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and the monarchy lost, 591. His instant
abdication demanded, 592. Recommended
by Thiers to retire to St. Cloud, 593. Abdi-
cates and retires with his family to St. Cloud
in two hackney carriages, 594, 595. Travels
in disguise to the coast near Honfleur, 599.
Embarks from Havre and lands in England,
599. Palace of Claremont being offered him
by Queen Victoria, he resides there with the
royal family, 599. Reflections on his fall, 599
Louis Napoleon Buonaparte. See Napoleon III.
Louis, the Dauphin (son of Charles VI.), brought

to Paris by the Duke of Burgundy, ii. 50, 51.
Reverses the judgment against the Duke of
Burgundy, 63. Placed under the guardian-
ship of the duke, 79. Left in guard of the
King, 82. The government carried on in his
name by the Duke of Berry, 82. Entreats
the Duke of Burgundy to come to Paris, 85.
His presence at the siege of Bourges, 87.
His dissipation, 87, 90. Irksomeness of the
ascendancy of the Duke of Burgundy, 89.
The Dauphin summons the Three Estates,
90. His address to the Cabochians from the
palace windows, 94. The mob force their
way into the palace, insult him, and carry
off the ladies of the court to prison, 94-96.
Stabs Jacqueville in the palace, 99. The
companions of his pleasures taken away by
the Queen and the Armagnacs, 102. Present
at the siege of Arras, 103. Goes to Paris,
and seizes the treasure and the government,
110.

Alarmed at the threatened invasion of
Henry V. of England, 110. Hears of the
disaster of Agincourt when at Rouen, 117.
Returns with the King to Paris, 117. His
death, 117. And character, 117, 118
Louis, the Dauphin (son of Louis XIV.), takes
Philipsburg, iv. 34. His son, the Duke of
Burgundy, married to the daughter of the
Duke of Savoy, 59. His life, 65. Succession
of his son, the Duke of Anjou, to the throne
of Spain, 80. Commands the army in Flan-
ders, 85. Opposed by Marlborough, 85. His
death, 110

Louis, Dauphin (son of Louis XV.), present at

the battle of Fontenoy, iv. 231. Proposal of
the King to give up the government to him,
268. His opposition to the Parliament, 311.
His death, 311
Louis, younger son of Louis the Débonnaire,
appointed by his father King of Bavaria,
Carinthia, Bohemia, and the lands taken
from the Slavons and Avars, i. 38. In league
with his brother Pepin against his father and
brother Lothaire, 39. Refuses to acknow-
ledge his brother the Emperor Lothaire as
superior, 40. Unites his forces with those
of Charles the Bald, and defeats the Impe-
rialists at Fontenailles, 40, 41. His union
with Charles the Bald to throw off the author-

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ity of the Emperor, 42. Signs the treaty of
Verdun, 42

Louis of Clermont, his escape from the carnage
of Courtray, i. 327

Louis of Spain brings a battering engine against
Hennebout, i. 414. Put to the rout by the
English, 415. Defeated at sea by Sir Walter
Manny, 415

Louis, Prince of the Asturias, betrothed to a
daughter of the Regent Orleans, iv. 183.
His marriage to her, 183. Becomes King of
Spain on the abdication of his father, 189.
His death, 190

Louis, Prince of Baden, his jealousy of Marl-
borough, iv. 92

Louis, Count of Nassau, at the battle of Mon-
contour, iii. 106, 107. Commences opera-
tions against Flanders, 129. Takes Valen-
ciennes and Mons, 129. Opposes his brother,
William of Orange, iv. 26. At the battle of
Malplaquet, 103

Louis of Prussia, Prince, death of, v. 129
Louis, Duke of Anjou (great-grandson of Louis
XIV.). See Louis XV.

