INDEX

A

Abbeville, 81

Agnadel, battle of, 357

Aire, castle of, 272

Albret, Alain de:

wishes to marry Anne de Bretagne, 307;

she consents to betrothal, 308;

she refuses to marry him, 310, 311;

his rebellion, 313, 314;

marriage of his daughter, 340

Albret, Armand de:

married Marguérite de Bourbon, 69

Albret, Charles de:

commanded at battle of Azincourt, 271

Albret, Jean de, 361

Alexander VI. (see Borgia)

Alençon, 8, 99, 256, 357

Alençon (see Catherine)

Amadeo VI., Count of Savoy (called Green Count), 4, 5, 13, 14, 85

Amadeo VII., Count of Savoy (called Red Count), 85

Amadeo VIII., Count of Savoy, 85

Amboise, George, Cardinal de, 332, 340, 351, 360

Amboise, Château de, 301, 322, 324, 326, 343, 347, 351

Amiens, Jacquerie, 22;

fair of, 113–115;

conference, 158

Ampoulle, 54

Angoulême, François de (see Valois)

Angoulême, Jean, Comte de, 261

Angoulême, Marguérite de, 357

Anjou, Louis, Duc de, second son of Jean, King of France:

knighted, 8;

hostage in England, 46;

breaks parole, 50;

bad government, 98;

disputed precedence with Burgundy, 131;

death, 131

Anjou (see Marie d’Anjou)

Anné de Beaujeu, daughter of Louis XI., Regent of France, 302, 318, 322

Anne de Bourgogne, 338

Anne, Duchesse de Bretagne, 88

Anne, Duchesse de Bretagne, wife of Charles VIII. and Louis XII.:

birth and childhood, 302–308;

refuses Albret, 308;

succeeds to duchy, 308;

first council, 309;

war with France, 312;

marriage with King of the Romans, 314;

besieged at Rennes, 316;

betrothed to Charles VIII., 318;

marriage, 320;

coronation, 321;

birth of Dauphin, 322;

Italian war, 323;

return of King and death of Dauphin, 324;

birth and death of other children, 325;

death of Charles VIII., 327;

Queen goes to Paris, 329;

betrothed to Louis XII., 331;

returns to Bretagne, 331;

marries Louis XII., 335;

birth of Claude de France, 337;

hôtel des Tournelles, 338;

maids of honour, 338;

gardens, court, pursuits, and dress, 343;

betrothal of Claude de France to the Duke of Luxemburg, 345;

birth and death of a son, 345;

quarrel with Gié, 346;

pilgrimage to Bretagne after King’s illness, 348;

betrothal of Claude de France to François Duc de Valois, 351, 352;

birth of Renée de France, 352;

love of music, 359;

gives a bell to cathedral of Chartres, 359;

anger with Chalais, 360;

dangerous illness, 361;

birth of another son, his death, 361;

death of the Queen, 362;

her funeral, 363

Agnes Sorel, 300, 304

Anne de Candale, 339, 340

Anne de Foix, 338

Anne de Graville, 353–356

Anne de Rohan, 340

Aquitaine (see Louis de France)

Ardres, 184

Arleux, Château de, 16, 21

Armagnac, Bernard, Comte de, 254, 256, 269, 277, 282, 283, 288

Armagnacs, 286, 287, 291

Arras, 155, 272, 298

Augustins, 295

Auton, Jean de, 348

Auvergne, Jeanne, Comtesse de, second wife of Jean, King of France, 8

Auvergne, Eléonore de Comminges, Comtesse de, 139, 141

Avaugour, François Baron de, son of François II., Duc de Bretagne, and Antoinette de Maignelais, 309, 329, 363

Avignon, plague at, 47;

Charles VI. at, 153

Azincourt, battle of, 272–277

B

Bar, Marie, Duchesse de, youngest daughter of Robert II., Duke of Burgundy, 47

Bar, Edouard, Duc de, 59, 228, 263, 276

Bar, Marie, Duchesse de, daughter of Jean, King of France, 59

Barbette, hôtel de, 206, 216, 236

Basoche, clercs de la, 347

Bastille, 81, 167, 192, 204, 287

Bavaria, 110

Beaumont-sur-Oise, Château de, 20

Beauté, château de, 74, 81, 102, 105, 126, 154, 222

Beauvais, 22

Beaujeu (see Anne de Beaujeu)

Bègue de Vilaine, 24, 58

Berry (now spelt Berri), Jean, Duc de, third son of Jean, King of France:

hostage in England, 46;

ransom, 51;

bad qualities, 59;

christening of Dauphin, 79;

meets the Emperor, 99;

guardian to his nephews, 111, 122;

regent, 124;

