Chapelle, poet, education of, I. 99. His good-fellowship, 115. 131. 132. Allusions to, 216. Chateauneuf, the abbé de, II. 5. 6. Chateauneuf, marquis de, II. 7. Châteauroux, duchess of, II. 44. 47. Châtelet, marquis du, his castle of Cirey affords a refuge to Voltaire, II. 24. 26. Châtelet, madame du, Voltaire's intimacy with, II. 21. She learns English of Voltaire, 25. 26. Her literary taste, 25. 29. She revisits Paris with Voltaire, 42. Visits Sceaux, 48. Her death, 52. Châtillon, duchess of, I. 217. Chaulnes, duke of, governor of Britany, I. 248. Chaulnes, duchess of, I. 243. 248. 252. Chavigni, duke of, I. 82. Chevreuse, duchess de, favourite of Anne, regent of France, I. 64. 65. 66. Is banished, 67. Chimène, or Ximena, part of, critique, I. 45. 46. Choiseul, duke of, II. 81. 82. 101. "Cid," the, of Guillen de Castro, I. 45. 101. "Cinna," tragedy of, by Corneille, I. 49. Cirey, château of the marquis du Châtelet in Champagne, II. 24. 27. Voltaire's mode of life there, 28. Clairon, mademoiselle, actress, II. 44. Clement VII., pope, I. 25. Clement XI., I. 367. Colbert, minister of Louis XIV., I. 163. 166. 222. 287, n. 301. Colletet, French author, I. 43. Comedy, French: Corneille's "Mélite," I. 42. His "Illusion," 44. His "Le Menteur," 51. Racine's "Les Plaideurs," 53. _See_ Theatre. Condé, the great prince of, I. 53. 60. Defeats the Spaniards at Rocroi, 67. Blockades Paris, 70. Is imprisoned, 70. And liberated by de Retz and the Frondeurs, 73. Joined by the Spaniards in the south of France, 77. Quits Guienne to join the forces of the duke of Nemours, 78. Perilous journey, 79. Is opposed by Turenne, 80. Contest between these great commanders near Paris, 81. The Parisians show great regard for him, 82. On occasion of a tumult and partial massacre, he incurs their hatred, 82. His admiration of Molière, 113. 124. Further allusions to, 278. 313. 327. 331.