Louis, Count of Anjou, takes a command at
Poitiers, i. 461. Flies from the field, 463.
Left by his brother Charles in charge of the
kingdom, 467. Issues, but is compelled to
suspend, a base coinage, 468

Louis, Count of Anjou (brother of Charles V.),
leads the forces of Languedoc against the
Black Prince, i. 524. Beheads the English
hostages in his power, 536. Fails to succeed
in Brittany, 547. Rebellion of the Langue-
docians against his tyranny, 548. His cruelty
to the people of Montpellier, 549. Recalled
by the King, 550. Appointed regent during
the minority of Charles VI., ii. 5, 6. Seizes
the jewels and personal property of his de-
ceased brother, Charles V., 5. His claim to
the throne of Naples, 6. His tyranny and
rapacity, 7. Openly accused by his brothers,
8. Hands over the government of the North
and South to his two brothers, 9. Failure of
his endeavour to levy taxes, 13. His im-
position of a tenth on the people, 22. Insur-
rection in consequence at Rouen, 22. Which
is suppressed, 22. Rebellion of the Maillo-
tins in Paris against the tax, 23. A com-
promise with the Parisians entered into, 24.
Departure of Anjou for Naples, 24, 25. His
defeat and death, 34. His support of the
claims of Clement VII. to the papal tiara, 72
Louis, Duke of Bavaria, joins a plot to carry off
Charles VI. from Paris, ii. 93. Arrested by
the Parisians, 96

Louis, Duke of Berry. See Louis XV.
Louis de Blois, killed at Crecy, i. 428
Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, at the
battle of St. Quentin, ii. 625, 626. Escapes,
626. Openly favours the Protestants, 641,

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643. His character, iii. 11. His wife, Eleanor
de Montmorency, 11. Sent to Brussels, 13.
His enmity to both the Spanish and French
courts, 13. Supposed to have favoured the
conspiracy of Amboise, 18, 19. Accused of
complicity in the plot, 22. Declines to at-
tend the assembly at Fontainebleau, 27.
Favours a Huguenot rising in the south-east
of France, 29. His craftiness, 30. Goes to
court, and is arrested, 31. Brought to trial,
32. Liberated, and withdraws to Ham, 33.
Governor of Paris, 48. Where he allows
tolerance to the Huguenots, 48. His enmity
to Catherine de Medicis, 50. Compelled to
abandon Paris to the triumvirate, 55. Joined
by Coligny at Meaux, 56. Demands succours
from Queen Elizabeth and the German Pro-
testants, 56, 57. Opens negotiations with
Catherine de Medicis, 57. Which end in
nothing, 63. Hesitates to give battle to the
Catholics, 63. Takes Beaugency, 63. Re-
tires to Orleans, 64. Sends Ivoy to defend
Bourges, 67. Concludes a treaty with Queen
Elizabeth, 68. Marches with an army to-
wards Paris, 70. Taken prisoner at Dreux,
72. Concludes the treaty of Amboise, 75.
Fights against the English at Havre, 81, 82.
His dissolute life, 82. His combination with
the Guises, 91. Proposal to marry him to
the Queen of Scots, 91. Rallies to Coligny,
92. And proposes a rise of the Huguenots,
92. Removed from the government of
Picardy, 92. Marches to Paris, and invests
the city, 94. Fights the battle of St. Denis,
96. Marches eastward, and joins Prince
Casimir, 97. Recaptures Blois, and besieges
it, 97. Concludes the treaty of Long-
jumeau, 99. Recommencement of hostilities,
101. Battle of Jarnac, and death of Condé,
102, 103. His character, 103

