craignoient et ne l’aimoient point. [74] Wife of Henri de Mornay, Marquis de Montchevreuil, the governor of the Duc du Maine. Mme de Caylus describes her as “une femme froide et sèche dans le commerce, d’une figure triste, d’un esprit au-dessous du médiocre, et d’un zèle capable de dégoûter les plus dévots de la piété.” Saint-Simon’s portrait is equally unflattering: “Une grande créature maigre, jaune, qui rioit niais, et montroit de longues vilaines dents, dévote à l’outrance” (IV. 35), and Madame on hearing of her death writes: “ça fait une méchante femme de moins en ce monde” (_Corr._ I. 214). [75] Armand-Jean Du Plessis, great-nephew of the Cardinal. [76] Mme de Caylus (Marthe-Marguerite de Valois) was the daughter of the Marquis de Villette, Mme de Maintenon’s first cousin, and was thus her _nièce à la mode de Bretagne_. In her father’s absence in America Mme de Maintenon carried her off and made her a Catholic, and in 1686, when she was in her thirteenth year, married her to the Comte de Caylus, a confirmed drunkard. She was one of the most attractive women of her day, and her memoirs are a lively source of information for Mme de Maintenon and the Court generally. Her stepmother, the Marquise de Villette, married, as his second wife, Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke. [77] Wife of Henri de Daillon, Comte and afterwards Duc du Lude, Grand-Master of the Artillery. In 1696 she was made principal lady-in-waiting (_dame d’honneur_) to the future Duchess of Burgundy. She was a Béthune by birth, the great-granddaughter of Sully. [78] Bonne de Pons, Marquise d’Heudicourt. Mme de Caylus speaks of her as “bizarre, naturelle, sans jugement, pleine d’imagination, toujours nouvelle et divertissante.” Saint-Simon in reporting her death in 1709 calls her a “démon domestique” and a “mauvaise fée,” but he adds: “On ne pouvoit avoir plus d’esprit ni plus agréable, ni savoir plus de choses, ni être plus plaisante, plus amusante, plus divertissante, sans vouloir l’être” (IV. 345). [79] See below for his portrait. [80] Henri, Marquis and afterwards Duc d’Harcourt (1654-1718), of the branch of Beuvron-Harcourt. As a lieutenant-general he had a large share in the victory of Neerwinden. He was appointed Ambassador to Spain in 1697, and it was in a great measure due to him that the Duc d’Anjou was nominated heir to Charles II. After the new king’s accession his influence increased, and as a reward for his services he was created a Duke and a Marshal of France. For portraits of him see III. 210-212, 391-3.