Charles VI. obliges him to resign, 126;

grasping and unpopular, 131;

marriage, 139, 141, 142;

gives house to Isabeau, 152;

conference at Amiens, 158;

opposes war with Bretagne, 163;

regency, 167;

saves La Rivière, 168;

opposes Orléans, 170;

the ball, 174;

attends wedding of Richard II. and Isabelle de France, 185, 186;

marriage of his daughter with Henry of Lancaster prevented, 209;

illness and recovery, 225;

mediates between Queen and Burgundy, 232;

occupies hôtel de Nesle, 233;

grief at murder of Louis d’Orléans, 241;

conference at Chartres, 249;

Armagnac connections, 254;

disputes regency, 268;

death, 280

Berry, Duchesse de, 142, 148, 168, 172, 173

Bertrand du Guesclin:

commands French troops, 52;

takes prisoner the Captal de Buch, 56;

avenges the murder of Blanche de Bourbon on Pedro el Cruel, 58;

made Constable of France, 81;

godfather to Louis de France, 87;

his life and death, 90–93;

buried at Saint-Denis, 132

Blanche de Bourbon:

birth, 3;

marries Pedro el Cruel, King of Spain, 11;

imprisoned by him, 13;

murdered, 57

Blanche de Navarre, wife of Philippe VI.:

godmother to daughter of Charles V., 6, 7;

arranges state entry of Isabeau de Bavière, 148;

death, 193, 194

Blanche de France, daughter of Charles IV., Duchesse d’Orléans, 20, 33, 79, 125, 340

Blois, Château de, 182, 248, 249, 325, 336, 337, 343, 347, 357, 362

Bonne d’Artois, daughter of Philippe Duc de Bourgogne, 155

Bonne de Luxembourg, first wife of Jean, King of France, 10

Bonne de Bourbon, wife of Amadeo VI., Count of Savoy, 3, 14, 85

Bonne de France, daughter of Charles V., 41, 45

Borgia, Alexander VI., 330, 332, 340

Borgia, Cesare, son of Alexander VI., 332–335, 340

Bosredon, Louis de, 283

Bourbon, Catherine de, Comtesse de Harcourt, 3, 35

Bourbon, Isabelle, Duchesse de (see Valois)

Bourbon, Louis II., Duc de:

birth, 3;

succeeds to duchy, 15;

hostage, 46;

christening of Dauphin, 79;

love for du Guesclin, 81;

defends his mother and sister, 85;

marriage, 85;

good qualities and popularity, 86;

guardian to nephews, 98;

meets the Emperor, 99;

affection of Charles VI. for him, 126;

knighthood of King of Sicily, 136;

wise government, 155;

godfather to Charles d’Orléans, 157;

wedding of King and Queen of England, 185, 187;

goes to Melun, 232;

indignation at murder of Louis d’Orléans, 241;

his death, 254

Bourbon, Jean, Duc de, 155, 256, 264, 277, 288

Bourbon, Marguérite, Dame d’Albret, 3

Bourbon, Pierre Duc de:

marries Isabelle de Valois, 3;

Crécy, 4;

arranges marriage of eldest daughter, 5;

of second daughter, 11;

killed at Poitiers, 15

Bourges, 259

Brabant, Duchesse de, 112, 113, 116

Brabant, Duc de, 276

Bretagne, Duc de, 161, 163

Bretagne, Jean, Duc de, 183, 190, 246, 251, 252

Bretagne, Jeanne, Duchesse de, second daughter of Charles VI.:

born, 153;

betrothed, 183;

married, 190;

remained with her mother, 195, 217;

quarrel with her husband, 251;

reconciliation, 252;

birth of a son, 253;

survived the Queen, 296

Bretagne, François II., Duc de (see François)

Bretigny, treaty of, 41, 42, 288

Briçonnet, Cardinal, 328

Burgundy, Philippe de Rouvre, last Capétien Duke of, 8, 47

Burgundy, Philippe, fourth son of Jean, King of France:

first Valois Duke of, 57;

favourite brother of Charles V., 59;

guardian to his nephews, 98;

meets Emperor, 99;

oppressive government, 111;

marriage of his daughter to Bavarian prince, 112;

mismanagement of his nephew, 120, 121, 125;

character, 130, 131;

opposes Duc de Bourbon, 155;

Amiens, 158;

opposes war with Bretagne, 163;

present when King went mad, 165;

seizes government and persecutes La Rivière and others, 166–170;

ball, 174;

disputed King’s permission, 177;

attends marriage of Richard II. of England and Isabelle de France, 185, 187;

levies enormous taxes on his vassals, 187;

funeral of Queen Blanche de Navarre, 194;

dissensions with Louis Duc d’Orléans, 208;

with Lancaster, 209;

disapproves marriage of Isabelle, Queen-dowager of England, 212;

meets her with escort, 219;

hatred between Burgundy and Orléans, 221, 223;

death, 224

Burgundy, Jean Sans-peur, Duke of:

swears vengeance against Louis d’Orléans, 221;

character, 225;

captures the Dauphin, 232;

murders Louis, Duc d’Orléans, 239;

confesses crime, flight, 241;

impunity and power, 242–245;

returns to Paris, 249;

conference at Chartres and influence over Dauphin, 250;

sent for to punish the Duc de Bretagne, 252;

governor of the Dauphin, 253;

interferes to protect his daughter, 256;

quarrels with his son-in-law the Dauphin, 256;

siege of Bourges, 259;

riots, 261–265;

