Henri II: His Court and Times (62 page)

(18)
Brantôme. And the courtly chronicler observes: "Such were the remarkable titles and fine qualities which were attributed to this great king, which
assuredly he deserved, as no one can gainsay."

(19)
"The King (François II) has sent to inform Madame de Valentinois that,
because of her evil influence (
mali officii
) with the King, his father, she merited
a severe punishment; but that, in his royal clemency, he did not wish to disquiet
her further. Nevertheless, she must restore all the jewels which the King, his
father, had given her." Despatch of Giovanni Michieli, July 12, 1559,
in Armand Baschet,
la Diplomatie vénitienne
. It will be remembered that these jewels had
been given by François I to Madame d'Étampes, and that, on François's death,
Henri II had, presumably at Diane's demand, compelled that lady to surrender
them, on the ground that they were the property of the Crown. Now, the
despoiler of Madame d'Étampes found herself treated in like manner.

According to Brantôme, Diane received orders to retire from Court and to
restore the jewels even before the breath had left Henri II's body. "What! Is
the King dead?" inquired the duchess of the gentleman who brought them.
"No, Madame," was the answer; "but he can only linger a little longer."  "So
long as an inch of life remains to him," rejoined the lady haughtily, "I desire
my enemies to know that I fear them not, and that, so long as he is alive, I shall
not obey them. But, when he is dead, I do not wish to survive him, and-all the bitternesses which they may be able to inflict upon me will be only sweets in
comparison with my loss. And so, whether my King be alive or dead, I do not
fear my enemies."

(20)
Catherine was at this time again Regent, Charles IX having just died, while
Henri III had not yet returned from Poland.

(21)
Journal de l'Estoile
. One of the clauses in the
"Paix de Monsieur"
(February
1576) declared the execution of Montgomery to have been a miscarriage of
justice.

Adrian, Pope, VI

16
note
,
65

"Adventurers," the

103
,
109

Aigues-Mortes

interview of,
112
,
130

Alarcon

36
, and the exchange of hostages,
38-9

Albany, Duke of [Stuart, John]

account of,
19
and
note
; demanded as hostage,
32
note
;
in Rome,
69
; envoy from Clement to François I,
71-2
;
arrangements for the marriage of Catherine de' Medici,
81
,
82
; at
Marseilles,
86

Albret, Jeanne d'

134
,
323
; married Guillaume de la Marck, Duke of
Clèves,
135
note
,
137-8
; at baptism of François II,
147
;
marries the Duc de Vendôme,
150
,
181
,
231

Albret, Henri d', King of Navarre

9-10
,
22
and
note
,
60
,
86
; appointed
Lieutenant-General for South of
France,
109
; honours for,
173
; at
Coronation of Henri II,
212
,
214
;
Governor of Guienne,
224
; sent to
Upper Navarre,
231

Albret, Isabeau d'

310
note

Alcala

27

Alcazar, the, Madrid

François I a
prisoner in,
27-35
,
91

Alcibiades, Albert, Margrave of Culmbach

270
,
278-9
,
281

Aldobrandini, Silvestro

68
and note

Alençon, Duchesse d'

see
Navarre, Marguerite, Queen of

Alençon, Duc d', brother-in-law of François I

10
,
22
and
note
,
29

Alençon, François, Duc d', afterwards Duc d'Anjou

145
note
,
294
,
296

Alessandria, fall of

47

Alessandro de' Medici

65-6
,
73

Algiers, Charles V's expedition against

139

Almain camp [Fort Slack]

taken by Montmorency,
243

Alsace, invasion of

275-6

Alva, Duke of

accompanies Charles V
to France,
131
; at Perpignan,
144
; and Albert Alcibiades,
281-3
; invades the Campagna,
313
; relief of
Civitella,
314
; represents Philip II
at his marriage,
340-1
,
343

Alvaro de Lurgo, Don

the princes'
ransom deposited with,
56-9

Ambleteuse

English works at,
242-3

Amboise

3
,
4
,
37
,
61
,
87
,
89
,
132

Amiens

the army assembled at,
285

Ampudia, fortress of

51

Amyot, Jacques

295

Andaye

36
,
48
,
57
,
58

Andelot, Seigneur d'

see
Coligny, François de

Anet, Château of

73
,
123
,
178
,
347
;
description,
249-53
; Henri II at,
252-3
; later history of,
348-9

Angoulême, Charles d'Orléans, Comte d'

2
note

Angoulême, Charles, Duc d'

see
Orléans, Charles, Duc d'

Angoulême, Duc d', afterwards Henri III

294
,
295-6

Angoulême, Henri d'

294

Angoulême, Louise of Savoy, Duchesse d'

see
Louise of Savoy

Angoulême, Marguerite d'

see
Navarre, Marguerite, Queen of

Angoulême, the Bastard d'

