Note 77 — Chapter I

Ibid., No. 405, December 12, 1559. The duchess of Lorraine was a daughter of Christian II, the exiled ruler of Denmark. On this question see the long note (with references appended) in Poulet, I, 126. Cf. Arch. de la maison d’Orange-Nassau, I, 132. There is little doubt that Philip II and the Guises contemplated such a move (Languet, Epist., secr., II, 22, 30, 34). The war going on between Denmark and Sweden favored the project. This war lasted for seven years (Arch. de la maison d’Orange-Nassau, I, 103, 104; Raumer, II, 211).