La Cassinelle, 269;

forbids his son to be at Azincourt, 272;

accused of poisoning the Dauphin, 278;

delivers the Queen, 285;

gets into Paris and massacres the Armagnacs, 287;

goes with Queen to Melun, 288;

peace with Dauphin Charles, 290;

murdered, 292

Burgundy, Philippe le Bon, Duke of:

betrothed to Michelle de France, 224;

married, 251;

returns to Burgundy, 265;

grief at being prevented being at Azincourt, 272;

at his father’s assassination, 292;

enters Paris with the Kings and Queens of England and France, 293

Burgundy, Marguérite de Flandre, wife of Philippe de Rouvre and Philippe de France, Dukes of Burgundy:

inherits Flanders and Hainault, 48;

harmonious life led by Philippe and Marguérite, 130;

their death, 224, 225

Burgundy, Marguérite, eldest daughter of Philippe and Marguérite, Duke and Duchess of Burgundy; wife of Louis, Duc d’Aquitaine and Dauphin, 224, 243, 248, 255, 258, 277, 278

C

Cale, Guillaume, leader of the Jacquerie, 22, 31

Cambrai, 99, 112, 178, 357

Canny, Dame de, 216

Canny, Sieur de, 240

Captal de Buch, Jean de Grailly, 27, 28, 56

Carmelites, 36, 37, 295

Cassinelle, 256, 269

Catherine d’Alençon, 201, 260, 267

Catherine de France, daughter of Charles V., 104, 121, 125

Catherine de France, daughter of Charles VI., 215, 288, 289, 293, 294, 296

Catherine de Foix, 361

Céléstins, 35, 60, 61, 62, 180, 255

Chandos, Sir John, 81, 139

Chalais, Prince de, 360

Châlons, Jean de (see Orange)

Charles V., King of France:

betrothed to Jeanne de Bourbon, 6;

married to her, 7;

Duke of Normandy, 9;

Vivier-en-Brie, 10;

regent, 16;

visit to the Emperor, 16;

Meaux, 23, 24;

returns to Paris, 35;

Carmelites, 37;

treaty of Bretigny, 42;

death of two daughters, 45;

misrule, 49;

siege of Vernon, 52;

coronation and state entry, 53–57;

war with Pedro el Cruel, 59;

difficulties and ill-health, 59, 60;

Céléstins, 60, 61, 62;

library treasures, 63–67;

the Louvre and its gardens, 69–75;

King’s barge, 77;

birth and christening of Dauphin, 72–79;

gets rid of the Grande Compagnie, 79;

prosperity of kingdom, 81;

Hôtel St. Paul, 82–84;

pilgrimages, 90;

success and happiness, 91;

Louis de Harcourt, 93;

life at court, 93–97;

distrust of his brothers, 98;

will, 99;

visit of the Emperor, 99–104;

death of the Queen, 104;

death of Charles V., 105

Charles VI., King of France:

birth, christening, 77, 79;

visit of Emperor, 102, 103;

succeeds to throne, 107;

negotiations for marriage, 110–113;

fair of Amiens, 113–116;

Isabeau de Bavière, 116, 117;

wedding, 117;

character and education of Charles VI., 118–122;

assumes government, 126;

birth and death of Dauphin, 127;

dress, 130;

splendour of fêtes for knighthood of the King of Sicily 134, 135;

opposes marriage of Duc de Berry, 142;

fêtes for marriage of Louis d’Orléans, affection for Valentine Visconti, 142–145;

state entry of Queen, 148, 149;

coronation of Queen, 150, 151;

southern tour, 152–155;

birth of second Dauphin Charles, 157;

Pierre de Craon and the Constable de Clisson, 158–163;

war with Bretagne, 163, 164;

madness of Charles VI., 164–169;

recovery, 169, 170;

fire at the ball, 171–175;

second attack of madness, 175;

second recovery, 176–178;

madness returned, 179;

affection for Valentine, 180;

recovered again, 182;

at wedding of Richard II. and Isabelle, 184–187;

attends the profession of his daughter Marie at Poissy, 190, 191;

declining health, 190, 194;

receives news of Queen of England, 206;

anxiety for Queen of England and displeasure with Lancaster, 208, 209;

alarm caused by English revolution brings on attack of madness, 210;

frequent attacks, 214, 215;

joy at return of Queen of England, 219;

bad health, 222, 223;

calls council, 223;

his respect for Philippe, Duke of Burgundy, 226;

anger with Savoisy, 227;