Louis, Prince of Condé, doubts as to his birth,

iii. 350. Married to Charlotte de Mont-
morency, 377. Of whom Henry IV. becomes
enamoured, 377. Flight of the Prince and
Princess to Belgium, 377. Murder of Henry
IV., 380. Conde's return to France, 386.
Becomes, on the death of the Count of Sois-
sons, first prince of the blood, 398. Joins
Nevers and Bouillon in seizing Mezières, 398.
Conclusion of the peace of St. Menehould, 399.
Amboise given him as place de sureté, 399.
Makes partisans amongst the younger judges
of Parliament, 407. Retires to his strong-
holds, and prepares for resistance, 407.
Places himself at the head of the Huguenots,
407, 408. Intercepts the return of the King
with his bride, 408. Abandons the Hugue-
nots, 408. And makes his peace with the
court, 409. His demands, 409. Returns to
court, 411. His power and influence, 411.
Warns Concini to leave Paris, 412. Arrested

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by the Regent, 412, 413. And committed to
the Bastille, 413. Liberated by De Luynes,
423. Marches with the King to reduce
Angers, 424. Drags the King against Bearn,
429. Recommends a continuance of hos-
tilities against the Huguenots, 433. Goes
with the King to Orleans, 434. Endeavours
to prevent peace being made between the
King and the Huguenots, 438. His selfish-
ness and worthlessness, 438. Goes to Italy,
438. Sent by Richelieu to suppress an in-
surrection in Provence, 503. His attempt to
conquer Franche Comté, 513. Goes to the
aid of the Count of Soissons, 514. With
whom he plots the assassination of Richelies,
514, 527. Captures Salces, 517. But falls
to conquer Roussillon, 517. His army seat-
tered by a trombe, 517. Marries his son to
the niece of Cardinal Richelieu, whom he
serves servilely, 532. Appointed member of
a royal council, 543. His wife godmother to
the future Louis XIV., 543. Submits to the
absolute regency of Anne of Austria, 555,
His exploits, 569, 570. Besieges Lerida, but
compelled to raise the siege, 573. Gains the
battle of Lens, 574. Appears before Paris
with troops, and mediates, 590. Attends the
sittings of Parliament, 591. Blockades Paris,
on the retirement of the royal family, 592.
Attacks Charenton, 592. Coolness between
him and the Queen and Cardinal, 598. Goes
off in dudgeon to Burgundy, 598. Accuses
the Frondeurs of an attempt to take his life,
599. Quarrels with Mazarin, 599. And in-
sults the Queen, 599, 600. Union of the
Queen and populace against him, 600. Ar
rested, 600. Deprived of his government of
Burgundy, 601. Removed to Havre, 603
Offer of Mazarin to liberate him, 605.
Liberated by the Queen-regent, 606. His
treatment of the Frondeurs, 606. Offers of

the Queen to him, 606. Angry meeting be
tween him and the Duke of Orleans, 608.
Obtains the government of Guyenne, 609.
Proposal of De Retz to slay him, 609. With
draws to St. Maur, 609. Scene between hit
and De Retz in the Palace of Justice, 614
Raises the standard of rebellion, 611, 615
Withdraws to Guyenne, 615. His promised
succours from Spain, 616. His power, 616
Captures Xaintes, 616. Besieges Cognac,
616. His depression in the south, 615 i
Joined by the Dukes of Orleans and Nemors
618. Opposed by Turenne, 619. Joins t
army of the Fronde, and scatters Hoequ
court's forces, 619. Baffled by Turenne, 61
Goes to Paris, and submits to the King, 6:
Negotiations for peace, 620, 622. Defeat
his army at Etampes, 621. Drives the roy
army from St. Denis, 621. Joined by s
army under the Duke of Lorraine, 621. Re 1

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turns to his army, and barricades himself in
the Faubourg St. Antoine, 623. Gains the
city, aided by the daughter of the Duke of
Orleans, 624. Changes the city authorities,
625. Incites the mob to the massacre of
the Hôtel de Ville, 627. Becomes master of
Paris, 627. Appointed generalissimo, 628.
Again joined by the Duke of Lorraine, 628.
Baffled again by Turenne, 628. Struck by
the Count de Rieux, 629. Quits Paris with
the Duke of Lorraine, 629. Joins the Spanish
armies, 633, 634. And besieges Arras, 635.
Defeated, and obliged to retreat, 635. Pene-
trates Turenne's lines before Valenciennes,
636. Restored to his rank, fortune, and
government of Burgundy, 642. Accompanies
Louis XIV. to Holland, 677. Wounded at
the Lech, 678. Sent to defend Alsace, 685.
Defeated by the Prince of Orange at Seneffe,
689. Succeeds Turenne in chief command,
693. His tactics, 694. Retires from active
service, 694

