Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies. Vol 2.Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille
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Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies. Vol 2.
Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille
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◆Poltrot de Méré was tortured and quartered (March 18, 1563). As
regards the admiral, he was massacred August 24, 1572.
[44] P. 68:
◆Philibert de Marcilly, lord of Cipierre, tutor of Charles IX.
[45] P. 71:
◆On this adventure, consult the Additions au Journal de Henri III.,
note 2.
[46] P. 72:
◆Louis de Correa, _Historia de la conquista del reino de Navarra_.
[47] P. 76:
◆Louise de Savoie.
[48] P. 77:
◆Charlotte de Roye, married to Francis III. de La Rochefoucauld in
1557; she died in 1559.
[49] P. 78:
◆Marguerite de Foix-Candale, married to Jean Louis de Nogaret, Duke
d’Eperon.
[50] P. 79:
◆Renée de Bourdeille, daughter of André and Jacquette Montberon. She
married, in 1579, David Bouchard, Viscount d’Aubeterre, who was
killed in Périgord in 1593. She died in 1596. The daughter of whom
Brantôme is about to speak was Hippolyte Bouchard, who was married
to François d’Esparbez de Lussan. The three daughters whom he later
mentions were: Jeanne, Countess de Duretal, Isabelle, Baroness
d’Ambleville, and Adrienne, lady of Saint-Bonnet.
[51] P. 80:
◆Married subsequently to François d’Esparbez de Lussan, Maréchal
d’Aubeterre.
[52] P. 83:
◆Renée de Clermont, daughter of Jacques de Clermont-d’Amboise,
lord of Bussy; she was married to the incompetent Jean de
Montluc-Balagny (bastard of the Bishop de Valence), created Field
Marshal of France in 1594.
[53] P. 84:
◆Gabrielle d’Estrées.
[54] P. 85:
◆Popular song of the day; Musée de Janequin. See _Recueil_ of Pierre
Atteignant.
[55] P. 89:
◆Renée Taveau, married to Baron Mortemart. François de Rochechouart.
[56] P. 91:
◆There is a copy of this sixth discourse in the MS. 4788, _du fonds
français_, at the Bibliothèque Nationale: this copy is from the end
of the sixteenth century.
[57] P. 92:
◆ Charlotte de Savoie, second wife of Louis XI., daughter of Louis,
Duke de Savoie.
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