Some Ages after, Queen _Blanch_, a _Spanish_ Woman, and Mother to St. _Lewis_, ruled the Land. As soon as She had seized the Helm of Government, the Nobility of _France_ began to take up Arms under the Conduct of _Philip_ Earl of _Bologn_, the King's Uncle, crying out (as that excellent Author _Joannes Joinvillaeus_ writes) [cap. histor. 4.] "_That it was not to be endured that so great a Kingdom shou'd be governed by a Woman, and She a Stranger._" Whereupon those Nobles rejecting _Blanch_, chose Earl _Philip_ to be Administrator of the Kingdom: But _Blanch_ persisting in her Purpose, sollicited Succours from all Parts, and at last determined to conclude a League with _Ferdinand_ King of _Spain_. With _Philip_ joyned the Duke of _Brittany_, and the _Count de Eureux_ his Brother. These, on a sudden, seiz'd on some Towns, and put good Garisons into them. And thus a grievous War was begun in _France_, because the Administration of the Government had been seized by the Queen-Mother: It hapned that the King went (about that Time) to _Estampes_, being sent thither by his Mother upon Account of the War: To that Place the Nobles from all Parts hastily got together, and began to surround the King not with an Intention (as _Joinville_ says) to do him any Harm, but to withdraw him from the Power of his Mother. Which She hearing, with all Speed armed the People of _Paris_, and commanded them to march towards _Estampes_. Scarce were these Forces got as far as _Montlebery_, when the King (getting from the Nobles) joyned them, and returned along with them to _Paris_. As soon as _Philip_ found that he was not provided with a sufficient force of Domestick Troops, he sent for Succours to the Queen of _Cyprus_, (who at the fame Time had some Controversy depending in the Kingdom) She entring with a great Army into _Champagn_, plunder'd that Country far and near; _Blanch_ however continues in her Resolution. This constrains the Nobility to call in the _English_ Auxiliaries, who waste _Aquitain_ and all the Maritime Regions; which Mischiefs arose thro' the Ambition and unbridled Lust of Rule of the Queen-Mother, as Joinvillaeus tells us at large, [cap. 7, 8, 9, 10.]