Louis, Duke of Burgundy (grandson of Louis
XIV.), marries the daughter of the Duke of
Savoy, iv. 59. Defeated by Marlborough at
Oudenarde, 100. Succeeds his father as
dauphin, 110. Death of him and his wife,
111

Louis de Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza,

assassinated, ii. 598

Louis I., Count of Flanders, succeeds his grand-
father, i. 378. Rebellion of the Flemings
Endeavours to murder
against him, 379.
his uncle Robert, 379. Imprisoned by the
people of Bruges, but afterwards set free,
379. Opposition of his subjects to his arbi-
trary levies of taxes, 390. Asks aid from
France against his own subjects, 390. Who
are defeated at the battle of Cassel, 391.
Address of Philip VI. to Louis after the
battle, 391, 392. Puts 10,000 Flemings to
death, 392. Slain at the battle of Crecy, 428
Louis II., Count of Flanders, i. 432. Proposal
for marrying him to Isabella, daughter of
Edward III., 432. His escape to Paris, 433.
His daughter married to Philip II., Duke of
Burgundy, 521. Rebellion of the Flemings
against him, 547. His extravagance and in-
gratitude to his subjects, 15. His hostility to,
and independence of, France, 15. Rebellion
Fails to obtain
of Ghent against him, 16.
succour from France, 18. His efforts against
his refractory townsfolk, 18. Sends the Count
D'Enghien to take Gravelines, 19. Death
of D'Enghien, 19. Ghent besieged by the
count, 19. Terms offered by him to the citi-
zens, 20. Who give him battle at Bruges,
and compel him to fly to Lille, 20, 21. Ob-
tains assistance from the French court, 25,
26. An army led into Flanders by Charles
VI., 26. Who forbids the count to follow

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27. Opposes the grant of honourable terms,
to the invaders under the Bishop of Norwich,
32. Quarrels with the Duke of Berry, 32.
His death at St. Omer, 33

49.

Louis, Duke of Orleans, younger brother of
Charles VI. of France, ii. 46. His ambition,
47. Ordains a general contribution, 47.
Sends a challenge to Henry IV. of England,
48. Maintains the schism in the Church, 48.
His rivalry and antagonism with Philip II.
of Burgundy, 48. Seizes the government on
the death of his rival, 49. Endeavours to
stir up a war between France and England,
Obtains aid for Owen Glendower, 49.
His alleged intimacy with the Queen, 50.
Carries off the King to Melun, 50. His strife
with the Duke of Burgundy, 51. Fails to
take Blaye, 53. Obtains the duchy of Aqui-
taine, 53. Murdered at the instigation of
his cousin, the Duke of Burgundy, 53. The
murder justified by Jean Petit, 58, 59. But
condemned by the Abbé de St. Fiacre, 63.
His memory declared free from every charge,
63

Louis, Duke of Orleans, sets the captive Pope
Benedict XII. Iat liberty, ii. 72. Revival of
the alliance of the Orleans party against
that of Burgundy, 80. Their manifesto and
preparations for war, 80

Louis, Duke of Savoy, his son, Philip de la
Bresse, imprisoned by Louis XI., ii. 265
Louis, eldest son of Philip the Hardy, his
death, i. 297

Louis, eldest son of St. Louis, his death, i. 272
Louis, Baron, resigns his ministry, v. 298. Be-
comes finance minister, 421

Louisburg, in Cape Breton, captured by the
New Englanders, iv. 240
Louisburg (Cape Breton) taken by the Eng-
lish, iv. 273

