Guesclin, 534. Who slays the citizens, 534.
The Constable Clisson imprisoned by the
Duke of Brittany in, ii. 38. Captured by
the Spaniards, iii. 275
Hennecourt, defeat of the Maréchal de Guiche
at, iii. 538
Henrietta Maria, daughter of Louis XIII.,
proposed marriage between her and Charles
I. of England, iii. 442. Negotiations for the
marriage, 447, 451. Quarrel about her
French followers at the English court, 472
Henrietta of England, married to the Duke of
Orleans, iii. 649. Her intimacy with the
King, 651. Her influence in obtaining a
treaty between Louis XIV. and Charles II.,
673. Her death, 674
Henriot, the convict, leader of the sections, iv.
584. Attacks the Convention with his armed
mob, 588
Henriot, commander of the Communes, arrested,
but released, iv. 657. Attacks the Conven-
tion, but fails, 658. Flung out of the window
of the Hotel de Ville by Coffinhal, 659
Henry IV., Emperor of Germany, his quarrel
with the Pope, i. 102, 103. His death, 117
Henry V., Emperor of Germany, his accession,
i. 118. His marriage with Matilda, daughter
of Henry I. of England, 118. Peace between
him and the Pope effected by the treaty of
Worms, or Wurtzburg, 124. Excommuni-
cated by the Council of Rheims, 125. Joins
Henry I. of England against Louis the Fat,
125. His death, 125
Henry VI., Asper, Emperor of Germany, im-
prisons, and subsequently releases, Richard
I. of England, i. 160
Henry I., King of France, recognised as Duke
of Burgundy, i. 81. Succeeds to the throne,
87. Protected against the Count of Cham-
pagne by Duke Robert of Normandy, 88.
Death of his protector, Robert, in the Holy
Land, 90. Implores the protection of
Geoffrey Martel, Connt of Anjou, 91. Quar-
rels with Duke William of Normandy, who
surprises and defeats him, 91. Marries
Anne, a daughter of the Czar of Russia, 92.
Their son Philip, afterwards Philip I., 92.
Henry's death, 92
Henry II., King of France, when Duke of
Orleans exchanged for his father by the
Spaniards, ii. 491. Proposal to marry him
to the Princess Mary, daughter of Henry
VIII., 500. His liberation, 506, 519.
Offered as a husband to Catherine of Me-
dicis, 526. Conclusion of the marriage, 528.
Proposal of Charles V. to give him the duchy
of Milan, 543, 545, 546. The Low Countries
proposed to be substituted for Milan, 547.
Influence of Diana of Poitiers over him, 550.
Sent to invade Rousillon, 553. His protests
against the peace of Crespy, 565. His endea-
vours to capture Boulogne from the Eng-
lish, 565, 566. His father's anger with
him, 587. Death of his father, and his
accession to the crown, 588-592. Por-
traiture of him, 592. His favourites, 593.
Orders the condemnation of Vervins and De
Biez, 596. His foreign policy, 596. Visits
Piedmont, 599. Obtains Boulogne, 604.
Betrothes his daughter Elizabeth to Edward
VI. of England, 604. His alliance with
Duke Maurice, of Saxony, against the Em-
peror, 607. His expedition to Lorraine, 609.
Takes Metz and Nancy, 609, 610. Carries
off the young Duke of Lorraine, 609. Opens
the campaign of 1554, 615. Signature of
the truce of Vaucelles, 619. Sends the army
of the Holy League, under Guise, into Italy,
622. Defeat of his army at St. Quentin,
625, 626. Calais taken from the English,
628, 629. Marries the Dauphin to the
Queen of Scotland, 631. The King's impa-
tience of the control of the Guises, 631.
