Note 106 — Chapter XXXV
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Boutteville left three children: a son, François, afterwards the celebrated Maréchal de Luxembourg, and two daughters, the younger of whom, Isabelle, who was one of the most finished coquettes of her time, became Duchesse de Châtillon and was for some time the mistress of the Great Condé. The poet Charpy celebrated her charms in verses wherein he drew an ingenious comparison between the destruction wrought by her father’s sword and the havoc created by the lady’s beaux yeux:—
“Quand je vois de rapport de votre père à vous, Divinité mortelle, adorable Sylvie! Il tenait dans ses mains et la mort et la vie: Vos yeux se sont acquis les mêmes sur nous.”