- Madrid, Treaty of
- terms,
32-3
; François I refuses to execute,
40-2
- Magdeburg, revolt of
- 269-70
- Mailly, Madeleine de
- 178
and note
- Mailly, Mlle, de
- 184
- Maine, Duc du
- 348
- Maine, Duchesse du
- 348
- Malherbe
- 122
- Manoel the Great, King of Portugal
- 14
note
,
35
- Mantes
- 299
- Mantua
- 47
,
63
- Mantua, Duke of
- 100
,
101
,
330
- Manzanares, the
- 28
- Maraviglia, execution of
- 94
- Marcellus II, Pope
- 290
note
- Marchaumont
- 178
- Marck
- see
La Marck
- Marcq
- 290
- Mardyck
- 327
- Margaret of Austria
- 11
,
50
,
55
and note
,
217
- Marguerite, de France (afterwards Duchesse of Savoy)
- 88
,
147
,
175
,
201-2
,
207
,
330
,
339
,
341
- Marguerite, de France (sister of François I)
- see
Navarre, Marguerite, Queen of
- Marguerite de France ("Queen Margot")
- 145
note
;
293
,
296
,
297
- Maria, Infanta of Spain
- 158
- Maria of Portugal
- 149
- Marie, widow of James V of Scotland
- 181
- Maries, the four
- 240
- Marignano, battle of
- 6
,
11
note
,
12
- Mariano
- Piero Strozzi's defeat at,
289
,
290
- Marienbourg
- renamed Henrienbourg,
288
- Marini, Camillo
- 279
- Marini (Venetian Ambassador in France)
- 119
- Marolles
- 148
- Marot, Clément
- and Madame d'Étampes,
91
,
93
note
,
127
note
, and Diane
de Poitiers,
121
,
122
,
124
- Marseilles
- 102
; siege of,
16
,
17
; marriage of Henri and
Catherine de' Medici at,
82-7
- Martigues
- 211
- Martin, Henri
- 52
note
; on the illness
of François I,
130
note
; on the first
marriage of Jeanne d'Albret,
135
note
; on the Peace of Crépy,
158
;
on the destruction of Thérouenne,
285
; on the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis,
332
- Mary of Austria
- 108-9
,
276
- Mary Stuart
- her jewels,
78
; proposed
English marriage,
237
; arrival in
France,
239-41
; Henri II's opinion
of,
241
; in France,
261
,
304
,
306
;
education,
296
,
297
; amorous relations between her governess Lady
Fleming and Henri II,
260-3
; her
marriage to the Dauphin,
322-5
;
secret treaty signed by her at
Fontainebleau,
325-6
- Mary Tudor
- various betrothals of,
46
note
; promised to France,
46
,
47
;
marriage with Philip of Spain,
286-7
; refuses to make a new treaty
with France,
287
; her defiance sent
to Henri,
215
and note
; failure to
succour Calais,
319-20
; death,
329
- Mathurins, Church of the
- 147
- Matignon, Maréchal de
- 351
- Maubeuge
- 148
- Maumont, family of
- 98
- Maurice of Saxony
- enters into an
alliance with Henri II,
270
,
271
;
marches against Charles V,
276
- Maximilian, the Emperor
- 5
,
7
,
8
- Maximilian, son of Ferdinand, King of the Romans
- 269
- Mayenne, Claude de Lorraine, Marquis de (afterwards Duc d'Aumale)
- see
Aumale
- Meaux
- 156
,
326
- Medici, Alessandro de'
- 79
; his unpleasant character,
65
; reported to
be the natural son of Clement VIII,
65
note
; sent to Florence,
66
;
governor of Florence,
73
; raises
a forced loan from the citizens to
furnish Catherine's dowry,
79
;
causes his kinsman Ippolito to be
poisoned,
86
- Medici, Giovanni de'
- 80
- Medici, Giuliano de'
- 65
- Medici, Cardinal Ippolito de'
- 65
,
73
,
74
,
80
,
84
and note
,
86
- Medici, Lorenzo de', Duke of Urbino,
- 64
and note
- Medici, Lorenzo de' (
il Magnifico
)
- 64
note
,
74
note
- Medici, Lucrezia de'
- 74
note
- Medici, Nannina
- 81
- Medici, Piero de'
- 64
note
- Melfi, Prince of
- 221-22
,
268
- Meray, Mile, de
- 310
- Mérindol, Vaudois of
- massacre of,
232
,
233
- Metz
- 271
,
273
,
332
,
333
; taken by Montmorency,
273-4
;
siege of,
279-
83
; retreat of the Imperialists,
283
- Mézeray
- on Mme. d'Étampes,
117
note
,
188
- Mézières, siege of
- 10
- Michelet
- 117
; on Diane de Poitiers,
120
; on Cateau-Cambrésis,
332
- Michieli, Giovanni
- despatches of,
297
,
346
note
- Mignet (
cited
)
- 26
note
- Milan, surrender of
- 6-7
; occupied by the Papal forces,
11
; holds out for
Sforza,
43
- Milan, Duke of
- see
Sforza, Francesco
- Milanese, the
- invaded by François I,
17
et seq
.; resigned by François I,
32
;
invaded by Lautrec,
47
; restored to
Sforza by Charles V,
63
; occupied
by Imperialists on the death of