Louise of Savoy, mother of Francis I., ii. 419.
Aversion of Anne of Brittany for her, 419.
Takes money intended for the army in Italy,
474. Her quarrel with the Constable Bour-
bon, 475. Becomes regent on the capture of
her son, 486. Craves aid from Sultan Soly-
man and the Pope, 486. Her offers to Cardi-
nal Wolsey and the English courtiers, 494.
Bond of affection between her and her son
and daughter, 508. Sends Protestants to the
stake, 516. Her death, 528

Louise, Princess of Lorraine, married to Henry
III. of France, iii. 167
Louisiana, French settlement of, iv. 27, 164.
Acquired by the Company of the West, 165.
How colonised, 169
Lourmarin, massacre of the people of, ii. 584
Louvain besieged in vain by the French, iii. 512
Louvel, assassinates the Duke of Berry, v. 300
Louret accuses Robespierre, iv. 541. Retreats
to Caen, 593

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Louviers plundered by the English, i. 424
Recaptured by the English, ii. 186
Louvois, Marshal, Marquis of, his invention of
the Dragonnades, iv. 13, 14. His instruc-
tions to Foucault, 18. His character and
abilities as a war minister, 31. His scheme
against Spain, 32. His 'Extraordinaire des
Guerres,' 35. Sum found in his caisse after
his death, 35. Loses Mayence, 36. Averse
to rendering assistance to James II., 37, 38.
His insolence and cruelty beyond the Alps,
39. His dislike of the Duke of Savoy, 39.
His extermination of the Waldenses, 40. His
designs on Italy, 40. Attacks the Duke of
Savoy, 40. Captures Mons, 41. His death, 42
Louvois, Marquis of, his château pillaged by
the mob, iv. 530

Louvre, the Counts of Flanders and Boulogne

imprisoned in the dungeons of the, i. 191.
The old Louvre built, 194. The marshals of
Champagne and Normandy killed in the, 474.
Library of Charles V. in the, 503. Comple-
tion and embellishment of the, iii. 668. The
gallery of the, spoiled by Blucher, v. 261
Lowendahl, Count, reduces Bergen-op-Zoom,
iv. 239

Loyola, Ignatius, ii. 579. His foundation of
the Society of Jesus, 580
Lucca, Prince of, his flight, v. 573
Luckner, General, retreating upon Lille, in-
tends marching on Paris, iv. 499. Repeats
his oath of allegiance to the King, 532
Ludovic Sforza. See Sforza
Luis, Baron, resumes ministry of finance, v.
260. His financial plans, 279

Lune, La, heights of, seized by the Prussians,
iv. 533

Luneville, peace negotiations of, v. 89

Luns, Madame de, executed for heresy, ii. 643
Lupo, Duke of Gascony, compelled by Charle-
magne to give up Hunald of Aquitaine, i. 22
Lusignan, town of, taken by Du Guesclin from
the English partisans, i. 533. Castle of,

reduced by the Duke of Anjou, iii. 107.
The castle of, destroyed by the Duc de Mont-
pensier, 167

Lusigny, armistice of, v. 222-224

Luther, Martin, agitation caused by, ii. 467.
Popularises the movement against the monks,
512

Lutherans. See Protestants, German
Lutzen, battles of, iii. 510; v. 200
Lutzingen, fortress of, carried by Prince Eu-
gène, iv. 91

Luxemburg, won and lost by the French, ii.
553, 554. Overrun by the French, 610.
Blockaded by Louis XIV., iv. 23. Besieged
and taken by him, 26. Given up by Louis
XIV. to Spain, 62. Ceded temporarily to
the Duke of Bavaria, 117. Its possession
insisted on by King of Holland, v. 446.

