances of the times in which she lived,
182. The new spirit which saved France
from the English, 183. Result of the En-
glish victories in France, 196. Removal of
the court and residence to the Loire, and ces-
sation of enmity to England, 187. Condi-
tion of the kingdom from the battle of Ver-
neuil to the siege of Orleans, 198, 199. The
foundations laid in France for the represen-
tative system, 199. Dearth of great men
in the time of Charles VII., 200. Selfish
and mercenary character of his aristocracy,
201. The political destiny of France, En-
gland, and Germany contrasted, 215. Rela-
tions between France and Germany in the
middle of the fifteenth century, 216. Re-
covery of Normandy and Gascony from the
English, 226-231. Review of the reign of
Charles VII., 245-249. Louis XI. recovers
the towns lost by the treaty of Arras, 264.
Results of the war of the 'Public Good,'
275. The last great attempt of England to
crush France by invasion, 313, 314. Extent
of the kingdom of France at the end of the
reign of Louis XI., 343-349.
Public men

of the time, 350. Difference between the
French and English three estates, 356.
Landing of Henry VII. of England in France,
375. Condition of France at the commence-
ment of the sixteenth century, 400, 401, 443.
And of the army at this time, 409, 418, 443.
Effects of France being compelled to military
defence, and the maintenance of a regular
army, 443. Failure of French aims notwith-
standing, 445. Monarchic power in the
kingdom at the accession of Francis I., 448.
Decline of the learned professions at this
time, 460. Invasion of the kingdom by three
armies at once, 478. Spread of the doctrines
of the Reformers, 514. Invasion of the north
by the Imperialists, 540. Establishment of
the Inquisition, 631, 641. Progress of the
Reformation in the sixteenth century, 636.
Condition of the country at the close of the
reign of Henry III., iii. 244. Results to
France of the civil and religious wars of the

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sixteenth century, 303. Separation of the
nation into two classes and two religions,
304. Condition of the kingdom in 1596, 324
Result of a century's struggle between Fran
and Spain, 345. Character of the reign of
Henry IV., 381. Condition of the kingdom
in the middle of the seventeenth century, 521.
Review of the reign of Louis XIII., 545-
553. Anarchy and agitation of the kingdom
in the middle of the seventeenth century.
612. Condition of France at the end of the
Fronde, 631. And in 1654, 635. Dissolute
ness of the age of Louis XIV., 651. Cond-
tion of France in 1679, 704. Splendour and
genius of the court contrasted with the
misery and ignorance of the provinces, iv.
2. Licentiousness of the King and nobles,
3. Poverty and famine of the country
1693, 1694, 48, 49. France compared with
England at this period, 49. Boundaries de
termined by the peace of Ryswick, 63. Ex-
haustion of the kingdom at the commen
ment of the eighteenth century, 85. The
severe winter of 1709, 101. Outbreak of an
epidemic, 110. Conclusion of the peace of
Utrecht, 116. And of Radstadt, 119. Sta
of France at this period, 121. Review of the
reign of Louis XIV., 132–135. Fatal ef
of despotism, 140. Change in foreign pol
142. Stationary policy, 142. Conclusion t
a new Triple Alliance, 148. The finances s
this time, 156. National bankruptcy pr
posed, 156. Spoliation of the national erd-
tors, 159. Law's schemes, 162, et seq. Eft
of his schemes upon the general condition
the kingdom, 179. Joins England and Pruss
against Spain and Austria, iv. 193. Insur
rection against Paris, Duvernay's income tax
194. Alliance of France and Spain, 20
Literature and fashion in the time of Le
XIV. and XV., 208. Rise of colonial riva
between France, and England, 211. State
the country during the administration of Ca
dinal Fleury, 223, 224. War declared agains
England, 226. Economical state of Fra
in 1748, 248. Enters into an alliance
Austria, 262. Enormous cost on the part
France in the Seven Years' War, 282. Ce-
clusion of peace, 288. Anti-religious an
anti-monarchical tendencies of the age,
292. Condition of the kingdom in 176
320. The Abbé Terrai's taxation, 327. T
dency to turbulence and insurrection_ms:
fested throughout the kingdom during t
last ten years of the reign of Louis XV., 3.
Corn riots in 1764, 330. Condition of
French people in 1774, 335. Their servita
336. Their fiscal burdens, 338.
robbers along the Seine, 346. Alliance
tween France and the United States, 35
And consequent war with England, 3

