BOOK OF THE LADIES (The), Brantôme’s own name for this volume, 1. BOURDEILLE (Madame de), 297, 298. BOURDEILLE (Pierre de), Abbé de Brantôme, his name for the present volume, 1; origin and arms of his family, 3, 4; general sketch of his life and career, 4-19; his retirement, 20; his books, his will, 21; titles of his books, when first printed, 22, 23. CASTELNAUD (Pierre de), his account of Brantôme, 1-3. CATHERINE DE CLÈVES, wife of Henri de Lorraine, Duc de Guise, “le Balafré,” 297. CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI, Queen of France, wife of Henri II., 44; sketch of the Medici, 45-48; her marriage to the dauphin, 48-50; personal appearance and tastes, 51-54; her mind, 54; conduct as regent and queen-mother, Brantôme’s defence of it, 57-72; her liberality and public works, 74; her accomplishments and majesty, 75-77; her court, 77-80, 81, 82; Henri IV.’s opinion of it, 83; her death at Blois, 83; Sainte-Beuve’s estimate of her, 85-88; H. de Balzac’s novel upon her, 86; Mézeray’s opinion of her, 85; her daughter Élisabeth’s fear of her, 145, 146; 164, 165, 167, 289, 290, 300. CHARLES IX., King of France, his funeral attended by Brantôme, 35-37; 198, 264, 265, 271, 272. CHARLOTTE DE FRANCE (Madame), daughter of François I. and Queen Claude, died young, 223. CHASTELLARD (Seigneur de), his journey with Brantôme in attendance on Marie Stuart to Scotland, 99; his story and death, 117-120. CHRISTINE of Denmark, wife of the Duc de Lorraine, 283-291. CLAUDE DE FRANCE (Madame), daughter of Louis XII. and Anne de Bretagne, wife of François I., died young, 223. CLAUDE DE FRANCE (Madame), daughter of Henri II. and Catherine de’ Medici, wife of the Duc de Lorraine, 229-231. CORDELIÈRE (La), man-o’-war built by Anne de Bretagne, which fought the “Regent of England,” both ships destroyed, 30, 299. DARGAUD (M.), his impulsive history of Marie Stuart, 122. DIANE DE FRANCE (Madame), Duchesse d’Angoulême, illegitimate daughter of Henri II., 231-234. ÉLISABETH DE FRANCE, Queen of Spain, daughter of Henri II. and Catherine de’ Medici, second wife of Philip II. of Spain, 137-151, 229, 230, 270, 271. ÉLISABETH DE FRANCE, Queen of Spain, daughter of Henri IV. and Marie de’ Medici, her portraits by Rubens, 212. FLEUR-DE-LIS, how connected with the Florentine lily, 45. FRANÇOIS I., King of France, 219, 220, 236, 237, 238, 241, 245-249, 254. GERMAINE DE FOIX, wife of King Ferdinand of Spain, 142, 143. GUISE (Henri I., Duc de), le Balafré, 117, 198, 199, 273, 283, 288. GUISE (Catherine de Clèves, Duchesse de), 283, 289. HENRI II., King of France, 231, 232. HENRI III., King of France, 177, 178, 180, 184, 196-198, 234, 267, 280, 283, 285, 286, 292. HENRI IV., King of France, opinion of Catherine de’ Medici, 83, 87, 88; 176, 180, 181, 201, 209; remark at the coronation of Marie de’ Medici, 210; 234. ISABELLE D’AUTRICHE, Queen of France, daughter of Maximilian II., wife of Charles IX. of France, 262-270.