Jacques Legrand, 228;

the King and the Princess Marie, 229;

the King and the Dauphin, 230;

summons Jean Sans-peur, 231;

bad attack, 233;

disguised men, 233, 234;

horror at murder of Duc d’Orléans, 240;

bad health, 242, 243;

receives Valentine, 245;

goes to Melun to the Queen, 246;

Odette de Champdivers, 247;

conference of Chartres, 249;

returns to Paris and sends for Duke of Burgundy, 251;

quarrel with Duc de Bretagne, 252;

appoints Burgundy governor to Dauphin, 253;

letter to Duc de Bourbon, 255;

riots, 260, 268;

Azincourt, 272–277;

King ill, 278;

execution of Bosredon, quarrel with the Queen, her imprisonment, 282–284;

in the hands of Burgundians, 287;

attack of frenzy, 288;

desires Dauphin to make peace with Burgundy, 289;

goes to Troyes, 290;

Paris, 293;

death, 294;

funeral, 295, 296

Charles VII., King of France:

birth, 221;

betrothed to Marie d’Anjou, 267;

Duc de Touraine, 280;

Armagnac, 281, 282;

quarrel with Queen, 283, 284;

fled to Bastille, 287;

Burgundy and Armagnac, 288;

murder of Burgundy, 291;

excluded from succession, 292;

in exile, 294;

treaty of Arras, 298, 300, 301

Charles VIII., King of France, 302;

war with Bretagne, 308–315;

siege of Rennes, 316, 317;

betrothed to Anne de Bretagne, 318;

broke off marriage with Marguérite of Austria, 318;

married Anne de Bretagne, 320;

character, 321, 322;

lived at Plessis and Amboise, 322;

birth of Dauphin, 322;

departure for Italy, 323;

return, 324;

despair at loss of his children, 325;

treasures he brought from Italy, 326;

death, 327;

funeral, 329

Charles IV., Emperor, son of Jean, King of Bohemia, 17, 99, 104

Charles, eldest son of Charles VI., 127

Charles, Dauphin, second son of Charles VI., 157, 181, 211, 214

Charles le Mauvais, King of Navarre, 16, 21, 30, 31, 35, 47, 52, 59

Charles le Bon, King of Navarre, 226, 249

Charles, Duc d’Orléans:

birth, 157;

marries Isabelle, Queen-dowager of England, 234, 235;

sent to Blois, 245, 248;

conference of Chartres, 250;

death of Isabelle, 252, 253;

marries Bonne d’Armagnac, 254;

treaty with English, 256;

with princes at Vernon, 264;

taken prisoner at Azincourt, 277;

disapproved his son’s marriage, 305, 325

Charlotte d’Aragon:

refuses Cæsar Borgia, 334;

marries Guy de Laval, 340

Charlotte de Savoie, Queen of France, 301, 302

Chartreux, 176

Châtelet, 204, 286, 359

Châteauneuf-Randon, death of Bertrand du Guesclin, 91

Chelles, abbey de, 62

Christine de Pisan, 76, 95, 97

Claude, Queen of France:

birth, 337;

betrothed to Duke of Luxemburg, 345;

heiress of Bretagne, 346;

betrothed to Duc de Valois, 352;

illness, 356;

death, 363

Clarence, Lionel, Duke of, second son of Edward III., King of England, 246, 261

Clermont, Château de, 31, 86

Clermont, Jean de (see Bourbon)

Clisson, Constable de, 161, 163, 167

Comets, 68

Comminges, Comte de, 309, 313

Comminges, Comtesse de, 139, 141

Compiègne, 22, 99

Cordelière, Marie la, favourite ship of Anne de Bretagne, 341;

she visits it, 350;

sunk in sea fight, 360

Cordelière, order of Anne de Bretagne, 344

Cordeliers, 203, 295, 337

Coucy, Dame de, 186, 210

Coucy, Seigneur de, 168

Craon, Pierre de, 158–163

Crécy, battle of, 4, 18

Creil, 81, 125, 169

D

Dauphin du Viennois, Humbert de la Tour du Pin, 5, 6

Dunois, Jean, Comte de, son of Louis, Duc d’Orléans and the Dame de Canny, called Bastard of Orléans, 216, 249

Dunois, Comte de, 309, 313–315, 318, 319

Dunois, Comte de, 349

E

Eclipse, 234

Edward III., King of England, 52, 243, 272

Edward, Prince of Wales (Black Prince), 6–9

Eléonore de Guzman, 12

Entragues, Baron de, 355

Ermenonville, 20

Etienne Marcel:

provost of Paris, 16;

Jacquerie, 27, 28;

death, 34

Étuves or public baths, 199, 200

F

Foix, Gaston, Comte de:

called Gaston Phoebus, 27, 28, 139–142

Foix, Comte de, 307

Foix, Germaine de, 339, 340

Foix (see Catherine)

François, Duc de Valois, afterwards François II., King of France, 348, 352

François II., Duc de Bretagne, 303;

