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Authors: H Noel Williams
Henri II: His Court and Times (66 page)
- 302
and note
; his
dinner,
302
,
303
; his love of the
chase,
303
,
304
; his efforts to encourage horsebreeding,
304
,
305
;
attends the Queen's
"cercle,"
305
;
playing tennis,
308
; his evening,
308
; his
coucher
,
308
,
309
; outward
decorum of his Court,
309
,
310
;
his Court in reality more corrupt
than that of François I,
311
and
note
; receives a consecrated sword
from Paul IV,
313
; absolved by the
Pope from his oath to observe the
Truce of Vaucelles,
313
; neglects
to strengthen the Picardy frontier,
315
; provokes England into declaring war against him,
315
; and the English
herald,
315
note
; confident of having revenge for the disaster of
Saint-Quentin,
317
; and the expedition of Guise against Calais,
318
; convenes an assembly of
Notables,
320
; takes part in an
Oriental masquerade in the Rue
Saint-Antoine,
320
; his reasons for
hastening the marriage of the
Dauphin and Mary Stuart,
322
; at
the marriage ceremony,
323
,
324
;
attends the festivities at the Palais de Justice,
324
,
325
; chafing beneath the
arrogance of the Guises,
326
; eager for peace and the return of the captive
Constable,
326
,
327
; his letters to Montmorency,
327
; joins the French
army at La Fère,
328
; his interview with Montmorency at Beauvais,
329
; feverishly anxious for peace,
329
; concedes practically all the
Spanish demands,
330
; he and
Diane de Poitiers the principal
authors of the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis,
331
,
332
; hardly dealt
with both by his contemporaries
and historians in this matter,
332
;
retrospect of the measures adopted
by him for the suppression of
heresy,
334-6
; resumes his persecution of the Protestants after the
Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis,
336
,
337
; indignant at the leniency
shown by the
Parlement
,
337
;
attends the
mercuriale
of June 10, 1559,
337
,
338
; orders the arrest
of Anne du Bourg and Louis du
Faur,
339
; vows that he will see
Du Bourg burned,
339
; his preparations for the Treaty marriages,
340
; receives
Alva and his suite at Chantilly,
340
; takes part in the tournament of the Rue Saint-Antoine,
341
,
342
; mortally wounded in the
right eye by a splinter from the
lance of Gabriel de Montgomery,
captain of the Scottish Guard,
342
,
343
; his illness and death,
343-5
;
his obsequies,
345
,
346 - Henri III, King of France
- 145
note - Henri IV, King of France
- 137
,
181
,
231
,
310
,
348 - Henry VI, King of England
- 340
- Henry VIII, King of England
- and François I,
4
,
5
,
7
; and the Field
of the Cloth of Gold,
9
; his policy
in respect to François I and
Charles V,
9
; his secret treaty
with the Emperor,
11
; joins the league against France, 1523,
12
; his
secret treaty with Bourbon,
13-14
;
remains inactive,
17
; makes a
treaty of neutrality with Louise of
Savoy,
25
; his policy towards François and Charles,
29
note
,
33
;
protector of the Holy League,
42
,
43
; his matrimonial arrangements
for Mary Tudor,
46
and note
; and the Treaty of Westminster,
46
,
47
; subsidises Lautrec's army,
47
;
Charles V's debts to him,
56
note
,
58
; and the divorce,
63
,
87
; enters
into a fresh treaty with Charles V
against François I,
150
; his campaign of 1544 in France,
152-3
,
155
; distrust of Charles V,
153
; François I's offer to treat with,
155
;
and the Peace of Crépy,
159
; at
Therouenne,
107
; death,
170-1 - Herigozon, banker
- 349
- Hernandez de Velasco, Don Pedro
- delivery of the princes,
56-9 - Hesdin
- 107
,
134
,
158
,
281
,
284
,
285 - Hildegarde
- tomb of,
280 - Hinckmar, Archbishop of Rheims
- 211
note - Hocédy, Toussaint d'
- 273
- Holy Ampulla, relic of the
- 211
and note
,
213-14 - Holy League, the