Besieges Thionville, 632. Conclusion of the
peace of Cateau Cambresis, 635. Henry re-
stores Savoy to the Duke, 636. Motives
influencing his policy, 638, 639. His oppo-
sition to the Reformers, 639. Promulgates
the Edict of Châteaubriand, 640. Visits the
Parlement, and orders the arrest of some of
the Protestant judges, 646, 647. Marriage
of the Princess Elizabeth to Philip II. of
Spain, 647. And of Henry's sister Margaret
to the Duke of Savoy, 648. Death of Henry,
647, 648
Henry III., King of France, proposal to marry
him, when Duke of Anjou, to a Spanish prin
cess, iii. 86, 87. Made lieutenant-general of
the kingdom, 97. Courted both by the Ca-
tholics and Huguenots, 100. Leads an army
against the Huguenots, 102. Gains the battle
of Jarnac, 102, 103. And the battle of Mon-
contour, 105-107. Besieges St. Jean d'An-
gelys, 107. His difficulties for want of money,
108, note. Denounces the marriage of his
sister Margaret with the Duke of Guise, 110,
112. Project to marry him to Queen Eliza-
beth, 112. Proposes the union of his sister
Margaret with Henry of Navarre, 112. His
efforts to make the Huguenots a stepping-
stone to power, 112, 113. Proposes the con-
quest of Flanders, 112, 113. Jealousy of his
brother, Charles IX., of him, 112. Wish of
the King to marry him to Queen Elizabeth,
113. His religion, 122. His retreat from the
English marriage, 125. Makes peace with
Guise, and again becomes champion of the
Church, 125. Offers made by Rome to him.
127. Opposes a rupture with France, 129.
Suborns an assassin to murder Admiral Co-
ligny, 136. Attends the council preceding
the St. Bartholomew massacre, 138. Wit
nesses the murders, 143. Lays siege to Anjou,
152. Elected King of Poland, 153. Wounded
at La Rochelle, 154. Takes his departure for
Poland, 155. His accession to the throne on
the death of his brother, Charles IX., 160.
His journey to, and life in, Poland, 163. His
letters to the Princess of Condé, 163. His es-
cape from Poland, 163. His visit to Vienna
and Venice, 164. His endeavours to arrest
Damville, 164. His mother's advice to him as
to his private conduct, 164. His want of acti-
vity, 165. Restores some fortresses to the
Duke of Savoy, 165. His journey to Lyons,
165. His mummery there, 166. Suspected
of a design of divorcing and marrying the
Princess of Condé, 166. His coronation,
166. And marriage to Louise of Lorraine,
167. His extravagance, and discontent of the
Catholic party, 167. Flight of his brother
Alençon from court, 168. Seeks to persuade
the King of Navarre to kill Alençon, 168.
Whom the King forgives, 169. Conclusion of
a truce with the Huguenots, 170. And of the
Paix de Monsieur, 173. Formation of the
Catholic League, 175. The King's crimes in
the eyes of the Catholics and Parisians, 177.
Doctrines of the lawyer David, 178. The
King's inability to keep the balance between
the contending parties, 179-180. Strives to
defeat the League by placing himself at its
head, 180. His adherence to the Catholics,
and alienation of the Huguenot party, 181.
Refusal of the Estates of Blois to grant him
his financial demands, 182. Sends two armies
against the Huguenots, 185. Concludes peace
with them at Bergerac, 188. His puerile and
flagitious tastes, 189. Decline of pure reli-
gious fanaticism in his reign, 190. The King's
extravagance and effeminacy in dress, 191.
His hatred for his younger brother, 191.
Founds the order of the Saint Esprit, 192.
His alternate ascetism and debauchery, 196.
Gives the first offices of state to his new fa-
vourites, 196. His revenue, and modes of levy-
ing it, 196. A secret league of the Parisians
formed against him, 197. Entreats the King
of Navarre to conform to Catholicism, 197.
Summoned both by the concordat of Magde-
burg and by the ultra-Catholics to join them,
199. Offered the sovereignty of Flanders, 199.
Resuscitation of the League, 199. Which he
publicly declines, 200. His answer to the
manifesto of the League, 203. Failure of
negotiations with Henry of Navarre, 208.
Musters an army to oppose Navarre, 209.
Takes command of an army against the Ger-
man auxiliaries of the Huguenots, 212. His
triumphal entry into Paris, 214. Betrayed
by his mother, 214, 215. And bearded by
the Duke of Guise in Paris, 217. Insurrec-
tion of the Barricades, 218. Henry flies from
Paris to Chartres, 219. Summons the Es-
tates at Blois, 221. Attacks of his ambi-
tious neighbours at this time, 221. Comes to
terms with Guise, 222. And signs the Ca-
tholic Union, 222. His revenue cut off by the
Estates, 225. His views as to self-defence
against Guise, 225. Whose assassination
he meditates, 228. Murder of the Duke
in the King's bed-room, 230. Struggle be-
tween the Loyalists and Leaguers throughout
the kingdom, 236. Henry's difficult position,
238. Threatened with excommunication, 238.
Rally of the nobility and gentry to him, 239.
