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Bassompierre, Mém. p. 126. Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 653. Richelieu, Hist, de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. p. 200. Déageant, Mém. pp. 65, 66. The dower of the widowed Queens of France was twelve hundred thousand annual livres. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 140, 141. Le Vassor, vol. i. pp. 655, 656. Sismondi, vol. xxii. p. 403.
L'Etoile, vol. iv. pp. 164-169. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 9, 10. Antoine Arnaud was the elder son of Antoine Arnaud, captain of the light horse, and subsequently attorney and advocate-general of Catherine de Medicis. The younger Arnaud embraced the legal profession, and became an advocate of the Parliament of Paris, where he distinguished himself by his probity and eloquence.
He was a Prince of liberal and peaceful sentiments, and greatly endeared himself to his subjects. He married Marie Madeleine, Archduchess of Austria, sister of the Queen of Spain and the Duchess of Savoy; and died in 1621, leaving his duchy to his elder son, Ferdinand II. Siri, Mém. Rec. vol. ii. pp. 647-654. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 39, 40. Le Vassor, vol. i. p. 160. D'Estrées, Mém. p. 398.
Mézeray, vol. x. p. 124. Sully resolves to hasten the King's marriage Ambassadors are sent to Florence to demand the hand of Marie de Medicis The marriage articles are signed Indignation of Madame de Verneuil Revenge of her brother, the Comte d'Auvergne The Duke of Savoy visits Paris His reception His profusion His mission fails Court poets Marie de Medicis is married to the French King by procuration at Florence Hostile demonstrations of the Duke of Savoy Infatuation of the King for the favourite Her pretensions A well-timed tempest Diplomacy of Madame de Verneuil Her reception at Lyons War in Savoy Marie de Medicis lands at Marseilles Madame de Verneuil returns to Paris The Due de Bellegarde is proxy for the King at Florence He escorts the new Queen to France Portrait of Marie de Medicis Her state-galley Her voyage Her reception Henry reaches Lyons The royal interview Public rejoicings The royal marriage Henry returns to Paris The Queen's jealousy is awakened Profligate habits of the King Marie's Italian attendants embitter her mind against her husband Marie reaches Paris She holds a court Presentation of Madame de Verneuil to the Queen Indignation of Marie Disgrace of the Duchesse de Nemours Self-possession of Madame de Verneuil Marie takes possession of the Louvre She adopts the French costume Splendour of the Court Festival given by Sully A practical joke Court festivities Excessive gambling Royal play debts The Queen's favourite A petticoat intrigue Leonora Galigaï appointed Mistress of the Robes Reconciliation between the Queen and Madame de Verneuil The King gives the Marquise a suite of apartments in the Louvre Her rivalry of the Queen Indignation of Marie Domestic dissensions The Queen and the favourite are again at war Madame de Verneuil effects the marriage of Concini and Leonora Gratitude of the Queen Birth of the Dauphin Joy of the King Public rejoicings Birth of Anne of Austria Superstitions of the period Belief in astrology A royal anecdote Horoscope of the Dauphin The sovereign and the surgeon Birth of Gaston Henri, son of Madame de Verneuil Public entry of the Dauphin into Paris Exultation of Marie de Medicis.
Instruction de M. de Schomberg, Comte de Monteuil, conseillier du Roi en son conseil d'état, lieutenant-général de sa Majesté ès pays de Limosin, haute et basse Marche, pour son voyage d'Allemagne, 1617. Pièces Justificatives; signed by Richelieu. Lorenzo Balthazar de Figueroa y Cordova, Duque de Feria, who in 1618 was appointed Governor of the Milanese. Mézeray, vol. xi. p. 17.
For them, too, history was a literary art with apologetic aims or didactic pretensions. In Italy it was too often a means of gaining the favour of princes, or a theme for declamations. This state of affairs lasted a long time. Even in the seventeenth century we find, in Mézeray, an historian of the ancient classical pattern.
Mézeray asserts that it was in order to compel the affections of Mademoiselle de Montmorency through her gratitude, that Henry resolved to unite her to the first Prince of the Blood, and thus elevate her to the highest rank at Court save that of the Queen.
His principal productions are A History of the Government of Venice; Historical, Political, Critical, and Literary Memoirs; and translations of the History of the Council of Trent, by Fra Paolo; of the Prince by Machiavelli; and of the Annals of Tacitus. He died in 1706. Mézeray, vol. x. pp. 261, 262. Sully, Mém. vol. iv. p. 125. Pierre Fougeuse, Sieur d'Escures. Daniel, vol. vii. pp. 453, 454.
Principal female Characters, in Comedy. Mesdemoiselles CONTAT, and MEZERAY. Madame TALMA. Mademoiselle CONTAT. This actress has really brought about a revolution in the theatre. Before her time, the essential requisites for the parts which she performs, were sensibility, decorum, nobleness, and dignity, even in diction, as well as in gestures, and deportment.
He was the author of several controversial and religious works, and died in 1626. Sully, Mém. vol. viii. pp. 36, 37. Sully, Mém. vol. viii. p. 37. Mézeray, vol. xi. p. 10. Sully, Mém. vol. viii. p. 81 note. Henri II, Duc de Longueville, was still a mere youth, having been born in 1595.
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