La Fayette, Mme. de, 134; _Histoire de Madame Henriette d'Angleterre_, 151-153, 194, 271; _Princesse de Cleves_, by, 153; _Memoires de la Cour de France_, 209, 363 La Fontaine, letters of, 26, 27, 54; fables of, 107, 111, 109, 203; appointment of, 191 Lair, J. _Louise de La Valliere_, by, 180 Lalanne, Ludovic, 303 Lamoignon, Mme. de, 88, 92 Landrecies, 263-265 Lansac, Mme. de, 67 La Reynie, Lieut.-General of Police, 209, 210, 343-346 La Riviere, 374 La Rochefoucauld, 11, 130, 134, 256, 369 La Saussaye, _L'Histoire du Chateau de Blois_, by, 26 Lauzun, Antonin Nompar de Caumont, Marquis de Puyguilhem, Comte de, 238; career of, 243-247; intrigues of, 245, 246, 249-251; relations of with Mme. de Montespan, 245, 246, 282, 287, 290, 309; description of, 243, 244, 248, 262, 324, 356; in the Bastile, 247; character of, 248-251, 269, 287, 356-359, 367-369; projected marriage of Mademoiselle with, 251-257, 267-270, 276, 279-281, 284, 293; tacit consent of Louis to marriage, 281-283; generous gifts of Mademoiselle to, 288, 289, 355; marriage broken off, 290-297, 317, 326; question of secret marriage with Mlle., 304-308, 349; arrest and imprisonment of, 310-324, 350; the "caskets" of, 317; attempted escape of, 325, 326, 350; communicates with Foucquet, 326; interview of, with his family, 327-329; released from prison, 329, 349, 354, 359; forced to renounce gifts of Mlle., 353, 354; reimprisoned, 354; forbidden to return to Court, 354, 355, 360, 361; saves Queen of England, 363; Order of the Garter and title conferred upon, 364; marriage of, 366; death of, 369 Lauzun, Chevalier de, 327 Lauzun, Mme. de, married life of, 366-369 Laval, Marquise of, 6 La Valliere, Laurent de La Baume Le Blanc, Seigneur de, 134 La Valliere, Louise de, youth of, 134; relations of, with Louis XIV., 150, 153-156, 172, 176, 178, 193; made Duchess, 154; position of, officially recognised, 197, 233, 234, 258, 315, 334, 336; attacked by Bossuet, 200; successor to, 208-210; marriage of daughter, 337; character of, 339; retires to convent, 339 La Voisin, the poisoner, 207, 208, 210, 212; clients of, 207, 208, 210-212, 342, 344-346, 351 Lemaitre, Jules, 81 Lemoine, Jean, and Andre Lichtenberger, _De La Valliere a Montespan_, by, 175, 229, 263, 335 Le Notre, 176 Le Pelletier, Claude, 186, 286 Lesage (Dubuisson), 204; arrest and trial of, 210-212, 348 Lesdiguieres, Duc de, 75, 76 Lesigny, 46 Le Tellier, Michel, 25, 94 _Lettres historiques et edifiantes._ _See_ Maintenon Libertins, the, 148, 153, 157, 159, 182 Lichtenberger, Andre. _See_ Lemoine Limay, 89 Limours, Chateau of, 25 Lionne, Hugues de, 148 _Lit de Justice_, 19, 20 Livet, 257, 297 Loing, valley of the, 4, 9, 12 Loire, the, 28, 29 Loiseleur, Jules, _Problemes historiques_, by, 63 Longueville, Duc de (Count de Saint-Paul), 256, 257, 270 Longueville, Duchesse de, 256, 369