Antoinette de Maignelais, 304;

character, 305;

Landais, 307;

battle of St. Aubin, death, 308

Françoise de Dinan, Dame de Laval, 304, 308–312, 314, 317, 320, 321

Frèron, Doctor, 176, 177, 178

Friederich von Landshut (see Wittelsbach)

G

Giac, Madame de, 289

Gié, Maréchal de, 346, 347

Gilles, 24

Guérande, Château de, 309

H

Hainault, Jacqueline de:

wife of Jean, Duc de Touraine and Dauphin, fourth son of Charles VI., 234, 235, 278–280

Harcourt, Jean de, married Catherine de Bourbon, 35

Harcourt, Louis de, 93

Harfleur, battle of, 271

Hasseley, Guillaume, doctor, 169, 170

Henry IV., Duke of Lancaster, King of England:

exiled for treasonable practices, 208;

proposes to marry daughter of Duc de Berry, 209;

indignation of French at his usurpation, 210;

wishes to marry Isabelle de France, widow of Richard II., to Prince of Wales, 213;

detains her jewels and dowry, 219;

absurd claim to French crown, 244;

death, 261

Henry V., King of England, 261;

invades France, 270;

Harfleur, 271;

Azincourt, 272–277;

negotiations for his marriage with Catherine de France, 288, 289;

is betrothed to her and declared Regent and heir of France, 292;

marriage, 293;

departure to England and birth of a son, 293;

return to France, 293;

death, 294

Henry VI., King of England and France:

birth, 293;

enters Paris, 297

I

Isabeau de Bavière, wife of Charles VI.:

birth and childhood, 109;

negotiations for marriage with Charles VI., 110–112;

fair of Amiens, 113–116;

interview with the King, 116, 117;

wedding, 117;

beauty of Isabeau, 122;

remains at Creil, 125;

birth and death of first Dauphin Charles, 126, 127;

birth of Isabelle de France, 127;

character of Isabeau, 128;

dress at court, 129, 130;

fêtes for the knighthood of King of Sicily, 134–137;

Isabeau and Louis d’Orléans, 138;

jealousy of Valentine Visconti, 145;

state entry and coronation, 147–152;

absence of the King, 152;

birth of Jeanne de France, 153;

at Beauté, return of King and his brother, 154;

storm at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 156;

birth of the second Dauphin Charles, 157;

of Marie de France, 167;

goes to the King at Creil, 169;

returns to Paris, 170;

has her own argentier, 171;

ball, 172–174;

King does not know her, 175;

birth of Michelle de France, 176;

quarrels with Duchess of Burgundy, 179;

birth of Louis de France, 182;

Poissy, 193, 194;

birth of Jean de France, 193;

tastes, pursuits, and household, 194–200;

amasses treasure, 201;

hôtels, 206;

letters from England, 206;

anxiety for Queen of England, 208, 210;

birth of Catherine de France, 215;

society and amusements of Isabeau and Louis d’Orléans, 215, 217;

Isabeau and her children, 217, 218;

fools and dwarfs, 218;

return of Queen of England, 219;

tries to mediate between Orléans and Burgundy, 221;

birth of Charles de France (afterwards Charles VII.), 221;

fête at hôtel Barbette, 222;

council, 223;

betrothal of Michelle de France, 224;

receives complaint of University, 226;

treasures of Isabeau and Ludwig of Bavaria stopped, 227;

Jacques Legrand, 228;

the Queen and Princess Marie, 229;

the forest of Saint-Germain, 229;

neglect of her children, 230;

flight to Melun, 231;

Burgundy seizes the Dauphin, 232;

anger with some of her household, 233;

returns to Saint Paul, 233;

objects of Jean, Duc de Touraine, going to Hainault, 235;

birth and death of Philippe de France, 236;

murder of Louis d’Orléans, 236–241;

implores vengeance, 243;

goes to Melun, 243;

consecration of Princess Marie, King’s visit to Melun, Queen returns to Louvre, 246, 247;

Odette de Champdivers, 247;

goes with children to Tours, 248;

conference of Chartres, 249, 250;

returns to Paris, 251;

anger with son-in-law, Duc de Bretagne, 252;

gives up charge of the Duc d’Aquitaine, 253;

takes care of Duchesse d’Aquitaine, 256;

threatens Duc d’Aquitaine, 259;

riots, 260–264;

quarrel with Aquitaine, 267;

flight from Melun after battle of Azincourt, 277;

sends for Jean, Duc de Touraine, now Dauphin, 278;

goes to Senlis with Charles, now Duc de Touraine, 280;

absurd accusation of poisoning him, 281;

unfortunate relations with her sons, 282;

violent quarrel with King and Charles, the new Dauphin, 283;

imprisonment, 284;

appeals to Jean Sans-peur, 284;

he rescues her, 285;

she assumes the regency, 285;

they enter Paris, 287;

massacre of Armagnacs and reconciliation with King, 287;

