MARGUERITE, Queen of France and of Navarre, daughter of Henri II. and Catherine de’ Medici, wife of Henri IV., Brantôme visits her at the Castle of Usson and dedicates his work to her, 19; mention of her in his will, 22; his discourse, 152-193; her beauty and style of dress, 153-163; her mind and education, 164-166; marriage to Henri IV., 167; Brantôme’s argument in favour of the Salic law, 168-175; difficulty of religion between herself and her husband, 176; her dignity and sense of honour, 178-180; retirement in the Castle of Usson, 183; on ill terms with her brother Henri III., 184; her beautiful dancing, 185; her liberality and generosity, 186-190; love of reading, 191; corresponds with Brantôme, 191; Sainte-Beuve’s essay on her, 193; reasons why she began her Memoirs, 195; faithfulness to the Catholic religion, 195; intimacy with her brother d’Anjou, Henri III., 196, 197; her love for Henri Duc de Guise, le Balafré, her marriage to Henri IV., 198; the Saint-Bartholomew, 201; her Memoirs, 202, etc.; anecdote of a Princesse de Ligne, 205; friendship with her brother, Duc d’Alençon, 206; her letters, 208; her life at Usson, 209; divorce from Henri IV., 209, 210; return to Paris, eccentricities, appearance at the coronation of Marie de’ Medici, 210-212; comparison with Marie Stuart, 213; her real merit, 213, 231. MARGUERITE DE LORRAINE, wife of the Duc de Joyeuse, 282, 283. MARIE D’AUTRICHE, wife of the Emperor Maximilian II., 291-293. MARIE D’AUTRICHE, sister of the Emperor Charles V. and wife of Louis, King of Hungary, 273-280. MARIE STUART, Queen of France and Scotland, her parentage, 89; youthful accomplishments and beauty, 90-93; marriage to François II., and widowhood, 93, 94; her poem on her widowhood, 94-96, 294; Charles IX.’s love for her, 96; returns to Scotland, Brantôme accompanies her, 97-101, marriage to Darnley, 101; Brantôme’s defence of her, 102; her disasters, 103; her imprisonment in England, 104; her death, as related to Brantôme by one of her ladies there present, 105-115; Sainte-Beuve’s essay on Marie Stuart and summing up of her life, 121-136, 289; her poem on her widowhood, translation, 301. MÉZERAY (François Eudes de), his History of France, his picture of Catherine de’ Medici, 85. MIGNET (François Auguste), his invaluable History of Marie Stuart, 121, 122, 136. MOLAND (M. Henri), his essay on Brantôme used in the introduction to this volume, 1. NIEL (M.), librarian to Ministry of the Interior, his collection of original portraits and crayons of celebrated persons of the 16th century, 86, 87. PATIN (Gui), his feelings in Saint-Denis before the tomb of Louis XII. and Anne de Bretagne, 40, 41. PHILIP II. of Spain, 138, 139, 142. RENÉE DE FRANCE (Madame), daughter of Louis XII. and Anne de Bretagne, wife of the Duke of Ferrara, 220-223.