His letter to the Pope, 242. Comes to terms
with the Huguenots, 243. And enters into
an alliance with Henry of Navarre, 243. At-
tacked by the Duke of Mayenne, who is com-
pelled by the Huguenots to decamp, 245. Re-
gains his authority, and returns to St. Cloud,
244-246. From which he threatens Paris,
246. Murdered by Jacques Clement, 246, 247.
Henry IV., King of France, proposal of Charles
V. to marry him to an Austrian princess, ii.
644. Accompanies his mother with an army
to join the Huguenots, iii. 101. Presented by
his mother to the people of La Rochelle, 102.
Project of marriage between him and the
Princess Margaret, 112, 114, 116, 117. The
marriage, 126, 133. Death of his mother,
127. Murder of his Huguenot followers, 143.
Proposition to slay him, 144. Alternative
offered him by the King, 145. Yields to the
threats of the court, 150. Brought to the
siege of La Rochelle, 154. His part in the
plot against the Queen-mother, 156. His de-
fence, written by his wife, 159. His sub-
mission to the King at Lyons, 165. Refuses
to murder the Duke d'Alençon, 168. Escapes
from court, 171, 172. Given the government
of Guienne, 173. Refused admittance into
Bordeaux, 179. Stays away from the Estates
of Blois, 181. Inclines to a reconciliation
with the court, 186. Motives which swayed
him, 187. The League directed principally
against him, 187. His religious indifference,
190. Declares war against France, 193.
Besieges and takes Cahors, 194. Becomes
heir to the throne, 195. Entreated by the
King of France to conform to Catholicism,
197. Signs the concordat of Magdeburg,
199. His answer to the manifesto of the
League, 203. And reply to the Edict of Re-
union, 205. Excommunicated by the Pope,
205. Remains on the defensive, 206. Reaches
La Rochelle, 207. Meets Catherine of Me-
dicis at Cognac, 208. Joins the Count of
Soissons, and marches to meet the Royalists,
209, 210. Whom he defeats at the battle of
Coutras, 210, 211. Retires in disgust to
Béarn, 212. Issues a declaration, 241. En-
ters into an alliance with the King, 243. His
accession to the throne of France, 248. Not
recognised by the Royalists, 249. Difference
between his court and that of the late King,
249. His answer to the treasurer D'O, 250,
251. His difficult position, 251. Gives hopes
of his conversion to Catholicism, 254. His
army diminished, 255. Marches to the coast
to obtain supplies from England, 255. Col-
lects an army to oppose the Duke of Mayenne
and the League, 256. Whom he defeats at
the battle of Arques, 257. Receives men
and supplies from England, 259. Warned by
Queen Elizabeth to throw the Cardinal of
Bourbon into prison, 259. Which he exe-
cutes, 259. Suddenly attacks Paris, 259.
Pillages the suburbs of the city, 259. His
growing popularity and success, 260, 261.
The Cardinal of Bourbon declared King by
the League, 262. Besieges Dreux, 264. De-
feats the League at Ivry, 264-266. Invests
Paris, 267. His crown declared forfeited by
the Sixteen, 268. Raises the siege of Paris,
273. And retires to Creil and Clermont, 274.
Intrigues and infidelity in his own Bourbon
family, 276. Summons a council at Mantes
to consider his going over to the Catholics,
277. Publishes the Edict of Tours, 277.
Makes an attempt to surprise Paris, 279.
Takes Noyon, 279. Joins the Viscount de
Turenne with German troops, 279. Attends
the marriage of Turenne, 280. His foreign
auxiliaries, 280. Receives further supplies
from Queen Elizabeth, and at her recommen-
dation lays siege to Rouen, 280, 282. Leaves
the siege to Biron, and marches to meet the
Prince of Parma, 284. Wounded and defeated
near Aumale, 284, 285. Compelled to raise the
siege of Rouen, 286. Escape of his foe down
the Seine, 287. Gets between the Prince and
Paris, 287. His failure as a general, 288.
Defection of many of the Catholic lords, 284.
The King's losses in the south and west, 289.
Advised by his most attached followers to
offer to resume the Catholic faith, 289, 290.