- François I and,
5-6 - Holy League of Cognac
- 42-4
- Horse-breeding in France
- 304-5
- Howard, Thomas, third Duke of Norfolk
- 69
note - Hugo, Victor
- le Roi s' amuse,
117
note - Huguenots
- see
Protestants - Humières, Maréchal d'
- 103
,
104
,
173
,
240
,
241
,
297 - Humières, Mme. d'
- 296
- Hungary
- Turkish invasion,
43 - Huntingdon, Lord
- 244
- Huntly, Earl of
- 237
- Hyères
- 268
- Illescas, Castle of
- visit of Charles V and François I to Queen Eleanor at,
35 - Infantado, Duke of
- 27
- Innspruck
- flight of Charles V,
276 - Inquisition, the
- established in France,
334-9 - Isabella, Infanta of Portugal
- 35
- Isle-Adam, l'
- 179
- Ivoy, battle of
- 277
- James IV
- 260
- James V
- 69
and note
,
150 - Jarnac, Guy Chabot, Seigneur de
- his character,
195
; accused of having boasted of the favours of his
stepmother, Madeleine de Pontguyon,
196
; his fury and despair,
196
; intervention of La Châtaigneraie,
196
;
197
; forbidden by François I to fight a judicial duel,
197
; the duel sanctioned by Henri
II,
197-9
; his preparation for the
combat,
200
; his victory,
201-9 - Jay, Captain Achaux
- 261
- Jerningham, Sir Robert
- 47
note - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony
- 268
,
270 - Joinville
- 183
,
219
,
273
,
304 - Jove, Paul (
cited
) - 145
- Juana (mother of Charles V)
- 8
and note - Julius III
- and Ottavio Farnese,
267-8
;
end of the War of Parma,
278-9
;
death,
290
note
- La Bicocca
- Lautrec at,
11 - La Chassaigne
- see
Chassaigne - La Châtaigneraie, François de Vivonne, Seigneur de
- 191
; career of,
193-5
;
intervenes in the scandal concerning Jarnac and his stepmother, Madeleine de Pontguyon,
196
; refused
permission to fight a judicial duel
with Jarnac by François I,
197
;
renews his request on the accession
of Henri II,
198
; his arrogance,
200
; his duel with Jarnac at Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
201-9
; his death,
209 - La Chaussée
- pourparlers
at,
155 - La Fère
- 316
,
328 - La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
- 156
- La Marck, Françoise de
- 346
- La Marck, Gabrielle de
- 327
- La Marck, Guillaume de, Duke of Clèves
- 135
note
,
137
,
138
; and
Montmorency,
130
; invades Brabant,
142
; his victory at Sittard,
148
; his submission to Charles V,
149-50 - La Marck, Robert III, (Duc de Bouillon)
- 10
- La Marck, Robert IV de (Seigneur de
Sedan and afterwards Duc de Bouillon) - 173
,
185
,
202
,
213
,
274
,
277 - La Muette
- 171
- La Palice, Connétable, de (Jacques de Chabannes)
- 19
and note
,
22 - La Place
- on the Inquisition,
338 - La Roche-Guyon, Château of
- 169
- La Trémoille, Duc de
- 19
,
22
,
23
,
131
,
211 - Laboureur, Le
- on the Dauphin Henri,
124 - Lalanne, Ludovic
- on Diane de Poitiers,
117
note
; on the supposed love-letters of Diane de Poitiers to
François I,
119
,
120 - Laménardyère
- 255
- Landrecies, siege of
- 148-50
- Landriano, battle of
- 50
- Landgrave of Hesse, Philip
- imprisonment of,
270 - Landsknechts
, the - 6
,
103
,
109
,
149
,
275 - Langon
- 226
- Languedoc
- 143
,
172 - Lannoy, Charles, Marquis de [viceroy
of Naples] - 14
note
,
19
; at Pavia,
21
; removes François to Spain,
26
and note
,
28
,
36
; and the exchange
of hostages,
38
,
39
; interview with
Charles V,
40-2
; his treaty with
Clement VII,
44
; death,
49
note - Lanspessades
- 272
- Laon, Bishop of
- 212
note - Lautrec, Vicomte de (Odet de Foix)
- 1
note
,
11
note
,
25
; evacuates
Italy,
11
; demanded as hostage,
32
note
; and the liberation of
François I,
38
; enters Lombardy
with an army subsidised by England,
47
; besieges Naples,
49
; his death,
49 - Lautrec, Vicomte de (Phébus de Foix)
- 1
note - Lavergne
- execution of,
226 - Lay peerages in France
- 183
note - "Le Coup de Jarnac"
- 205
and note - Le Maistre, President
- 267
,
337 - Lemonnier, M.
