[1] This last-named castle has also been bequeathed to the French nation by its owner. [2] The grandfather of Henri II de Bourbon, husband of the fair Charlotte de Montmorency. [3] When the Cardinal de Lorraine, her uncle, suggested to the young Queen this marriage as political salvation for himself, she exclaimed ironically, "Truly I am beholden to my uncle. So that it be well with him, he careth not what becometh of me." [4] See Plate VII. [5] According to Brantôme, the Duc d'Anjou was inconsolable after her death and for a long time wore deepest mourning for her. [6] See Plate VI. [7] See p. 10 _et seq._ [8] _Journal historique et anecdote de la Cour et de Paris._ [9] Octave Homberg et Fernand Jousselin. [10] See Plate V. [11] Called in Germany "Allerheim" to distinguish it from the battle of Nördlingen, where the Archduke Ferdinand was victorious over Bernard of Weimar in 1434. [12] This stone table is still used as a _rendezvous de chasse_ by the Duc and Duchesse de Chartres. [13] He, however, was generally known not as Prince de Condé but as Duc de Bourbon or Monsieur le Duc. [14] This brought enormous benefits to the Crown, but was the cause of the famine in 1768. [15] "_Histoire de Chantilly pendant la Revolution_," par M. Alexandre Sorel. [16] The Château d'Enghien, built in 1770, was chiefly used for the attendants and suites of the illustrious guests who came to Chantilly. [17] See p. 8. [18] A sketch for the well-known picture of that Saint in the National Gallery. [19] There is a certain affinity between this picture and the portrait in the National Gallery which is said to represent _Ariosto_. [20] The other is the _Madonna del Connestabile_ now in the Hermitage. [21] See Plate XIV. [22] _Der Breslauer Froissart_ von Arthur Lindner. (Berlin, 1912.) [23] A drawing of which is in the British Museum. [24] Bernhard Berenson, _A Sienese Painter of the Franciscan Legend_. (_Burlington Magazine_, 1903). [25] See Plate XXIII. [26] See Plate XII. [27] DEAR AND ROYAL BROTHER, I have just read your appreciative words about me. I write to you with emotion. You are a prince by birth and have become a man. For me your Royalty has ceased to be political and is now historical; my Republican conviction is not disturbed by it. You have contributed to the greatness of France. And I love you. [28] See Plate XXV. [29] Louis Dimier, _Les Portraits peints de François I_. [30] This interesting picture was painted at Calais in 1396 on the occasion of the marriage between Richard II of England and Isabelle, daughter of the King of France. [31] The first volume of this MS. is in the British Museum, and the second with the miniatures of the _Preux de Marignan_ in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. [32] _Purgatorio_, canto II, v. 80.