Condé, third Prince de (Henri II de Bourbon), portrait of, 12;
marriage and its result, 12-15, 30;
imprisonment, 31;
and Louis XIII, 32;
death, 43;
bronze monument of, 123
Condé, fourth Prince de (Louis II de Bourbon, Duc d'Enghien,
the "Grand Condé"), baptism and education, 33;
early marriage, 34;
life in Burgundy, 35, 36;
elected general, 37;
victor of Rocroy, Thionville, and Nordlingen, 38-41;
illness, 41;
influence of women on, 42;
death of his father, 43;
victor of Lens, 43, 44;
reception by the King, 44;
puts down the Fronde, 45;
Mazarin an implacable enemy, 47 _et seq._;
imprisoned at Vincennes, 48, 49;
removed to Havre, 54;
his wife obtains his freedom, 55, 56;
betrayed by his enemies, 57;
his faults, 57;
retires to Montroux, 58;
alliance with Spain, 59 _et seq._;
entry into and retreat from Paris, 60;
financial difficulties, 61, 62;
a lost battle, 63;
returns to France, 64;
his regrets, 65;
retires to Chantilly, 66;
improvements at Chantilly, 66, 67;
refuses Crown of Poland, 69;
cruel treatment to his wife, 70-73;
her death, 73;
illustrious visitors and festivities at Chantilly, 75-77, 83;
war with Holland, 78 _et seq._;
wounded, 81;
return to Chantilly and death, 83;
interest in scientific discoveries and passion for the chase, 84;
protects the Huguenots, 85;
and his grandson, 85;
a free-thinker, 87;
his death, 88;
statues of, 89, 276;
portraits of, 251;
bust of, 277
Condé, fifth Prince de (Henri Jules de Bourbon, Duc d'Albret, Duc d'Enghien),
son of the Grand Condé, 41;
escapes with his mother, 50, 51;
educated by Jesuits, 62;
Louis XIV's entry into Paris, 65;
at Chantilly, 67;
marriage, 69;
sad interview with his mother, 73;
his mother's death, 73;
his father wounded, 81;
character, 81, 85, 90;
death of his father, 87;
succeeds and carries out his father's improvements at Chantilly, 89;
violent temper and death, 90
Condé, sixth Prince de (Louis III, Duc de Bourbon),
early marriage and education, 85, 86;
death, 91
Condé, seventh Prince de (Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon), early succession, 91;
improvements and illustrious visitors at Chantilly, 91, 95;
Prime Minister of France, 92;
death of his wife, 92;
and the Marquise de Prie, 92-94;
resignation, 94;
second marriage, 94, 95;
death, 95
Condé, eighth Prince de (Louis Joseph), condemns the Grand
Condé's treatment of his wife, 74;
early succession, 95;
marriage and birth of a son, 96;
gained victories of Grinningen and Johannesberg, 97;
death of his wife, 97;
illustrious visitors at Chantilly, 98-104;
leaves France owing to Revolution, 104;
at Worms, 109;
retires to Wanstead House, Wimbledon, 109;
second marriage, 109;
returns to Chantilly, 111;
restores Chantilly, 111, 112;
death, 113;
and Jean Baptiste Huet, 260;
and Fragonard, 264;
portrait of, 265
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