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Provincial assemblies recommended by Tur-
got and Necker, 362. Commercial treaty
with England, 381. Severe winter of 1788-9,
404. Commencement of the revolution of
1789, 412. Riots in the provinces, 420, 430.
Distress in Paris, v. 579. See Revolution;
Convention; Directory; Napoleon I.; Louis
XVIII.; Charles X.; Louis Philippe; Pro-
visional Government; Napoleon III.
Francfief, i. 265. Abolished, 265.
Franche Comté, menaced by Philip the Fair, i.
310. Who procures one of the princesses of,
in marriage with his second son, 310. French
suzerainty established over, 315. Conduct
of Jeanne, heiress of, 353. Secured to the
French crown, 360. Given by Philip V. to
Eudes IV. of Burgundy, 370. Reverts to
the Dowager Duchess of Flanders, 500.
Throws off the French yoke, ii. 338.
Brought in dowry to the Dauphin, after-
wards Charles VIII., 341. Restored, 375.
Proposal to give it to the Duke of Orleans,
547. Occupied by the partisans of Henry
IV., iii. 314. Entered by the King, 315.
Its independence protected by the Swiss, 315.
Claims of the Prince of Orange upon, 328.
Ceded to the Archduke Albert, iii. 345.
Attempt of the Prince of Condé to conquer
it, 513. Conquered by Louis XIV., 666.
Evacuated by the French, 667. Definitively
taken by the French, 688.

Franchet, of the Congregation, secret adviser of
Charles X., v. 372

Franchise, Electoral, measures of, submitted to
the chambers, v. 286

Francis I., Emperor of Germany (see also Fran-
cis, Duke of Lorraine), elected and crowned
at Frankfort, iv. 234. Acknowledged by the
peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 246
Francis I., King of France, when Count d'An-
goulême, affianced to Claude, daughter of
Louis XII., ii. 421. Condition of France at
his accession, 443, 447. His absolute power,
449. His first acts, 449. His policy, 450.
Formation of a league against him, 451.
His minister, De Boissy, 450. Concludes a
treaty with Charles of Luxemburg, and with
Henry VIII. of England, 451. Musters an
army for the invasion of Italy, 452. Passes
the Alps to the conquest of Milan, 453.
Endeavours to purchase the neutrality of the
Swiss, 453. Whom he defeats at the battle
of Marignano, 454, 455. Knighted on the
field by Bayard, 455. Concludes an alliance
with the Medici, 456. And with Pope Leo
X., 456. Concordat between him and the
Pope, 458. Meets Charles I. of Spain at
Noyon, 462. And concludes a treaty with
him, 462. And with Henry VIII., 462. His
competition with Charles I. of Spain for the
the succession to the empire, 462, 463. De-

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feated in the contest, 466. Meets Henry
VIII. at the field of the Cloth of Gold, 469.
Promised aid by the Pope, 470. Accident to
him at Romorantin, 470. Sends an army to
recover Navarre for D'Albret, 470. Defeat
of his army at Logrono, 471. Betrayed by
Wolsey, 471, 472. Prepares for war with
Charles V., 472. Reverses of his troops in
Italy, 473, 474. Disgraces their commander,
Lautrec, 474. Puts the treasurer, Semblan-
çay, to death, 475. Rebellion of the Constable
Bourbon, 475, 476. War declared by Henry
VIII. against France, 477. Francis's tactics,
477. Sends an army under Bonnivet into
Italy, 478. Orders the arrest of the Constable
Bourbon, who escapes to Italy, 478.
mistress, Diana of Poitiers, 478. Reverses
of his army in Italy, 480. Leads another
army into Italy, 482. Takes Milan, and lays
siege to Pavia, 482. At the battle of Pavia,
484. Where he is taken prisoner, 485. Re-
moved to the fortress of Pizzighetone, 486.
Activity of his mother for his liberation, 486.
Demands of Henry VIII. and the Emperor
Charles V., 488. Francis's proposals for
regaining his freedom, 488. Carried to
Barcelona, and thence to Madrid, 489. His
illness there, 489. Refuses to give Burgundy
to the Emperor, 489. Prepares an act of
abdication in favour of his son, 490. Signs
the treaty of Madrid with tacit reserve, 490.
Betrothed to Eleonora, sister of the Emperor,
491. His liberation, 491. His two sons
exchanged for him, 491. Refuses to perform
the conditions of the treaty, 492.
mistresses, the Duchesses of Chateaubriand
and Etampes, 495, 507. Gives himself up
to pleasure, 495, 507. Sends the Marquis of
Saluzzo with a small force to Italy, 495. Ill-
success of his allies there, 496. An alliance
between England and France concluded, 494,
499. Francis obtains money for a war with
the Emperor, 500. Challenged by the Empe-
ror, 501. Despatches Lautrec with an army
into Italy, 501. The siege of Naples, 503.
Francis estranges Andrew Doria, 503. Who
contributes to the ruin of the French army
before Naples, 504. Its capitulation, and
evacuation of Italy, 504. Francis's dis-
graceful peace with the Emperor, 506. His
licentiousness and taste for the arts, 507, 508.
Bond of affection between him and his mother
and sister, 508. Founds a trilinguist college,
513. Two parties in his family, court, and
council, 516. His tastes and predilections,
517. Establishes the College de France, 518.
Marries Eleonora, sister of Charles V., 520.
His policy and aims compared with those
of Charles V., 520, 521. His relations with
Sultan Solyman, 524. His treaty with
Henry VIII. at Boulogne, 525. Sends envoys