Convocation of the Estates in Paris for the
purpose of electing another king, 290. His
conference at Suresne with the Catholic
leaders, 294. Summons a council of divines
at Mantes, 295. His demands sent thence
to Paris, 296. Besieges Dreux, 297. Which
he carries by assault, 298. Pronounces his
recantation in the cathedral of St. Denis,
299, 300. His reasons for his abjuration,
300. His character, 301. The great restorer
of the monarchic principles, 302. Rally of
all the chief Leaguers, except Mayenne, to
him, 307-309. Implores Queen Elizabeth
to leave him the English force still in France,
309. Crowned at Chartres, 310. His entry
into Paris, 310. His amnesty, 311. His
generosity to the Guises, 311. Dissatisfac-
tion of the Huguenots with him, 312. Be-
sieges and captures Laon, 312. Attempt of
Jean Châtel to assassinate him, 313. Ejects
the Jesuits from Paris, 313. And abolishes
the incapacity and exclusion from office of
the Huguenots, 313. Turns his attention to
the reconquest of the east and south, 313,
314. Declares war against Spain, 314.
Drives the Spaniards over the Saone at La
Fontaine Française, 315. Purchases the
surrender of the castle of Dijon, 315.
ters Franche Comté, but withdraws to Lyons,
315. His anxiety about the north, 315, 316.
Proceeds to Burgundy, and divides the com-
mand in the north, 316. Defeat of his
troops by the Spaniards at Dourlens, 316.
Loss of Cambray, 317. Absolution and re-
conciliation of the Pope, 318. Receives the
submission of the Duke of Mayenne, 318.
His objurgation to Parliament, 319. Raises
men and money, 320. And besieges La
Fère, 320. Submission of the Dukes of
Joyeuse and Epernon, 330. Presses the
Protestant powers for aid against Spain,
320. Discontent of Queen Elizabeth with
him, 321, 322. Loss of Calais, 322. His
dismay at the successes of the Spaniards in
his kingdom, 323. Borrows money from
Queen Elizabeth, 324. His belief in none
save his nobles, 324. Opens an assembly of
notables at Rouen, 327. Capture of Amiens
by the Spaniards, 329. Henry's measures,
329, 330. Besieges the Spaniards in Amiens,
which surrenders, 330, 331. Endeavours of
Pope Clement V. to make peace between
France and Spain, 332. Henry's desire of
obtaining a divorce from Margaret of Valois,
332. Reduces the Duke of Mercœur in
Brittany, 333, 334. His treatment of the
Huguenots in the south, 334. Signs the
Edict of Nantes, 339. And the treaty of
Vervins, 345. Death of Gabrielle d'Estrées,
351. His divorce from Margaret of Valois,
and marriage with Marie de Medicis, 351,
352. His new mistress, Henriette d'En-
tragues, 352. Birth of his son, the future
Louis XIII., 352. Biron's treason, 354–357.
His religious policy, 359. Resolves to hum-
ble Turenne, 361. Sends an expedition
against Sedan, 363. Into which he makes
his solemn entry, 364. His designs against
the House of Austria, 364, 365. Sends Sully
on a mission to James I. of England, 368.
Loses the English alliance, 368, 369. His
coquetting with religion, 369. Remodels his
army, and determines to renew the war with
Spain, 373, 375. Supports the cause of the
Elector of Brandenburg and the Count of
Neuborg in the affair of Cleves, 374. Re-
gains the alliance with Savoy, and wins that
of Venice, 376. Becomes enamoured of the
Princess of Condé, 376, 377. Prepares to
invade Juliers, 377. Fears and anger of
the ultra-Catholics, 378. Assassinated by
Ravaillac, 379, 380. His death lamented,
380, et seq. His character, 380
Henry I., King of England, defeats his brother
Robert at Tinchebray, i. 117. And becomes
Duke of Normandy, 117. Rebuilds the for-
tress of Gisors, 118. His wars with Louis
the Fat, 119. Municipal privileges granted
by him to towns, 120. Complained against
by Louis VI. to the Pope, 125. Who meets
Henry at Gisors, 125. Marries his son
William to Matilda of Anjou, 125. Death
of his son by shipwreck, 125. Joins the
Emperor Henry V. against Louis the Fat,
125. Death of the Emperor, 125.
Henry, 131
Henry II., King of England, when Duke of
Normandy, marries Eleanor the divorced
queen of Louis VII., i. 140. His accession
to the throne, 141. His serious rivalry with
Louis VII., 141. Source of weakness in his
continental possessions, 141. Crushes his
brother Geoffrey's rebellion, 142. Margaret,
daughter of Louis VII., married to his son
Henry, 143. Claims Toulouse, but desists
from attacking it, 143. Takes Chaumont,
143. Concludes peace with Louis at Tren-
cavel, 143. His quarrel with A'Becket, who
is supported by Louis, 144, 145. Rebellion
of his Aquitaine subjects, 145. Does homage,
with his sons, to Louis, 146. Causes his son
Henry to be crowned without his queen,
Margaret, 146. Louis declares war in con-
sequence, 146. Conspiracy of his sons and
others for the King's spoliation, 146. The sons
supported by Louis against their father, 146.