263

Angoumois

226
,
229

Anjou, House of

312

Annates

6
and note

Anne de Bretagne

1
,
2
,
3

Annebaut

surrenders to the Imperialists,
108
; shares power with Montmorency,
137
; lieutenant-general
under Henri at Roussillon,
142
;
his plans known to the Imperialists,
142-3
; again lieutenant to the
Dauphin,
155
; mission to Ghent,
166
; François I and,
171
,
172
;
deprived of rank,
173
; associated
with Catherine de' Medici in the
Regency in 1552,
272

Apchon

235

Aquitaine

salt of
223

Aragon

8
,
143
,
291

Aramon

284

Aranson, M. d'

255

Ardres

9
,
242

Ardrossan, the Lairds of

339
note

Arenberg, Comtesse d' [Marguerite de la Marche]

193
note

Arles

8
note
,
102

Arlon

142

Armagnac, Sénéchal d'

23

Arraiz, Dragut

290

Arran, Earl of

339

Artois

32
,
286
; invasion by François I,
107
; suzerainty of,
158

Asti

1
,
32
,
43

Aubertin

cited
,
220
note

Aubespine, Claude l'

178
note
,
292
;
on Saint-André,
quoted
,
164
note

Augsburg, Interim of

268-9
; annulled,
278

Aumale, Claude de Lorraine, duc d'

129
note
,
183
,
281
,
283
note

Aumale, Duchesse d' [Louise de Brézé]

177
,
183
,
346
,
347
,
348

Aumale, Duchy of

183

"Austrasian expedition," the

266-77

Avigliana, fortress of

110-11

Avignon

102
; François I at,
17
; Montmorency's camp entrenched at,
102-5
; Henri's force at,
142

Avignon, Legate of

83

Avila, Bishop of

27

Aydie, Jeanne d'

1
note

Aydie, Odet d' [Comte de Comminges]

1
note

Bapaume

285
,
286

Barbarossa (Khair-Ed-Din)

52
note
,
86
; expedition of Charles V against,
94-5
; on the coast of Provence,
151
and notes

Barbary States

horses from,
305

Barbezieux

224

Barcelona

17
,
26
,
52
,
106

Barlemont

148

Bar-sur-Seine

26
,
32

Bassadonna

despatches of,
119

Bastia

290

Bastille, the

12
,
121
,
172
,
335
,
339
,
345

Bayard, Chevalier de (Pierre du Terrail)

22
; death of,
15

Bayard, Gilbert

33
,
173
,
175

Bayonne

38
,
39
,
56
,
57
,
224
; François I
at,
40
; arrival of the princes and
Queen Eleanor at,
60

Béarn

134

Beaton, Cardinal

237

Beatrix of Portugal

and the Duke of Savoy,
81-2
,
95

Beaucaire

cited
,
154
,
155
,
156

Beaujeu, Anne de

80

Beaune

mimic combat in honour of Henri II at,
220-21

Beaupréau, Marquis de

293

Beauvais

Henri meets Montmorency at,
329

Beauvais, Bishop of

see
Châtillon

Bed of Justice of 1552

271

Bedford, John, Duke of, Regent of
France

340

Bellay, Cardinal du

174
note

Bellay, Eustache du, Bishop of Paris

322-4

Bellay, François du, Comte de Tonnerre

81

Bellay, Guillaume du

10
,
139
and note
,
145
; (
cited
),
10
,
20
,
21
note
,
100
,
101
,
105

Bellay, Joachim du

249
,
307

Bellay, Martin du

145
,
150
; (
cited
),
106
,
141
,
169
,
170
,
171
note

Belleforest

(
cited
),
117

Bellièvre, Pompone de

260

Benefices

right of collation to, abandoned by Henri II,
233

Benisano, Castle of

26
,
27

Benne, estate of

187

Bentivoglio, Conte Cornelio

169

Barardier, Sieur Denys

account of the mimic combat at Beaune,
220-1

Berry

183
note

Bertrandi, President Jean

173
and note
,
337
; associated with Catherine in
the Regency,
271-2

Berwick

238

Bèze, Théodore de

(
cited
), on Henri II and the martyr,
233
,
234
; on the
death of Henri II,
345

Béziers, Bishop of

and the Jarnac affair,
198

Bibliothèque Nationale

letters of Henri II in,
253-4

Bidassoa, the exchange of hostages at

36
,
38
,
48
; the ransom for the
princes paid at,
57-9
; crossing of
Charles V,
131

Billon, François de

(
cited
),
119

Binche, siege of

148-9

Binet, Père

3

Blackness (Blaconet)

243

Blansac, revolt at

224

Blois

4
and note
,
89
,
132

Blount, Elizabeth

69
note

Bochetel

173

Bodin

his mission to the captive princes at Pedraza,
51-5

Boghall, Castle of

263

Boisy, Grand Equerry

in the Jarnac duel,
201-8

Bologna

the Concordat of 1576,
6
,
7
; meeting between Clement VII and
Charles V at,
74-6
,
81
note
; Council
of,
267

Bomy, truce of

108-9
,
111

Bona da Romagnano

22
note

Bonifacio

290

Bonner, Edmund (afterwards Bishop of London)

on Clement VIIs journey
to Bologna,
74
note
,
75

Bonnivet, Seigneur de (Guillaume Goumer)