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for the purpose of winning Pope Clement,
525, 526. Whom he meets at Marseilles,
526. The Pope's promises to him, 526.
Affords Charles V. causes of complaint, 527.
Sends an agent to the Duke of Milan, 527.
Concludes the marriage of his son Henry
with Catherine of Medicis, 528. Death of
his mother, 528. Takes the part of Duke
Ulrich, of Wurtemburg, who is reinstated,
529. Raises an army, 529, 530. Abandons
his projected invasion of Italy, 530. Hugue-
not placard affixed to the door of his cham-
ber, 531. His severities in consequence,
531. Proposals of Charles V. to Francis, 532.
Who formally demands of the Emperor Mi-
lan, Genoa, and Asti, 533, 536. Resolves to
occupy Savoy, 533. Sends Du Bellay on a
mission to the German Protestants, 535. His
negotiations with the Emperor, 536. Sends
his army into Piedmont, and occupies Turin,
536. The Emperor's outburst against him,
536. Francis's breaches of his engagements,
538. Disbands his troops, and recalls De
Brion, 538. Places the Marquis of Saluzzo in
command, 538. And is betrayed by him, 538.
Provence invaded by the Emperor, 539. The
North of France invaded by the Imperialists,
540. Death of the Dauphin, 541. Francis's
arrangements with the Sultan Solyman, 541.
Concludes a truce for ten years with Charles
V., 542. Meets Charles V. at Aigues Mortes,
543. Their proposals, 544. Charles offers
the Dauphin the Low Countries instead of
Milan, 547. Which Francis declines, 548.
His difficulties, 549. Disgraces Montmo-
rency and Chabot, 549. Changes his minis-
ters, 549, 550. Appoints a council of finance,
550. Nature of his government at this period,
551. His envoys to Turkey murdered in Italy,
552. Commences war with the Emperor, 553.
Fails at Luxemburg and in Roussillon, 554,
555. His clemency to the Rochellois, 556. Al-
liance of the Emperor and Charles V. against
him, 556. His town of Landrecies besieged by
Charles, 557. Combines with the Turks, and
burns Nice, 557, 558. Assigns Toulon for
winter quarters for the Turks, 558. Horror
created in Europe at Francis's policy, 558. De-
feats the Imperialists at Cerisolles, 560, 561.
Surrounded with enemies, 562. Boulogne
taken by Henry VIII., 562. Advance of
Charles V. towards Paris, 563. Treaty be-
tween Francis and Charles, 564. Feud
amongst Francis's family in consequence,
565. The King's sinking health, 565. Sends
the Dauphin to retake Boulogne, 565. Naval
encounter between his fleet and the English,
566, 567. Goes himself to the siege of Bou-
logne, 568. Loses his youngest son, 568. Dis-
gusted with Charles V., 568, 569. Makes
peace with Henry VIII., 567. Amount of his

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revenue, 572. Principles and tendencies of
his government, 574. Declares war against
the Emperor, 580. Suspends persecution
against the Vaudois, 583. But orders the
massacre of Merindol and Cabrièras, 584.
His last illness and death, 587, 588. His
policy and character, 588-591. Comparison
between his views of the Reformation and
those of Henry VIII., iii. 4