the Princess Catherine, 288, 289;

truce with Dauphin, 289;

goes to Troyes, 291;

spends Christmas at Paris, 293, 294;

death of Charles VI., 294;

years of widowhood, 296;

her grandson, Henry VI., 297;

death, 297

Isabelle de France, daughter of Jean, King of France:

besieged in Meaux, 26;

forced to marry Giovanni Visconti, 43, 44;

splendour of her life in Italy, 142, 143;

death, 143

Isabelle de France, daughter of Charles V.:

birth, betrothal, death, 87, 99, 104

Isabelle de Valois, daughter of Charles de Valois:

married Pierre, Duc de Bourbon, 3;

left Paris, 5;

lived much at court, 57;

captured by free companies, 85;

exchanged, 86;

meets her daughters, 86, 87;

the Duchesse de Bourbon and the Emperor, 102, 103;

takes charge of her granddaughters, retired into convent of Cordelières, death, 105, 125

Isabelle de Bretagne, second daughter of François II., Duc de Bretagne, 303, 304, 309, 312, 313, 317

Isabelle de France, eldest daughter of Charles VI., wife of Richard II., King of England:

birth, 127;

receives English ambassadors, 183;

marriage, 183–187;

letters to parents, 206;

English revolution, 210;

courage, love for Richard, his death, 213;

returns to France, 219;

marries Charles d’Orléans, 235;

death, 252

J

Jacobins, 15, 202, 295

Jacquerie, 20–32

Jean, King of France, 7;

coronation, 8;

treaty with Spain, 10;

battle of Poitiers, captivity, 14;

released, 42;

disastrous treaty, 43;

fêtes at Calais, 44, 45;

seizes Burgundy, 47, 48;

his amusements, 49;

returns to England, 50, 51;

death, 52

Jean de France, Duc de Touraine, afterwards Dauphin, fourth son of Charles VI.:

birth and childhood, 193, 217, 218;

proposed marriage with a daughter of Burgundy, 224;

betrothal to Jacqueline de Hainault, 224;

marriage, 234;

goes to Hainault, 235;

brought up there, 259;

proposal to declare him heir of France, 265;

becomes Dauphin, 278;

goes to Compiègne, 279;

lives in splendour there, 280;

estranged from the Queen, 281;

death, 281

Jeanne de France, daughter of Louis XI., wife of Louis XII.:

unhappy marriage, 305;

divorce, 332;

made Duchesse de Berry, lived at Bourges, died there, 332

Jeanne d’Evreux, wife of Charles IV., 32, 52, 67, 90

Jeanne de France, daughter of Philippe VI., 90

Jeanne de France, daughter of Jean, King of France, 4

Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V.:

birth, 3;

betrothal to Comte de Savoie, 3;

to Dauphin du Viennois, 5;

to Dauphin of France, 6;

her marriage, 7;

birth of a daughter, 20;

Marché de Meaux, 20–29;

returns to Paris, 35;

birth of second daughter, 41;

death of children, 45;

beauty and popularity of the Dauphine, 50;

coronation, 53, 54, 55;

entry into Paris, 56;

the King’s love for the Queen, 60;

their literary tastes, 61;

birth and death of a daughter, 67;

household and daily life, 68;

birth of Dauphin, 77;

illness of the Queen, 89;

birth of Marie de France, 84;

the Queen’s mother, 86;

birth of Louis and Isabelle de France, 87;

illness of the Queen, 89;

life at court, 93–96;

the last fête of the court of Jeanne de Bourbon, 101–104;

birth of Catherine de France and death of Queen, 104

Jeanne de France, daughter of Charles V., 20, 45

Jeanne de France, daughter of Charles V., 67

Jeanne de France, daughter of Charles VI. (see Bretagne)

Jeanne de Laval, Queen of Sicily, 329, 331

Joan (see Jeanne de France, daughter of King Jean)

Jussi, Robert de, 36, 37

L

Ladislas, King of Hungary, Poland, and Bohemia, 339

Lancaster (see Henry IV.)

Langue d’oc, 17, 98, 179, 223

Langue d’oil, 17

Laval, Françoise de Dinan, Dame de (see Françoise)

Lendit, fair of, 115, 222

Loches, Château de, 301, 341

Loredan, Doge of Venice, 360

Lorris, Robert, 24

Louis de France, Duc d’Anjou (see Anjou)

Louis de France, Duc d’Orléans, second son of Charles V.:

birth, 87;

visit of the Emperor, 102, 103;

talents, 121;

Comte de Valois et Duc de Touraine, 124;

opposes his uncles, 125;

Louis and Isabeau, 138;

marriage of Louis with Valentine Visconti, 142, 145;

journey to Provence, 152;

race to Paris, 154;

love affair and quarrel with Craon, 158–161;

King goes mad and attacks him, 164;

ball, 172–174;

accused of sorcery, 180, 193;

