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Court festivities The Queen's ballet A gallant prelate A poetical almoner Insolence of the royal favourite Unhappiness of the Queen Weakness of Henry Intrigue of Madame de Villars The King quarrels with the favourite They are reconciled Madame de Villars is exiled, and the Prince de Joinville sent to join the army in Hungary Mortification of the Queen Her want of judgment New dissension in the royal ménage Sully endeavours to restore peace Mademoiselle de Sourdis The Court removes to Blois Royal rupture A bewildered minister Marie and her foster-sister Conspiracy of the Ducs de Bouillon and de Biron Parallel between the two nobles The Comte d'Auvergne Ingratitude of Biron He is betrayed His arrogance He is summoned to the capital to justify himself He refuses to obey the royal summons Henry sends a messenger to command his presence at Court Precautionary measures of Sully The President Jeannin prevails over the obstinacy of Biron Double treachery of La Fin The King endeavours to induce Biron to confess his crime Arrest of the Duc de Biron and the Comte d'Auvergne The royal soirée A timely caution Biron is made prisoner by Vitry, and the Comte d'Auvergne by Praslin They are conveyed separately to the Bastille Exultation of the citizens Firmness of the King Violence of Biron Tardy repentance Trial of Biron A scene in the Bastille Condemnation of the Duke He is beheaded The subordinate conspirators are pardoned The Duc de Bouillon retires to Turenne Refuses to appear at Court Execution of the Baron de Fontenelles A salutary lesson The Comte d'Auvergne is restored to liberty Revolt of the Prince de Joinville He is treated with contempt by the King He is imprisoned by the Duc de Guise Removal of the Court to Fontainbleau Legitimation of the son of Madame de Verneuil Unhappiness of the Queen She is consoled by Sully Birth of the Princesse Elisabeth de France Disappointment of the Queen Soeur Ange.
Only the week before, Madame de Sourdis had obtained a Hat for her son, and the post of assistant Deputy Comptroller of Buildings for her Groom of the Chambers. For her niece the Duchess she meditated obtaining nothing less than a crown.
John; where the Papal legate, surrounded by the Cardinals de Joyeuse, de Gondy, and de Sourdis, together with the prelates then residing in the city, were already awaiting them.
Two days before, he had been acquitted, in virtue of a decision pronounced by M. d'Escoubleau de Sourdis, Archbishop of Bordeaux, of an accusation brought against him of which he had been declared guilty by a magistrate, and in punishment of which he had been condemned to fast on bread and water every Friday for three months, and forbidden to exercise his priestly functions in the diocese of Poitiers for five years and in the town of Loudun for ever.
Meanwhile, Henry had no sooner ascertained the approach of his royal bride, than he forthwith despatched to welcome her, the Constable, the Chancellor, and the Dues de Nemours, de Ventadour, and de Guise; and these princes were followed on the ensuing day by the Cardinals de Joyeuse, de Gondy, and de Sourdis; after which he intimated his pleasure to all the several princesses and great ladies of the Court who were then sojourning at Grenoble in order to be near the royal army, that they should immediately set forth to pay their respects to their new sovereign, and remain in attendance upon her person until her entry into Paris; a command which was so literally obeyed, that three days afterwards the city was utterly stripped of the aspect of gaiety and splendour which had rendered it for a time an epitome of the capital itself.
He died at Paris in February 1616, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. The Cardinal de Gondy was the first Archbishop of Paris, the metropolis having previously been only an episcopal see. François d'Escoubleau, better known under the name of Cardinal de Sourdis, was the son of François d'Escoubleau, Marquis d'Allière, and was of an ancient and noble house.
On the 16th of the month the Spanish Duke had his first audience of the young King, at which were assembled the Princes of the Blood, all the high nobility of France, and the Cardinals de Sourdis and de Gondy.
Mademoiselle de Sourdis was the daughter of François d'Escoubleau, Seigneur de Jouy, de Launay, Marquis de Sourdis, etc., and of Isabelle Babou, Dame d'Alluie, daughter of Jean Babou, Seigneur de la Bourdaisière, and aunt of Gabrielle d'Estrées. He was deprived of the government of Chartres by the League; but was restored by Henri III at the entreaty of Gabrielle.
Court festivities The Queen's ballet A gallant prelate A poetical almoner Insolence of the royal favourite Unhappiness of the Queen Weakness of Henry Intrigue of Madame de Villars The King quarrels with the favourite They are reconciled Madame de Villars is exiled, and the Prince de Joinville sent to join the army in Hungary Mortification of the Queen Her want of judgment New dissension in the royal ménage Sully endeavours to restore peace Mademoiselle de Sourdis The Court removes to Blois Royal rupture A bewildered minister Marie and her foster-sister Conspiracy of the Dues de Bouillon and de Biron Parallel between the two nobles The Comte d'Auvergne Ingratitude of Biron He is betrayed His arrogance He is summoned to the capital to justify himself He refuses to obey the royal summons Henry sends a messenger to command his presence at Court Precautionary measures of Sully The President Jeannin prevails over the obstinacy of Biron Double treachery of La Fin The King endeavours to induce Biron to confess his crime Arrest of the Duc de Biron and the Comte d'Auvergne The royal soirée A timely caution Biron is made prisoner by Vitry, and the Comte d'Auvergne by Praslin They are conveyed separately to the Bastille Exultation of the citizens Firmness of the King Violence of Biron Tardy repentance Trial of Biron A scene in the Bastille Condemnation of the Duke He is beheaded The subordinate conspirators are pardoned The Duc de Bouillon retires to Turenne Refuses to appear at Court Execution of the Baron de Fontenelles A salutary lesson The Comte d'Auvergne is restored to liberty Revolt of the Prince de Joinville He is treated with contempt by the King He is imprisoned by the Duc de Guise Removal of the Court to Fontainebleau Legitimation of the son of Madame de Verneuil Unhappiness of the Queen She is consoled by Sully Birth of the Princesse Elisabeth de France Disappointment of the Queen Soeur Ange.
Knowing Perrot to be one of the most notorious beggars about the court, with an insatiable maw of his own and an endless train of nephews and nieces, I was at first for being employed; but, reflecting that in the crisis in the King's affairs which I saw approaching and which must, if he pursued his expressed intention of marrying the Duchess, be fraught with infinite danger to the State and himself the least help might be of the greatest moment, I bade them admit him; privately determining to throw the odium of any refusal upon the overweening influence of Madame de Sourdis, the Duchess's aunt.
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