Palace intrigues--Mademoiselle de Hautefort--Mademoiselle de la Fayette--The affair of the Val-de-Grâce--The birth of the Dauphin--The death of Père Joseph--Difficulties in the Church Pages 263-275 CHAPTER XI Victories abroad--The death of the Comte de Soissons--Social triumphs--Marriage of the Duc d’Enghien--The revolt against the taxes--The conspiracy of Cinq-Mars--The Cardinal’s dangerous illness--He makes his will--The ruin of his enemies--His return to Paris Pages 276-290 CHAPTER XII The Cardinal’s last days--Renewed illness--His death and funeral--His legacies--The feeling in France--The Church of the Sorbonne Pages 291-298 INDEX Pages 299-306 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU. Triple Portrait by Philippe de Champagne (National Gallery) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE HENRY IV. From an engraving after the picture by François Porbus 26 CLOISTER AT CHAMPIGNY 34 From a photo by A. Pascal, Thouars. THE MAJORITY OF LOUIS XIII. (Louis XIII. and Marie de Médicis). From the picture by Rubens in the Louvre 68 From a photo by Neurdein, Paris. CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU. Portrait by Philippe de Champagne 132 From a photo by A. Giraudon, Paris. GASTON DE FRANCE, DUC D’ORLÉANS. From a contemporary portrait 162 From a photo by Neurdein, Paris. LOUIS XIII. From a contemporary portrait 188 From a photo by Neurdein, Paris. THE CHÂTEAU DE RICHELIEU. From an old print 234 THE TOWN OF RICHELIEU. From an old print 238 ANNE OF AUSTRIA. From a miniature in the Victoria and Albert Museum 268 PORTE DE CHÂTELLERAULT, RICHELIEU 280 From a photo by Imprimerie Photo-Mécanique, Paris. TOMB OF CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU, by Girardon, in the Church of the Sorbonne 294 From a photo by Neurdein, Paris. CHIEF AUTHORITIES CONTEMPORARY _Lettres, Instructions Diplomatiques et Papiers d’État du Cardinal de Richelieu._ Recueillis et publiés par M. Avenel. _Mémoires du Cardinal de Richelieu._ Édition Petitot et Monmerqué. _Mémoires du Cardinal de Richelieu._ New Edition. With Notes, etc. (Société de l’Histoire de France.) Not completed. _Mémoires sur la Régence de Marie de Médicis_, par Pontchartrain. Édition Petitot et Monmerqué. _Mémoires de Bassompierre._ Édition Petitot et Monmerqué.