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Guaranteed by treaty, 447. Unsatisfactory
arrangement, 476

Luxemburg, residence of the Directors at the
palace of the, v. 6

Luxemburg, Duke of, recognises Henry IV. as
king, iii. 254. Sent to the Pope in favour of
Henry IV., 254

Luxemburg, Maréchal Duke de, his parentage,
iii. 471, note. Left unemployed, iv. 36.
Attacks Prince Waldeck at Fleurus, 38.
Defeats William III. at Steinkirk, 43. And
at Neerwinden, 46

Luynes, De, Charles Albert, Duke of, favourite
of Louis XIII., his origin and rise, iii. 410.
Assumes political power, 415. His first acts,
416. His cruelty to Eleanor Galigai, 417.
Calls an assembly of notables, 417. Estab
Ilishes several councils, 419. Presses for the
confiscation of the ecclesiastical property of
the Bearnese Huguenots, 419-421. Liberates
the Prince of Condé, 423. Causes himself
and his two brothers to be created dukes,
424. Obloquy raised against him, 424.
Marches with the King to reduce Angers,
424. His aversion to hostilities, 425. His
efforts to preserve peace with the Huguenots,
429. Becomes constable, 430. Blamed for
the failure of the siege of Montauban, 432.
His death at Monheur, 432

Luz, Baron de, he and his son killed by the
Chevalier de Guise, iii. 390

Lyons, Council of, i. 228. Residence of Inno-
cent IV. at, 229. Philip the Fair's acqui-
sition of, 315. A parliament summoned at,
by Philip the Fair, 349. Ceded to France,
350. Seized by Philip the Fair, 360. Visit
of Charles VI. to, ii. 41. Treaties of, 380,
412. Plot of the Huguenots for seizing, ii
29. Taken by the Huguenots, 57. Citadel
built there by Charles IX., 88. Massacre of
the Huguenots at, 149. Surrendered to
Henry IV., 307, 308. Entered by the Con-
stable Montmorency for Henry IV., 314.
Reduction in the silk trade of, in 1698, it.
3, note. Failure of the silkworm in 1788.
404. Struggle between the Girondists and
Montagnards at, 565. Disturbances at, be
tween the rich and the poor, 571. Instr
rection of the Mountain in, resisted by the
citizens of, under De Précy, 596. General
Carteau sent against, 597. Siege of Lyons,
597. Lyonese being defeated, agree to accept
constitution of 1793, 597. Bombardme
of the city by Dubois Crancé, 597. Being
taken by Couthon, he establishes the re
of terror in, 598. 619. Riots at, v. 28
Insurrection in, 452. Doctrines of St. Sim
spread amongst weavers of, leading ther
to revolt, 454. Prosecution of Mutualists of
483, 484. Visited by the president, 649. &
Convention; Directory; Napoleon I. and Ill

Monnet, v. 56.

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[ACDONALD, General, succeeds Cham- |
His military career, 56.
Defeated by Suwarrow, 59. Abandoned by
General York, 199. Encounters the Allies
at Bautzen, 204. Defeated by Blucher, 210.
Succeeds Davoust as war minister, 262. See
Napoleon I.

Machault becomes comptroller-general, iv. 243,
251. Transferred to the marine department,
252. His end, 332

Machiavel on the chief secrets and arts of war,
ii. 116

Mack, General, defeated by Napoleon and sur-
renders Ulm, v. 122. Takes command of
army of Naples, and defeated by General
Championnet, 54

Macon, franchises granted to the town of, i.
387. Ceded to Philip III. of Burgundy, ií. |
192. Defeat of the Burgundian forces at,
299. Taken from the Huguenots by Ta-
vannes, iii. 64

Maconnais, the, brought in dowry to the Dau-
phin, afterwards Charles VIII., ii. 341
Madagascar, attempts to found an empire of,
iv. 27

Madras, surrender of, to the French, iv. 241.
Who are in turn besieged by an English
fleet, 241

Madrid, treaties of, ii. 492; iii. 473
Maestricht, John of Bavaria besieged by the
Liegeois in, ii. 60. Besieged and taken by
the French, iii. 686. Besieged by Marshal
Saxe, iv. 239. Again by Saxe, 245. And
by Valence, 563

Maesyk, occupied by the French, iii. 677
Magdeburg, siege and reduction of, ii. 607.