Francis II., King of France, when Dauphin be-
trothed to Mary, Queen of Scotland, ii. 642.
604. Married to her, 631, 643. Sets up the
arms of England, 634. Death of his father,
648. His accession to the throne, iii. 1. En-
trusts the Guises with all power and influense
7. His stringent measures against the Hu-
guenots, 16. His ill-health, 17. Conspiracy
of La Renaudie, 18, 19. The King present
at the execution of heretics, 22. Demand of
Coligny for the dismissal of the King's
guard, 27. Orders the arrest of the Prince
of Condé, 31. His death, 32
Francis, Emperor of Austria, proposes armistice
to Napoleon, v. 167. See Assembly; Con-
vention; Directory; Napoleon I.

Francis II., Duke of Brittany, joins the league
formed against Louis XI., ii. 266. Whose
brother, Charles, Francis succeeds in in-
veigling, 268. His acquisitions from the
war of the Public Good,' 275. His anger.
276, 277. Accompanies Charles, Duke of
Normandy, to his new duchy, 276. But not
allowed to enter Rouen, 277. Relapses into
hostilities with Louis XI. of France, 285.
The Admiral Bourbon sent against him, 289.
Compelled to submit to the royal forces, 290,
Abets the scheme of marrying Mary of Bur-
gundy with the Duke of Guyenne, 297. His
upstart minister, Landais, 362. His aid to
the Duke of Orleans, 363. Landais hanged
363. Besieged in Nantes by La Tremouille,
367. Offers the hand of his daughter, Anne,
to the Count d'Albret and Maximilian of
Austria, 367. His troops defeated at the
battle of St. Aubin, 368. Concludes the
treaty of Sablé, 369. His death, 369
Francis, the Dauphin (son of Francis I.), ex-
changed for his father, Francis L., by the
Spaniards, ii. 491. His liberation, 506, 519.
His death, 541

Francis, Duke of Guise, son of Duke Claud
(see also Aumale, Duke of), surnamed Le
Balafré, ii. 593. His influence over Henry
593. Provides Metz with the means of
defence against the Imperialists, 611. H
gallant defence of the town, 612. The sie
raised by the Emperor, 613. His treatmen
of the wounded of his enemy, 613. A
the skirmish of Renti, 616. Quarrels wit
De Coligny, 616. Proposes to establish the
Inquisition in France, 619. Advises the

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rupture of the truce of Vaucelles, 621.
Crosses the Alps with the army of the Holy
League, 622. Marches to the conquest of
Naples, 622. Recalled to France, 624, 627.
Appointed lieutenant-general of the king-
dom, 627. Takes Calais from the English,
628, 629. His reception in Paris, 631.
Takes the King to Thionville, and forms the
siege of the place, 632. Establishes the In-
quisition in France, 641. His character and
personal appearance, iii. 6. Entrusted with
the command of the army, 7. Declared
lieutenant-general of the kingdom, 21. And
grants an amnesty to the Huguenot insur-
gents, 21. His revenge, 21. Sends an army
into Scotland, 24. Which is overcome by
Queen Elizabeth, 24. Edict of Romorantin,
25. Assembly of Fontainebleau, 26. Guise's
opposition to Coligny, 28. Death of Francis
II., and overthrow of Guise's power, 33. His
dismissal from court demanded by the King
of Navarre, 40. League between him, the
Constable, and St. André, 40. His policy
and hypocrisy, 51, 52. His massacre of the
Huguenots of Vassy, 53, 54. Marches, not-
withstanding the King's order, towards Paris,
54. Endeavours to raise forces for the de-
fence of Paris against the triumvirate, 54. To
whom he is compelled to abandon the capital,
55. Gains the battle of Dreux, 71, 72. En-
trusted with full power, 72. Besieges Orleans,
72. Assassinated, 73. His character, 74.
Francis, Duke of Lorraine, his marriage with
Maria Theresa, of Austria, iv. 202. Accepts
the duchy of Tuscany in lieu of Lorraine,
206. The empire claimed for him by his
wife on the death of her father, 213. League
between France, Prussia, and Bavaria against
him, 216. Relieves Prague, 219. Elected
emperor, 234. See Francis I., Emperor
Francis of Sickinghen, invades the lands of the
Lord of Sedan, ii. 472