Gives his son John an apanage in Anjou,
146. Marches with an army of mercenaries
against Louis, 146. Whom he puts to the
rout, 147. Returns to England, and defeats
and captures William I. of Scotland and the
Earl of Leicester, 147. Hastens to Nor-
mandy and relieves Rouen, 147. Makes
peace with Louis, 147. Extends his sway
over Berry, 147. Conducts King Louis to
the shrine of St. Thomas of Canterbury,
148. Death of his rival Louis, and acces-
sion of Philip Augustus, 148. Henry's noble
conduct to the young King, 149. With whom
he enters into a treaty of alliance and friend-
ship, 150. Views with which he regarded
his dominions, 150. Causes which alienated
his provinces in the South of France, 151.
Intervenes to put a stop to a war between
France and Flanders, 153. His generosity
to Philip Augustus how repaid, 154. Death
of Henry's eldest son, 154. Story of Ber-
trand de Born, 154. Assumes the Cross,
156. Rebellion of his sons, 156. Besieged
by his son Richard in Tours, 157. Dies at
Chinon, cursing his son John, 157
Henry III., King of England, his accession, i.
193. Defeats the French invaders and Eng-
lish barons at the Fair of Lincoln, 193. Com-
pels Prince Louis to evacuate the country,
193. Loses La Rochelle, 198. Promises aid
to the French barons, 207. His feebleness,
210. Invades Brittany, 214. Retreats, 215.
Marries Eleanor of Provence, 216. His
efforts to aid the Count de la Marche, 222.
Refusal of his barons to grant a supply of
money, 222. Embarks for France with a
small force, 223. Defeated at Taillebourg,
and retires to Bordeaux, 224. A five years'
truce concluded, 224. Proposal of St. Louis
to convert the truce into a lasting peace,
229. Henry's grievances at this period, 229.
His loss of his queen's dowry, 230, 231.
His treaty with St. Louis, 248. Who arbi-
trates between Henry and his barons, 252.
Louis's decision set aside, 252. Claims Agen
and Xaintonge, 279. His death, 279
Henry IV., King of England, challenged by
the Duke of Orleans, ii. 48. Who endeavours
to stir up war with England, 49. Applied to
by the Duke of Burgundy for aid against
the Orleanists, 83, 85. Sends a force to the
assistance of the duke, 85. Treasonable
appeal of the Duke of Orleans to Henry, 86.
Who sends a large force under the Duke of
Clarence, 88. Enters into an alliance with
the Armagnac party in France, 109
Henry V., King of England, when Prince of
Wales, defeats Owen Glendower at Shrews-
bury, ii. 49. His claims against France,
108, 109. Presses the completion of his
armaments, 109. Receives an embassy from
the French court, 110. Invades France, and
besieges Harfleur, 111. Which surrenders,
111. Marches north, and meets the French
army, 112. Which he defeats at Agincourt,
112-114. Orders the captives to be slain, 114.
Proposes a three years' truce to the French,
120. His garrison of Harfleur attacked, 119.
And blockaded by the Constable Armagnac,
120. Sends a fleet to relieve Harfleur, 120.
Again invades France, 122. Procures the
submission of the Cotentin, and lays siego
to Caen, 122. Besieges Rouen, 127. His
resolution to change the French dynasty,
127. His answers to the French envoys,
127, 128. Demands Flanders, 128. Sur-
render of Rouen, 128, 129. And of all the
towns of Normandy, 129. Meeting of the
English and French courts at Meulant, 129.
Henry sees the Princess Catherine for the
first time there, 129. His demands, 129.
His character, 130. Breaking up of the
conference, 130. Conclusion of a truce be-
tween England and France, 135. Spends
his Christmas in Rouen, 135. Concludes
the treaty of Troyes, 136. Married to the
Princess Catherine, and made regent and
heir of the kingdom of France, 136. Be-
sieges and takes Sens, 137. And Melun,
137. His public entry into Paris with his
queen, 137. His arrangements for the go-
vernment of the city, 138. His departure
for England, 138. His brother Clarence de-
feated and slain by the Dauphin at Beaugé,
138. Returns to France, and relieves Char-
tres, 139. Completes the reduction of the
North of France, 139. His death at Vin-
cennes, 140. Causes of his successes in
France, 144. His difficulty in garrisoning
towns, 145. His character and demeanour,
146. Distributes the fiefs of France among
his followers, 146
Henry VI., King of England, crowned at
Paris, ii. 185. Proposals of the King of
France at Arras, 190. Concludes peace with
France, 214. Marries Margaret of Anjou,
215. Cedes Anjou and Maine to her father,
René, 215. Resumption of war with France,
225. The English driven out of Normandy,
226-228. And also out of Gascony, 229-
231
Henry VII., King of England, obtains a loan
at the French court, and defeats Richard III.
at Bosworth, ii. 363, 364. Lends the
Bretons assistance against the French, 369.