Concordat of, iii. 199. Capture and sack of,
504. Given to Brandenburg, 576. Surren-
ders to the French, v. 130
Magistrates, St. Louis's edict repressing abuses
of the, i. 247. St. Louis's arrangements for
the improvement of that of Paris, 268. En-
deavours of De l'Hôpital to reform the ma-
gistracy, iii. 37

Magnan, General, requests the generals to sup-
port the coup d'état, v. 560
Magnano, battle of, v. 57

Magnin, M., denounces Perrier and his mea-
sures, v. 449, 450

Mahaut, or Matilda, Countess, aunt of Philip
the Fair, the county of Artois given to, i.
369, 394. Her death, 394
Mahmoud II., Sultan of Turkey, taken under
protection of Russia, v. 529. His dominions
divided between Mehemet Ali and Russia.
530. Counselled by England, 530. Defeated
at Nezib, 530. His cause taken up by Eng-
land and France, 530. His death, 531.
Defection of his fleet, 531. Declares the
Fachalic of Egypt forfeited, 538. Treaty of
the Dardanelles, 516

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Mahon, Port, taken by assault by the French,
iv. 264

Maida, battle of, v. 135

Mailhé, proposes the trial of Louis XVI., v.
547

Maillard, superintends massacre of the priests,

525

Maillart, slays the Provost Marcel, i. 481
Maillebois, Marshal, commands a French army,
and invades North Germany, iv. 217. Ad-
vances to the relief of the French in Prague,
221. Whom he joins at Eger, 222. Drives
the Austrians and Piedmontese before him,
235

Maillotins, insurrection of the, in Paris, ii. 23
Mailly, Madame, mistress of Louis XV., iv.
207. Dismissed from the court, 225

Maine, under Henry, eldest son of Henry II.,
of England, i. 146. Given by Louis VIII.
to his son Charles, 200. Ceded by Henry
VI. to René d'Anjou, ii. 215

Maine, Duke of, brother-in-law of Charles VII.,
ii. 233

Maine, Charles, Duke of, requires Provence, ii.
342

Maine, Duke du, illegitimate son of Louis
XIV., iv. 129. Claims the royal inheritance,
129. Legitimatised by royal edict, 129.
Induces the King to sign a testament in his
favour, 131. Preferred by the court to the
Duke of Orleans 137. A competitor for the
regency, 137, 139. Overcome and set aside
by the Duke of Orleans, 139, 140.
antagonism to the legitimate princes, 154,
166. Deprived of his rank of prince of the
blood and the guardianship of the King, 154.
Joins Cellamare's conspiracy, 154. He and
his duchess arrested, 154, 167

His

Maine, Count du, mistrusted by the King at
Montlhery, ii. 270. Retreats from the field,
271

Mainmorte, the laws against, resuscitated,
iv. 252

Maintenon, expenses of the aqueduct of, iv. 56
Maintenon, Madame de, at Versailles, iii. 668.
Her sympathy for the exiled Stuarts, iv. 42.
The alter ego of Louis XIV., 123. Her ab-
sence from the bedside of the dying King,
132. Her influence in the King's lifetime, 145
Maison, Marshal, becomes foreign minister, v.
424. And minister of war, 499, 540
Maître, Le, president of the Parlement, insults
the King of Navarre, iii. 38
Majesty, first application of the word to a
monarch, ii. 399, note

Majorca, alliance of Philip the Hardy with the
King of, i. 293. Threatened by Philip III.
of Aragon, 295

Jace

Major Domûs of the Frank kings of Aust
origin and duties of the, i. 9. Hisetrothed
both in Austrasia and in Neustriared duchess

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