Brittany (_See_ Bretagne). _Broglie, Princesse de_, 120. _Brosse, Pierre de_, 234. Bruges, 282. _Brunyer, Abel_, 80, 81. _Buffon_, 61, 183. _Bullion_, 119. _Bussy d'Amboise, De_, 269. Buzay, Abbey of, 299. _Byron_, 138. _Cæsar_, 18, 290. Cahors, 260. _Cail, M._, 270-272. _Cain_, 251. _Calixtus II._, 264. Canal de Brest à Nantes, 24. Canal de Buzay, 298. Canal d'Orleans, 36-37. Canal du Nivernaise, 17, 335. Canal Lateral, 12, 17, 318, 336. Canal Maritime, 298. Candes, 268-270, 276. _Castellane Family_, 250. _Caumont, De_, 195. _Cellini_, 152. Chalonnes, 24, 304. Chambord and Its Château, 2-3, 20, 53, 79, 82, 84, 86, 94-110, 123, 139, 174, 186, 243, 247-248. _Chambord, Comte de_, 109. Chambris, 10. _Champagne, Counts of_, 316. Champeigne, 135. Champtocé, 24. Chanteloup, 154, 169. _Charlemagne_, 206. _Charles I. (the Bald)_, 18, 193. _Charles II. of England_, 82. _Charles V., Emperor_, 130-131, 155, 194. _Charles VI._, 257. _Charles VII._, 150, 188-189, 194-195, 202, 233, 250, 254-256, 257-260, 268, 319, 324, 326. _Charles VIII._, 45, 98, 130, 150, 165, 194-195, 234, 236, 238-239, 319. _Charles IX._, 107, 122, 180. _Charles X._, 329. _Charles Martel_, 5. _Charles the Bold of Burgundy_, 44. Chartres, 22, 133. Chartreuse du Liget, 190. _Châteaubriand, Comtesse de_, 101, 130. Château Chevigné, 22. Château de la Fontaine, 43. Château de la Source, 42-43. Châteaudun and Its Castle, 21-22. _Châteaudun, Vicomtes de_, 269. Château Gaillard, 259. Château l'Epinay, 22. Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, 36, 84. Châteauroux, 327. Château Serrand, 22. Chatillon, 12, 17, 19. _Chatillon, Cardinal de_, 160. _Chatillon, Comtes de_, 61, 68. Chaumont and Its Château, 11, 20, 107, 110, 116-126, 140. _Chaumont, Charles de_, 120. _Chaumont, Donatien Le Ray de_, 123-125. Chemillé, 304-305. _Chemille, Petronille de_, 263. Chenonceaux and Its Château, 10, 63, 107, 118, 140, 148, 165, 169, 171-187, 234, 243, 247, 251. Cher, The, 10, 21, 91, 171-173, 177-178, 180, 183, 191, 215, 275, 313, 320, 324, 326-327. _Chevalier, Abbé_, 243. Cheverny and Its Château, 82, 110-114, 133. _Cheverny, Philippe Hurault, Comte de_, 111. _Chicot_, 201. Chinon and Its Châteaux, 10, 92, 140, 171, 193, 202, 239, 241, 247, 250-261, 268. Chinon, Forêt de, 241, 247. Chiron-Tardiveau, 310. _Choiseul, Duc de_, 164, 169. Cholet, 275, 304-307. _Cholet, Comte de_, 115. Cinq-Mars and Its Ruins, 7, 21, 137, 220, 227-232, 238, 274. _Cinq-Mars, Henri, Marquis de_, 228, 229-231, 234. _Cinq-Mars, Marquise de_, 230, 231. _Claude of France_, 72, 80, 97, 155. _Clément, Jacques_, 78. Clermont-Ferrand, 15. Cléry, 32, 41, 44-46, 214. Clisson and Its Château, 8, 303, 307. _Clisson_, 293. _Clopinel, Jehan_ (See _Jean de Meung_). _Clouet_, 112.