étuves, 199;

power and ambition, 208;

goes to Notre Dame and Ste. Catherine, 214;

society of Queen and Duc d’Orléans, 216, 217;

expedition to Luxemburg, 219;

hatred and rivalry between Orléans and Burgundy, 220, 221;

oppressive government, 223;

Jean Sans-peur and Louis d’Orléans, 225, 226;

amasses treasure, 227;

helps the Queen to persuade Princess Marie to renounce the cloister, 228, 229;

narrow escape in the forest of St. Germain, 229;

refuses to pay his debts, 230;

goes to Melun with the Queen, 231;

will not listen to the King of Sicily and Duc de Bourbon, 232;

returns to Paris, 233;

hôtel Barbette, 236;

murdered, 238, 239

Louis de France, Duc d’Aquitaine and Dauphin, third son of Charles VI.:

birth, 182;

Dauphin, 211;

betrothed to Marguérite of Burgundy, 223;

marriage, 224;

the King and the Dauphin, 230;

taken by Duke of Burgundy, 231;

lodges in Louvre, 232;

weakness of character, 250;

conduct to his wife, 255, 256;

stops siege of Bourges, 258;

universally disliked, 259;

dissensions with Burgundy, 261;

riots, 262–266;

quarrel with the Queen, 267, 268;

with his wife and father-in-law, 269;

at Rouen before the battle of Azincourt, 271;

death, 278

Louis XII., King of France and Duc d’Orléans:

quarrel with Anne de Beaujeu, Regent of France, 304;

Louis d’Orléans and Jeanne de France, 305;

prisoner, 313;

godfather to Dauphin Charles-Orland, 322;

displeasure of Anne de Bretagne, retires from court, lives at Blois, 325;

succeeds to throne, 328;

visits the Queen, 329;

in love with Anne de Bretagne, 331;

divorced from Jeanne de France, 332;

marries Anne de Bretagne, 335;

their happiness, 336;

birth of Claude de France, 337;

Les Tournelles, 338;

Italian war, 340, 341;

crusade, 342;

visit of Archdukes, 244;

betrothal of Claude de France, 345;

illness of King, 345;

recovery, arrests Gié, 346;

clercs de la Basoche, 347;

summer in Touraine, 347;

another illness, 348;

Tommasina Spinola, 348;

recalls Queen from Bretagne, 351;

betroths Claude to François, Duc de Valois, 352;

Italian expedition, 356;

league of Cambrai, 357;

return to France, 357;

birth of Renée de France, 359;

loss of Italian conquests, 360;

strife with Pope, 362;

death of Queen, 362;

death of Louis XII., 363

Louis, Duc de Bourbon (see Bourbon)

Louvre, Palais du, 35, 63–67, 102, 182, 204, 232, 247, 264, 266, 267

M

Marcel, Jacques, 36

Marcoussy, Château de, 353–356

Marguérite de Bourbon (see Bourbon)

Marguérite de Flandre, (see Burgundy)

Marguérite de Valois, daughter of Charles, Comte d’Angoulême, and sister of François I., King of France, 357

Marguérite of Austria, daughter of Emperor Maximilian, 119, 318

Marie d’Anjou, daughter of Louis, King of Sicily, wife of Charles VII.:

married Charles, Comte de Ponthieu, fifth son of Charles VI., 267, 300;

takes refuge in Bastille, 287;

rejoins Charles, 288;

neglect of Charles VII., 300;

love of her son, Louis XI., 300;

death, 300

Marie de Bourbon, daughter of Pierre, Duc de Bourbon, Prioress of Poissy, 91, 193, 194

Marie de Clermont, daughter of Robert, Comte de Clermont, granddaughter of Saint Louis, Prioress of Poissy, 90

Marie de France, daughter of Charles V., 84

Marie de France, daughter of Charles VI., Prioress of Poissy:

birth, 167;

dedicated to religion, 167;

enters convent of Poissy, 193, 194;

refuses to leave convent, 229;

takes the veil, 246;

survives most of her brothers and sisters, 296

Maximilian, Emperor, 308, 310, 311, 318, 344, 348

Meaux, 20, 29, 34

Melun, Château de, 81, 145, 148, 154, 221, 232, 246, 277, 284

Michelle de France, Duchess of Burgundy, daughter of Charles VI.

Montauban, chancellor of Bretagne, 311–315

Montereau, 291

Mortaigne, (see Pierre de Navarre)

Montjoie Saint Denis, 133

N

Nantes, 301, 312, 313, 317, 335, 362

Navarre (see Blanche de)

Navarre (see Charles de)

Navarre, Pierre de, Comte de Mortaigne, youngest son of Charles le Mauvais, King of Navarre, 136, 194

Nesle, Hôtel de, 221, 233, 241

Nevers (see Jean Sans-peur, Duke of Burgundy)

Normandie, Duc de:

Charles, son of King Jean, 9;

favourite title, 10

O

Odette de Champdivers, 247

Orléans (see Louis de, Philippe de, etc.)