Francis, St., his mission addressed to the hum-
ble and poor, i. 203

Franciscan Friars, reason for the establishment
of the, i. 185. Threatened in France, 374.
Fall into a scrape, ii. 530, note
Franconia, French system of rapine in, iv. 34
Frankfort, treaties of, ii. 369; iv. 229. Captured
by Custine, 563

Franks, peculiar organisation and Teutonic
character of the, i. 3. Defeat of the German
Franks by Clovis, 4. Their settlement on
the lands and in the towns from the time of
Clothaire, 7. The German Franks led by
Clothaire against the Saxons and are beaten,
7. Change in the condition of the Franks
from the time of Clovis to the time of Charles
Martel, 15. Rise of the Austrasian aristo-
cracy or chivalry, 15. Aquitaine and the
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Franks, 16, 17. Missionaries from the Celtic
Church of Ireland to them, 17. Missionaries
from the Anglo-Saxons, 17. Their Champs
de Mars and de Mai, 24, note. Nature of the
rule of Charlemagne, 29

Fredegonde, wife of Chilperic, King of Neus-
tria, supports the Austrasian grandees in
their turbulence, i. 10. Causes the assassin-
ation of King Sigebert, 10
Frederick I., Barbarossa, Emperor of Germany,
his defeat and ruin, i. 144. Leads the Third
Crusade, 158. His death in the Cydnus, 158
Frederick II., Emperor of Germany, his rivalry
with Otho IV., i. 188. Who is defeated at
Bovines, 190. His recovery of Jerusalem
from the Sultan of Egypt, 217. The Pope's
endeavour to excite the French princes against
him during his absence in the East, 217, 218.
His law as to the right of private war, 225.
Compels Innocent IV. to take refuge in
France, 226. Excommunicated by the Pope,
228. The imperial fief of Provence wrested
from him, 230. His death, 238. Decrees
the succession of Hainault, 246

Frederick IV., Emperor of Germany, applies to
Charles VII. of France for forces against the
Swiss, ii. 219. Proposals of Duke Charles
of Burgundy to the Emperor, 304. Meets
the duke at Treves, 305. And abruptly
quits the meeting, 306

Frederick V., Elector Palatine, elected king of
Bohemia, iii. 426. Proposal of France to him
to resign his claim to Bohemia, 427. Left
exposed to Austria and Bavaria, 427, 428.
Driven out of his dominions by Spinola, 433
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg,
bought off by France, iii. 663. But subse-
quently gives up French partisanship, 664.
Roused to a sense of danger from France, 676,
682. Marches towards the Rhine, but com-
pelled to return, 684, 685. Makes peace with
France, 686. But breaks it again, 687. De-
feats the Swedes at Fehrbelin, 692. Compelled
by France to disgorge his Swedish conquests,
704. Joins the League of Augsburg, iv. 28
Frederick I., first King of Prussia, iv. 81.
Gueldres ceded to him, 116. Signs the peace
of Utrecht, 116. His death, 212
Frederick II., the Great, King of Prussia,
succeeds to the throne, iv. 212. His rise,
214. Invades Silesia, 215. His pleas for
this aggression, 215. His victory at Mohl-
witz, 216. His desire to maintain the power
of Austria, 216. His treaty with France
and Bavaria, 216, 217. Takes Glatz, 218.
Besieged by English envoys, 220. His pre-
liminary secret agreement, 220. Breaks
through his agreement and invades Moravia,
220. Induces the Saxons to join him, 220.
Reduces Brünn and blockades Olmütz, 220,
221. Defeats the Austrians at Czaslau, 221.

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Concludes the peace of Breslau, 221. Effect
of his defection from his allies, 221. Enters
into an alliance with Charles VII. against
Austria, 229. His failure in, and retreat
from, Bohemia, 231. His successes over the
Austrians in 1745, 234. Concludes the peace
of Dresden, 234. Refuses to hand over
Neufchatel to Madame de Pompadour, 262.
Discovers the Austro-French treaty, 262, 263.
Concludes an alliance with England, 265.
Number of his enemies, 266. Takes the
field, 266. Occupies Dresden, 266. Marches
into Bohemia, and defeats the Austrians at
Lobositz, 267. Compels the Saxon army to
surrender, 267. His dominions on the Rhine
and in Westphalia occupied by the French,

269.

