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A few non-royal princes, such as Armagnac, or Saint-Pol, or Brittany, remain and will go down with the others; the "new men" of the day, the bastard Dunois or the Constables Du Guesclin and Clisson, grow to greater prominence; it is clear that the old feudalism is giving place to a newer order, in which the aristocracy, from the King's brothers downwards, will group themselves around the throne, and begin the process which reaches its unhappy perfection under Louis XIV.
You are not in the market, you are spoilt goods. You shall go where you should be. I am still lord of these lands; there shall be no rebellion here. Keep the house, I say. I return ere many days. He stamped out of the hall; they heard him next rating the grooms at the gate. Saint-Pol was a great house, a noble house, no doubt of it.
As he came cantering down the long lists no man could fail to mark the size and splendid ease he had; but some said, 'He is younger by five years than Saint-Pol, and not so stout a man. He had a red plume above his leopard crest, a white surcoat over his hauberk, with three red leopards upon it. His shield was of the same blazon, so also the housings of his horse.
Which was done, and afterwards to most of the company then present to King Philip, to the Duke of Burgundy, to Henry Count of Champagne, Bertram Count of Roussillon, and Raymond Count of Toulouse; to many bishops; also to James d'Avesnes, William des Barres, and to Eustace Count of Saint-Pol, the brother of Countess Jehane. But Count John took no Cross, nor did Geoffrey the bastard of Anjou.
We think not of it. But she still stood looking at him, with a wry smile on that face of hers, pinched with grief and old before its time. Saint-Pol stamped his foot. 'Whom shall we trust in Anjou? he said to Des Barres. Des Barres shrugged. The Duke of Burgundy grumbled something about 'd d women, and King Philip ordered his sister to bed.
Reeking he stood, and stood covered, in the presence of so much majesty. 'Speak, sir, said King Philip; and 'Uncover before France, you dog, said young Saint-Pol. The herald kept his cap where it was. 'I speak from England to the English. This is the command of my master, Richard King of the English, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou.
Jehane, now behind Richard's head, lifted him up in her arms. 'Knock off those fetters, says the King. Saint-Pol was free. 'Eustace, says Richard, 'you and I have bandied hard words enough, and blows enough. My chains will be off before sunrise, and yours are off already. Answer me, is Gurdun dead? Saint-Pol dropped to his knees. 'Oh, my lord, he died where he fell.
All the speeches in the councils of the world could not excuse the deaths of my second cousin the Count of Saint-Pol and of my first cousin the Marquess of Montferrat. 'That is true, replied Richard, 'but neither could they restore them to life. 'Sire, sire! cried the Archduke, 'upon my soul I believe you guilty of the Marquess's death.
When the Messenians came out of their gates to attack him in open field, it was found and reported by Gaston of Béarn, who drove them in with loss, that William des Barres and the Count of Saint-Pol had been with them, each heading a company of knights. Richard flew into a royal, and an Angevin, rage. He swore by God's back that he would bring the walls flat; and so he did.
Henri, Duc de Luxembourg-Piney, was a descendant of the celebrated Comte de Saint-Pol, and the last male representative of his family. He died in 1616, leaving one daughter, Marguerite Catherine de Luxembourg, who married the Comte Charles Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre, and became the mother of Madeleine, wife of François de Montmorency, commonly known in history as the Maréchal de Luxembourg.
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