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The constable's easy occupation of Paris led the majority of the small places in the neighborhood, St. Denis, Chevreuse, Marcoussis, and Montlhery to decide either upon spontaneous surrender or allowing themselves to be taken after no great resistance.
Germain-en-Laye. So important did it, moreover, appear to the French ministers to ascertain the exact extent of the conspiracy, that the Provost was accompanied to Marcoussis by M. de Loménie, in order that a search might be instituted upon the premises; the result of which tended to prove, beyond all possibility of doubt, that the original engagement delivered by the father of the Marquise to the sovereign had, in fact, not been restored, but had been skilfully copied by some able pen; while the importance which was still attached to the real document by the family of Madame de Verneuil may be gathered from the fact that it was discovered by the Secretary of State in a glass bottle, carefully sealed and enclosed within a second, which was laid upon a heap of cotton and built up in a wall of one of the apartments.
About this time the King, wearied of the perpetual coldness of Madame de Verneuil, which not even his excessive clemency had sufficed to overcome, made a last attempt to compel her gratitude by forwarding letters under the great seal, authorizing the Comte d'Entragues to retire to his estate of Marcoussis, and re-establishing both himself and his son-in-law in all their wealth and honours, save the posts which they had held under the crown, and their respective governments.
He, however, followed up this demonstration by removing his daughter from Malesherbes to Marcoussis, although with what intention it is difficult to determine, as the King at once proceeded thither, and at once obtained an interview.
Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, subsequently known as the Marquise de Verneuil, was the elder daughter of the celebrated Marie Touchet, who, after having been the mistress of Charles IX, became the wife of François de Balzac, Seigneur d'Entragues, de Marcoussis and de Malesherbes, Governor of Orleans, who was, in 1573, elected a knight of St.
Trial of the conspirators Pusillanimity of the Comte d'Auvergne Arrogant attitude assumed by Madame de Verneuil She refuses to offer any defence Defence of the Comte d'Entragues The two nobles are condemned to death Madame de Verneuil is sentenced to imprisonment for life in a convent A mother's intercession The King commutes the sentence of death passed on the two nobles to exile from the Court and imprisonment for life Expostulations of the Privy Council Madame de Verneuil is permitted to retire to her estate Disappointment of the Queen Marriage of the Due de Rohan Singular ceremony A tilt at the Louvre Bassompierre is dangerously wounded His convalescence Death of Clement VIII Election of Leo XI His sudden death Election of Paul V The Comte d'Entragues is authorised to return to Marcoussis Madame de Verneuil is pardoned and recalled Marriage of the Prince de Conti Mademoiselle de Guise Marriage of the Prince of Orange The ex-Queen Marguerite She arrives in Paris Gratitude of the King Her reception Murder at the Hôtel de Sens Execution of the criminal Marguerite removes to the Faubourg St.
As a last effort he had then represented the deplorable state of his health, and entreated that he might be permitted to travel in order to regain his strength, leaving his wife and children at Marcoussis; a favour which also was not only refused, but the refusal rendered doubly bitter by a prohibition either to see or correspond with his daughter, whose safety was at that moment endangered by the menaces of the Queen.
On the 11th of December M. d'Entragues was conveyed in a close carriage to the prison of the Conciergerie at Paris, accompanied by his son M. de Marcoussis on horseback, but without a single attendant; and he was in confinement for a considerable time before he was allowed either fire or light; while on the same day, Madame de Verneuil was placed under the charge of M. d'Arques, the Lieutenant of Police, who was informed that he must answer with his life for her safe-keeping, and who accordingly garrisoned her residence with a strong body of his guards and archers.
The intercepted letters of the Comte d'Auvergne having also implicated his stepfather M. d'Entragues, and his sister Madame de Verneuil, both were subsequently arrested; the former by the Provost Defunctis in his castle of Marcoussis, and the latter at her residence in the Faubourg St. Germain; while her children were taken from her, and sent, under a proper escort, to the palace of St.
Trial of the conspirators Pusillanimity of the Comte d'Auvergne Arrogant attitude assumed by Madame de Verneuil She refuses to offer any defence Defence of the Comte d'Entragues The two nobles are condemned to death Madame de Verneuil is sentenced to imprisonment for life in a convent A mother's intercession The King commutes the sentence of death passed on the two nobles to exile from the Court and imprisonment for life Expostulations of the Privy Council Madame de Verneuil is permitted to retire to her estate Disappointment of the Queen Marriage of the Duc de Rohan Singular ceremony A tilt at the Louvre Bassompierre is dangerously wounded His convalescence Death of Clement VIII Election of Leo XI His sudden death Election of Paul V The Comte d'Entragues is authorized to return to Marcoussis Madame de Verneuil is pardoned and recalled Marriage of the Prince de Conti Mademoiselle de Guise Marriage of the Prince of Orange The ex-Queen Marguerite She arrives in Paris Gratitude of the King Her reception Murder at the Hôtel de Sens Execution of the criminal Marguerite removes to the Faubourg St.
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