Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle, 1652-1693Barine, Arvède
History
Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle, 1652-1693
Barine, Arvède
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715; Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693
with the army, 235, 361;
Lauzun a favourite of, 243-247, 250, 251, 254, 257;
discomforts of travelling in 1670, 258-267;
plans marriage of Mlle. with Monsieur, 274, 276-278;
tacitly consents to marriage of Mademoiselle with Lauzun, 282, 283,
286;
withdraws consent, 290-293, 295, 296;
treatment of Mademoiselle, 299-301;
Lauzun's imprisonment, 312-315, 323;
charmed with new sister-in-law, 315;
brilliancy of reign of, 330, 331, 375;
power and importance of, 330-332;
extravagance of, 332-339;
love of martial display, 333-336;
marriage of Mlle. de Blois, 337;
responsible for deterioration of manners and morals, 338-341, 372;
finds presumptive proof of guilt of Madame de Montespan, 343-347, 349;
orders destruction of records, 343, 344, 369;
turns to Mme. de Maintenon, 339-341;
dismisses Mme. de Montespan, 341, 342;
establishes the _Chambre ardente_, 343;
suppresses the _Chambre ardente_, 347;
marriage of, with Mme. de Maintenon, 305, 370;
effect of reign of, upon France, 371-373;
_Memoires_ of, 58, 66, 68-70, 114, 141, 142, 154-156, 179, 193, 278,
355
_Louise de La Valliere_ (Lair), 180
Louvois, letters to, 209, 311, 325;
enemy of Lauzun, 244, 245, 247, 287, 288;
instructions of, concerning Lauzun, 310-313, 318-323, 325;
letters of, 344, 347;
sent to coerce Mademoiselle, 352
Louvre, Palace of the, Mazarin returns to, 20;
Court at, 65, 78, 82, 111, 112, 122;
fete at, 178
Lulli, Baptiste, operas of, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221
Luxembourg, Duc de, 344
Luxembourg, palace of the, Monsieur at, 24;
Mademoiselle returns to, 72, 76, 121;
Madame occupies, 102, 121, 191, 285;
salon of Mademoiselle at, 122, 123, 125, 133-136, 148, 222, 223, 288,
296, 297, 361
Luynes, Constable de, 243
Lyonne, M. de, 293
Lyons, Court at, 94, 96, 258
M
Madame. See Orleans, Henrietta, and Palatine
_Madame de Montespan et Louis XIV._ (Clement), 282, 349
_Madame, Memoirs of Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans_ (Cartwright), 136
Madelaine, 50
Mademoiselle, La Grande. See Montpensier
_Magie dans l'Inde antique, La_ (Henry), 210
Mailly, Chateau of, 263
Maine, Duc du, 351, 352
Maintenon, Mme. de (Mme. Scarron), _Letters of_ (Geoffroy, ed.), 63, 64;
_Souvenirs sur_, 150, 151, 230;
influence of, over Louis XIV., 71, 156, 193, 219, 339-341, 374;
governess to King's children, 290, 309, 310;
_Lettres historiques et edifiantes_, of, 291;
King marries, 305, 370
Mairet, 223
_Malade Imaginaire_ (Moliere), 109
Mancini, Marie, niece of Mazarin, 77, 96, 193, 228, 339
"Mandate," the, 286
Mansard, Francois, 26
Man with the Iron Mask, the, 304, 329
Marie Antoinette, 23
Marie Therese, Infanta of Spain, marriage of, with Louis XIV., 103-111;
political opinions of, 118;
unhappy married life of, 149-151, 154, 172;
character of, 149-151, 196, 252, 260, 261, 264-266, 271;
friendly relations of, with Mme. de Montespan, 209, 210, 233-235;
friendship of, for Mme. de Maintenon, 341;
death of, 370
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