Oriflamme, 132, 273

Orange, Jean de Châlons, Prince de, 313, 315, 317, 319, 320, 329

P

Palais de la Cité, 56, 69, 101, 150, 253, 264, 266, 347

Pampeluna, 360

Pedro el Cruel, King of Spain:

marriage and crimes, 10–13;

murder of Blanche de Bourbon, 57;

death, 58

Peers of France, 96

Philippe VI., de Valois, King of France, 6, 8, 10

Philippe, Archduke of Austria, son of Emperor Maximilian, 344, 345

Plessis-les-Tours, Château de, 301

Poitiers, 14

Portzmoguet, Admiral, 361

Pré-aux-clercs, 202

R

Renée de France, youngest daughter of Louis XII.:

Duchess of Ferrara, 359

Rennes, siege of, 313–318

Richard II., King of England:

betrothed to Isabelle de France, 182;

married, 185–187;

letters to Charles VI., 206;

revolution, 208;

captivity, 210;

death, 213

Rieux, Maréchal de:

guardian to Anne and Isabelle de Bretagne, 309, 310, 312, 313, 315, 317

Rivière, Jean de la:

friend of Charles V., 95

Rivière, Bureau de la, 116;

arranges marriage of Duke de Berry, 139–141;

gratitude of the Duchess, 142;

arrested and thrown into Bastille, 167;

saved by Duchesse de Berry, 168

S

Savoisy, chamberlain to Charles VI., 151, 226

St. Aubin, battle of, 308

Saint-Denis, Abbey of:

burial of King Jean, 52;

Charles V. returns thanks for birth of Dauphin, 78;

burial of Jeanne de Bourbon and Isabelle de France, 104;

knighthood of King of Sicily, 132–138;

coronation of Isabeau de Bavière, 148–150;

Charles VI., mass after recovery from attack of madness, 176;

Isabelle de France on her way to marry Richard II. of England, 185;

dispute about a crown at the consecration of Marie de France, 191;

relic left by Queen Blanche de Navarre, 194;

Charles, Dauphin, son of Charles VI., rides from Paris to St. Denis, 211;

prayers for his life, 214;

thanksgivings for peace between Orléans and Burgundy, 221;

masses for soul of Dauphin Charles, 222;

dresses of Isabelle de France given after her death, 253;

plague, 28;

funeral of Charles VI., 295;

coronation of Anne de Bretagne, 321;

her second coronation, 347;

her funeral, 363

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 156, 269

Saint-Germain-des-Près, 115, 204

St. Paul, Hôtel de, 42, 76, 77, 78, 82–84, 102, 104, 121, 157, 161, 170, 183, 215, 216, 217, 219, 233, 239, 240, 245, 247, 260, 294, 329, 337

Sforza, Ludovico, 340, 341

Soulas, Jean, mayor of Meaux, 22–24

Spinoza, Tommasina, 348

Streets of Paris, 205, 206

T

Tanneguy du Chastel, provost of Paris, 286, 287, 290, 291

Temple, 204

Tournelles, Château des, 337, 338

V

Valois, François, Duc de (see François II., King of France)

Valois (see Isabelle)

Vauvert, 176

Villequier, Antoinette de Maignelais, Dame de, 304, 307, 309

Vincennes, 3, 7, 37, 69, 70–75, 102, 104, 125, 233, 283, 293

Vivier-en-Brie, Château de, 10

Visconti, Bernabo, 43, 109

Visconti, Galeazzo, Vicomte et Prince de Milan, 43

Visconti, Giovanni or Gian Galeazzo, Duke of Milan, 43, 142–144, 180, 182

Visconti, Maddalena, 109

Visconti, Taddea, 109

Visconti, Valentine, daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti and Isabelle de France, wife of Louis, Duc d’Orléans:

birth, childhood, and youth in Italy, 142–144;

marries Louis, Duc d’Orléans, 145, 146;

enters Paris, 148;

remains at Beauté, 154;

birth of a son, 157;

story of Pierre de Craon, 158–160;

rivalry with Duchess of Burgundy, 170;

affection of the King, 175;

accused of sorcery, 180;

of attempt to poison the Dauphin, 181;

goes to Blois, 182;

enmity with Duchess of Burgundy, 220;

in the country, 236;

demands vengeance on the murderers of Louis d’Orléans, 245;

retires to Blois, 248;

death, 249

W

Wenceslas, Emperor, 360

Wittelsbach, house of, 108, 109

Wittelsbach, Friederich, of Landshut, Duke of Bavaria, 109–114

Wittelsbach, Johann, of Munich, Duke of Bavaria, 109

Wittelsbach, Stephan, of Ingolstadt, Duke of Bavaria, 109–114, 214

Wittelsbach, Ludwig, son of Stephan, Duke of Bavaria, 109, 201, 227, 231, 232, 260, 263, 266, 267, 396

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