Defeats the Austrians before Prague,
269. But is defeated by them under Daun,
269, 270. Retreats into Saxony, 270. Ca-
pitulation of the Duke of Cumberland at
Kloster-Seven, 270. Repulse of his eastern
army at Jägerndorf, 270. Defeats the French
and Germans at Rosbach, 271. And the
Austrians at Leuthen, 272. His troops de-
feated at Lutterberg, 278. Transfers the
seat of war to Moravia, 279. Fails to take
Olmütz, 279. Defeats the Russians at Zorn-
dorf, 279. But defeated by them at Kuners-
dorf, 280. Loses Dresden, 280. Low ebb
of his fortunes, 280. Defeats Daun at Tor-
gau, 280. His desire for peace, 281. Learns
that England proposes to make peace with
Austria, 286. His English subsidy with-
drawn, 286. Captures Schweidnitz, 287.
End of the Seven Years' War, 288, 289.
His contempt of religious bigotry, and denial
of religious sentiment, 289. His adoption
of Voltaire, 289. Refuses Pitt's request to
form an alliance of the North, 313. Becomes
the plotter and accomplisher of the partition
of Poland, 315. His arrangements with the
Emperor at Neustadt, 317. Goes to war
with Austria for the integrity of Bavaria,
373. His death, 392. His tomb visited by
Napoleon V., 131

Frederick William II., King of Prussia, invades
Holland, iv. 393

Frederick William III., King of Prussia, vacil-
lating conduct of, v. 127. Spoliation of, 138.
Frederick, King of Naples, when duke, lands
an army at Rapallo, ii. 382. Defeated
there by the Duke of Orleans, 382.
renders his kingdom for the duchy of Anjou,

412

Sur-

Frederick Augustus I., King of Poland, his
death, iv. 201

Frederick Augustus II., King of Poland, iv.
201. His claim supported by the Emperor,
202. Seated on the throne by the Russians,
203. Secured by the peace of Vienna, 206.
His neglect of his Saxon dominions, 221

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Frederick II., King of Sicily, his election, i
301, 302. His kingdom invaded by Charles
of Valois, who is compelled to return to
France, 317

Frederick, Prince, leads the Dutch against
Brussels, v. 427

Frederick of Austria joins Conradin, i. 256.
Defeated and executed by Charles of Anjou,
256, 257

Frederick, a duke in Lorraine, i. 62. Becomes
its duke, 63

Frederick Augustus I., duke of Saxony, signs
the peace of Utrecht, iv. 116
Frederick, Count of Verdun, his pilgrimage to
the Holy Land, i. 101

Fremont, General, establishes government of
Ferdinand I. of Naples, v. 309

French language, formation and perfection of
the, i. 90

Fréron, his atrocities at Marseilles, iv. 623,
625. And at Toulon, 625

Frey, La, Buonaparte's conduct at, v. 244
Freyburg, besieged and taken by Villars, iv.
118. Restored, 119

Freys, the, trial and execution of, iv. 642–644
Freytag, General, attacked by Houchard, it.
615, 616

Friars, Mendicant. See Monks
Friedland, battle of, v. 137
Frisons, yearly expeditions of Pepin of Hers-
tal against the, i. 13. Conquests of Charles
Martel over the, 17

Frobisher, Admiral, his death, iii. 321
Fronde, commencement of the, iii. 587. Treaty
of Ruel, and termination of the first war of
the Fronde, 597. The multitudinous par-
phlets of the Fronde, 612, note. End of the
Fronde, 630. Meaning of the name, 631.
Banishment of the leaders, 632

Fronsac, castle of, fortified and garrisoned by
Pepin the Bref, i. 20. Repaired by Charle
magne, 23. The settlement of the question
of Fronsac left to Philip the Fair, 305
Fructidor, 18th of, revolution of, v. 36
Fuenterabia, failure of Louis XII. to take, i,
418. Reduced by the Spaniards, 478. Takes
by the French, iv. 155

Fuentes, Count de, Spanish general, endeavous
to take Ham, iii. 316. Captures Le Castele.
316. And lays siege to Dourlens, 316. De-
feats the French near the town, 316. Besieges
and takes Cambray, 317

Fuentes, battles of, v. 178, 206
Fulques, Archbishop of Rheims, rears Charles
the Simple, i. 51. Whom he proclaims king
52. Slain, 54
Fumel, the seigneur, put to death, iii. 47
Furnes taken by Count Robert of Artois.
314. Death of the grandson of Guy de
Dampierre at, 326. Acquired by France,
iii. 667. Ceded to Holland, iv. 116

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