Supports the claim of D'Albret to the hand
of the Duchess of Brittany, 370. His pique
at the marriage of Charles VIII. of France,
375. Captures Damme, 375. Lands an
army in France, but concludes the treaty of
France, 375
Henry VIII., King of England, induced to
take part in Austrian ambition, ii. 427.
Joins a league against France, 433. Sends
an army to join the Spaniards, 437. In-
vades France, and besieges Thérouanne, 439.
Which surrenders to him, 440. Gains the
battle of Spurs, 440. Takes Tournay, 440.
Marries Catherine of Aragon, 441.
gives his sister Mary in marriage to Louis
XII., 441. Concludes a treaty with Francis
I. of France, 451. His sister married to
the Duke of Suffolk, 452. Enters into an
alliance with the Emperor Maximilian, 461.
Concludes a treaty with Francis I., 462,
467. Betrothes his daughter Mary to the
Dauphin, 462, 467, 469. Concludes a treaty
with the Emperor Charles, 468. Meets
Francis I. at the Field of the Cloth of Gold,
469. Enters into an alliance with the Em-
peror, 471, 472. Declares war against
France, 477. Sends an army into Picardy,
478. Withdraws from Charles V. and the
Duke of Bourbon, 481. Proposal to de-
clare him King of France, 488. With-
draws from the Emperor, and concludes a
treaty with France, 493, 494, 500. His
policy and aims compared with those of the
Emperor Charles V., 521. Shakes off the
spiritual dominion of Rome, 522. His
divorce from Catherine of Aragon, 522. His
motives, 522. Opposition of the University
of Paris to his divorce, 523. His treaty
with Francis I. at Boulogne, 525. Divorces
his queen, and marries Anne Boleyn, 526.
Contempt of Francis I. for him, 551. Allies
with the Emperor Charles V. against Francis,
556. Sends an English army to join Charles
before Landrecies, 557. Invades France
and captures Boulogne, 562, 563. Returns
to England, 566. Makes peace with France,
569. His death, 569, 586. His views of
the Reformation compared with those of
Francis I., iii. 4
Henry, King of Navarre. See Henry IV.,
King of France.
Henry d'Albret, King of Navarre, married to
Margaret, sister of Francis I., ii. 517.
Worsted by the Pitaux, 600. Openly in-
clines to the Reformed religion, 641. His
offers to Spain, 644
Henry, Duke of Austrasia, joins Charles the
Fat in the murder of the Norman chieftains,
i. 49. His death at the siege of Paris, 50
Henry of Castille, joins Conradin, i. 256. De-
feated at Tagliacozzo, 256
Henry, Duke of Guise, son of Duke Francis,
becomes grand master of the palace, iii. 84.
Endeavours of Catherine de Medicis to patch
up a peace between him and Coligny, 90.
Injures his military reputation at La Roche
Maille, 104. Besieged by the Huguenots in
Poitiers, 105. His pretensions to the hand
of the Princess Margaret, 109, 110. The
proposed marriage denounced by the Duke
of Anjou, 110. Guise ordered by the King
to be slain, 110. Marries the widow of
Prince Porcien, 110. Recalled to court,
120. Meets Coligny, 121. Makes peace
with the Duke of Anjou, 125. Plays at ball
with the King and Téligny, 135. Ordered
to massacre the Huguenots, 139. Goes to
the hôtel of Coligny, and orders his murder,
141. Gives the Huguenot gentry of the east
the choice of the mass or exile, 149. Raises
troops, and defeats the Huguenot German
auxiliaries, 169. Wounded on the field,
169. Nullifies the treaty of November, 170.
Suggests the formation of the League, 175.
His measures, 178, 179. His demands, 184.
Raises an army, which marches to Poitou,
185. Triumph of the Huguenot party over
him, 188, 189. Guise's religious indifference,
190. Forms a secret league of the Parisians
against the King, 197. Resuscitates the
League, 198, 199. His treason, 200. His
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