- on the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis,
333 - Lenglet-Dufresnoy, Abbé
- on the supposed relations between Diane de Poitiers and the poet,
Clément Marot,
121
,
122 - Lenoir, Alexandre
- 349
- Lenoncourt, Cardinal de
- 213
note
,
273 - Leo X, Pope
- 3
,
64
note
,
65
;
and the Concordat of 1516,
6
; and Charles
V,
10
; death,
11 - Lescun, Thomas, Seigneur de
- 1
note - Lescure (
cited
) - 117
- Lesparre, André, Seigneur de
- 1
note - Lestonnac
- 227
- Leyva, Antonio de
- defence of Pavia,
18
,
19
,
22
,
23
; opposes Lautrec,
47
;
defeats Saint-Pol,
50
; enters the Milanese,
95
; his advice to Charles V
disregarded,
97
; accused of complicity in the poisoning of the
Dauphin François,
100-1
; death of,
101
,
105 - Ligne, Jean de, Comte d'Arenberg
- 193
note - Liguria
- rising in,
105 - Limeuil, Isabelle de
- 307
- Limoges, Vicomtes of
- 93
- Limosin, Léonard
- 250
- Limosin, Pierre
- 250
- Limours
- 171
,
174 - Lincoln, Edmund de la Pole, Earl of
- 21
note - Lincoln, John, Earl of
- 21
note - Lisieux, Bishop of
- 60
- Livingston, Lord
- 240
- Lizet, Attorney-General
- decision in the Bourbon inheritance case,
13
; disgrace,
173
note
,
264 - Loaysa, Cardinal de
- despatch,
71
and note - Loches, Château of
- 6
note
,
115
,
132 - Lodi
- 18
,
19 - Longueval
- see
Bossut-Longueval - Longueville, Duc de
- 213
,
216 - Lorraine
- occupation of,
274-5
,
277 - Lorraine, Antoine, Duke of
- 69 note
- Lorraine, Cardinal Charles de
- 129
,
173
,
182
,
183
,
187
,
210
,
218
,
219
,
264
,
302
note
,
306
,
350
; makes secret treaty
with Paul IV,
312
; pushes on the
marriage of the Dauphin and Marie
Stuart,
321
; denounces Andelot's
heresy,
326
; Grand Inquisitor,
334
,
335
,
337
; urges Henri II "to prove
to the King of Spain his firmness in
the faith,"
337
; at the
mercuriale
of
June 10, 1559,
337
,
338
; at the
deathbed of Henri II,
343
; pronounces the King's funeral oration,
346 - Lorraine, Cardinal Jean de
- 60
,
83
,
128
,
133-4
,
137
,
164
,
264 - Lorraine, Christina, Duchess of
- 273-4
,
329 - Lorraine, François de
- death at Pavia,
21
,
22 - Lorraine, Charles de
- 348
- Los Lujanes, tower of
- 27
- Louis
le Débonnaire - tomb,
280 - Louis XI, King of France
- 30
,
114 - Louis XII, King of France
- 1
,
3
,
5
,
6
note
,
8
,
11
note
,
12
,
71 - Louis XIV, King of France
- 295
- Louis XV, King of France
- 348
- Louis d'Ars
- death at Pavia,
22 - Louise of Savoy, Duchesse d'Angoulême
(mother of François I) - 2
,
3
,
91
; her
influence over François I,
7
,
8
; and
the Connétable de Bourbon,
13
;
Regent,
18
,
271
; François's letter
to, after Pavia,
24-5
; her energetic
measures,
25-6
; and the Treaty of
Madrid,
36
; arranges the exchange
of the Dauphin and the Duc d'Orléans for François,
37-9
; Treaty of
Cambrai,
50
; her indignation on
learning of the treatment of the
young princes in Spain,
55
; comes
to meet the princes and Queen
Eleanor,
59
; illness and death,
72
and note
; her claim to her
father's dominions,
95
,
96 - Louvre, the
- 302
note
,
322
,
325
,
342
; the
Medici casket,
79
; the
Diane chasseresse
,
252
,
349 - Lucca
- 63
- Ludovico
il Moro - 6
note - Lutherans
- see
German Protestants - Luxembourg, Duchy of
- French invasions,
141-2
,
149-50
,
276 - Luxembourg, Marie de, Duchesse de
Mercœur - 348
- Luzascho, Marco Polo
- letter of,
cited
,
21
note - Lyons
- 6
,
14
,
16
,
25
,
97
,
109
;
state entry of Henri II, 1548,
229-3
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