Francesco Sforza,
95
; dangled before the eyes of François I,
133
,
134
; bestowed upon Philip of Spain,
135
; in the Treaty of Crépy,
158
; François I
resumes his claims to,
166
- Minims, Convent of the
- 3
,
15
- Mirabello, park of
- 20
- Moncada, Ugo de, Prior of Messina,
- death of,
49
and note
- Moncalieri
- 111
- Monçon, armistice of
- 111
- Moneins, Sieur de
- murder of, at Bordeaux,
224
,
225
; his body exhumed
and transferred to the Cathedral of
Saint-André,
227
- Montaigne
- 227
- Montalcino
- 330
- Mont-de-Marsan
- François I at,
40
;
60
,
91
- Montecuculi, Count Sebastiano di
- accused of having poisoned the Dauphin François,
100
;
condemned and executed,
100
,
101
- Montepulciano
- 82
- Montgomery, Gabriel de (Seigneur de Lorges)
- 339
,
342
and notes
,
345
,
350
,
351
- Montgomery, Jacques, Comte de
- 339
note
- Mont-Lambert, fort of
- 242
; taken by Henri II,
243-4
- Montluc, Blaise de
- 153
,
202
; and the camisado of Boulogne,
160
,
161
note
; on the Jarnac affair,
200
;
his defence of Siena,
290
; on Saint-Quentin,
317
; Colonel-general of
Infantry,
326
; on the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis,
332
- Montmédi
- reduced,
142
- Montmorency, Anne, Duc de
- 22
,
26
and note
; with François I at Madrid,
28
,
31
; demanded as hostage,
32
note
; arranges the liberation of
the princes at the Bidassoa,
56-9
;
receives Queen Eleanor at the Convent of Veyrières,
60
; superintends
the preparations for the marriage at
Marseilles,
82
; receives the Pope,
83
; his devastation of Provence,
97
;
joined by the Dauphin Henri at
Avignon,
102
,
103
and note
; his
camp at Avignon,
103-5
; justification for his strategy,
106-7
; invades
Artois,
107
; eulogizes the conduct
of the Dauphin,
108
; expedition
with the Dauphin into Piedmont,
109-11
; relieves Turin,
110
,
111
; his
influence on François's policy,
112
;
letter from Louis de Brézé to,
117
note
; and the Reformation,
128
,
336
; his policy,
130
; receives
Charles V,
131-3
; deluded by
Charles,
133-5
; his disgrace,
135-8
;
refusal of François I to recall him,
155
,
171
; restored to power,
172-3
;
and Henri II,
177
,
178
; rival to
Diane,
179-83
; aggrandisement of
his family,
183-6
; and the Jarnac
affair,
201-8
; at the coronation of
Henri II,
211-15
; dissuades Henri
II from making war,
218-19
; his
punishment of Bordeaux,
226-8
; his
conduct defended by M. Decrue,
229
; and the Huguenots,
233
; and
the War of Boulogne,
242
,
243
; and
the peace with England,
245
,
246
;
created duke and peer of France,
247-8
; animosity of Diane towards,
263-4
; at the Bed of Justice of June 12,
1552,
271
; takes Metz,
273
,
274
;
invades Alsace,
275
,
276
; at Ivoy,
277
; carries the war into the Netherlands,
285-6
,
288
-
9
; and the battle
of Renty,
288-9
; campaign in Flanders, outcry against his incapacity,
289
; and the royal children,
297
; at the Queen's
cercle
,
305-6
;
defeated and taken prisoner at
Saint-Quentin,
315
,
316
; Diane's
alliance with,
321
; letters from
Henri II to,
327
; interview with
Henri II at Beauvais,
329
; blamed
for the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis,
331-2
; and the disgrace of Andelot,
336
,
337
; at the
mercuriale
of June 10, 1559,
337
,
338
; and the
death of Henri II,
343
,
344
,
346
;
fall of,
349-51
- Montmorency, Charles de (Seigneur de Méru)
- 184
,
307
- Montmorency, François de
- 184
,
211
note
,
245
,
282
,
285
,
316
,
326
;
marriage with Diane de France,
299-301
; and Mlle. de Piennes,
300
,
301
- Montmorency, Françoise de ("
la belle Fosseuse
")
- 262
note
- Montmorency, Gabriel de (Seigneur de Montbéron)
- 184
,
307
,
316
- Montmorency, Guillaume de (Seigneur de Thoré)
- 184
,
307
- Montmorency, Henri de (Baron de Damville)
- 184
,
307
,
327
- Montpensier, Duc de
- 181
,
212
,
337
- Montpensier, Duchesse de
- 310
- Montreuil
- 166
,
242
; siege,
153
,
159
- Moreau, M., banker
- 349
- Morvilliers (French Ambassador at Venice)
- 219
- Moulins
- 12
,
231
,
240
,
241
- Mühlberg, battle of
- 268
- Murate, the Convent of the
- Catherine at,
67
,
80