1
note
; career of,
9
note
;
in Navarre,
9-10
; his retreat from
Italy,
14
,
15
; his advice at Pavia,
19
; death,
22

Bordeaux

revolt against the
gabelle
224-6
;
punishment of by Montmorency,
226-8
; its liberties restored,
229

Borgia, Cæsar

249
note

Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, Bishop of Meaux

295

Bossut-Longueval, Comte de

and Mme. d'Étampes,
154
; accused of treasonable correspondence with Charles V,
155-6
; arrested,
175
; prosecution of abandoned,
187

Bouchot, M. Henri

(
cited
),
78
,
80
,
124

Bouillon

10
,
277

Bouillon, Duchesse de (Françoise de Brézé)

346
,
347

Bouillon, Godefroi de

64
note

Boulogne

108
,
155
; siege,
153
,
159
;
failure of the camisado of,
160
,
161
and note
,
162
; again besieged,
165
,
166
; the treaty of 1546,
236
; invested
by Henri II and Montmorency,
243
,
244
;
entry of Henri II into,
245

Boulogne, Treaty of

244-5

Boulonnais

Henri II 's invasion of the,
242-3

Bourbon, Antoine de

see
Vendôme, Duc de

Bourbon, Cardinal Louis de

83
,
147
,
174
note
,
181
,
302
note
,
323-4
; Grand Inquisitor,
335

Bourbon, Connétable de

and Madame de
Chateaubriand,
1
note
; occupation
of the Milanese,
7
; treason of,
12-14
,
93
,
115
; flight,
14
; and Bayard,
15
; invasion of Provence,
16
; his
force of landsknechts,
18
,
19
;
battle of Pavia,
21
; and the
Treaty of Madrid,
32
; leads the
Imperialists against Rome,
45
;
death,
46

Bourbon, Louis de

see
Condé, Prince de

Bourbon, Madame de

death,
13

Bourbon, Marguerite de

2
note

Bourbon, Pierre II de

12
note

Bourbon, Suzanne de

her inheritance
12
; death,
13

Bourg, Antoine du

338
,
339
,
345

Bourges

6
note

Bourgeuil, Abbey of

94

Bourgogne, Duc de

see
Albret, Henri d'

Bouvines

taking of,
288

Boys (lawyer of Périgueux)

235

Brabant

invasion of,
142

Brandenburg

revolt of,
268

Brantôme (
cited
)

on François I and the Treaty of Madrid,
41
; on the sack
of Rome,
45
note
,
46
; on Mary Stuart,
78
; on Madame d'Étampes,
91
; on the Dauphin François,
98
;
on Anne de Montmorency,
103
,
104
;
on Diane de,
116
,
258
note
,
299
;
on La Châtaigneraie,
194
,
195
; on the
duel of La Châtaigneraie and Jarnac,
208
; on Montmorency's severities at
Bordeaux,
229
; on Catherine de'
Medici,
304
; on Henri II,
309
,
346
and note
; on Guise's expedition
against Calais,
318

Brenner, the

276

Brézé, Artus de

French Ambassador to Scotland,
239
,
260

Brézé, Jacques de

114

Brézé, Jean de

and Saint-Vallier,
115
,
117
note
,
120

Brézé, Louis de

demanded as hostage,
32
note
; marries Diane de Poitiers,
114
; the Saint-Vallier affair,
117
;
his wife's respect for his memory,
122-3
; discovery of the Bourbon
conspiracy,
248
note

Brézé, Louise de

see
Aumale, Duchesse d'

Briançon

109

Briandas the Jester

betrayal of the Dauphin by,
164
,
165

Brion, Chabot de

22-3
,
60
; arrangements for the exchange of
François I,
33-8
; advances on Savoy,
96
; ally of Madame
d'Étampes,
128
; his disgrace,
135
,
136
; sent to Perpignan,
147
;
rehabilitated,
144
; death,
144
note

Brissac, M. de [Charles de Cossé]

202
,
344
; his gallant action before
Perpignan,
144
; the Dauphin
Henri and,
164
; success in Piedmont,
268
,
284
,
289
,
307
; joins
Guise,
314

Brittany

1
; benefices, right of collation
to, abandoned,
233

Brosse, Jean de

see
Étampes, Duc d'

Brosse, René de

93

Bruges

secret agreement between Wolsey and Charles V concluded
at,
10-11

Brusquet, the

Dauphin Henri and,
104

Brussels

Royal Archives at,
175
note
; French advance on,
288

Bugey

330
,
333

Bullenberg

see
Mont-Lambert

Buren, Comte de

107

Burgundy

Charles demands surrender of,
26
,
27
,
30
; decision of
François I regarding,
31
; cession opposed,
40-1
;
stipulation in the Treaty of Cambrai,
50
; Charles V's proposals
regarding,
134
; Charles V waives his right to,
158

"Burgundy," herald-at-arms

his mission to François I,
48
,
49

Burtenbach, Sebastian von

270