The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 09 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de
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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 09 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Page 77. line 13. _Chancellor of France._] Afterwards also viscount
of Troyes. He was chancellor from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1465 to
1472, when he died.
Page 94. line 10. _Thomas Aurmagan._] Sir Thomas Auringham (qu.
Erpingham?) Stowe. Captain of Harfleur in conjunction with Curzon.
Page 98. line 1. from the bottom. _Daughter._] Monstrelet is remarkably
tender of the reputation of the "fair Agnes." She had, as all other
historians allow, not _one_ only, but _three_ daughters by the king.
Margaret, married to Olivier de Coetivy, seneschal of Guyenne;
Charlotte, married to James de Brezè, seneschal of Normandy, and
Jane, to Antony de Bueil, count de Sancerre. Of these, Charlotte
unfortunately followed the example of her mother's incontinence without
the excuse of an illustrious lover. Her tragical history will be found
recorded in the next volume.
By a species of retributive justice, Louis the son of this James de
Brezè, submitted voluntarily to the same disgrace which his father
thought that blood only could remove. _His_ wife was the famous Diana
of Poîtiers. In these days, nobody of consequence could die in his bed
without the suspicion of poison. The death of Agnes was attributed
to that cause, and the dauphin is charged with having been the
perpetrator. Of this accusation all that Du Clos says is what follows:
"Le peu d'union qu'il y avoit entre Charles sept et le Dauphin, fut
cause que celui-ci fut soupconné d'avoir fait empoisonner Agnés Sorel
qui mourut, regrettée du Roi, de la Cour, et des Peuples. Elle n'abusa
jamais de sa faveur, et réunit les rares qualitès d'Amante tendre,
d'Amie sure, et de bonne Citoyenne." He adds, "I can't tell why Alain
Chartier (the court poet) is so strenuous in defending her chastity,
seeing that she died in child-bed." The dauphin was not the only person
charged with this imaginary crime. Jacques Coeur, superintendant of the
finances, was also accused of it; but his innocence was established by
public trial. See note to page 196. vol. ix.
Page 113. line 7. from the bottom. _Godfrey de Boulogne._] Lord of
Montgascon.
Page 113. line 4. from the bottom. _Lord de St Severe._] John de
Brosse, lord of St Severe, afterwards count of Penthievre, &c., son of
the marshal de Boussac. See before page 2.
Page 113. line 3. from the bottom. _Lord de Chalençon._] Louis Armand
de Chalençon, viscount of Polignac, married Isabel, second daughter of
Bertrand III. lord of la Tour and his wife Mary countess of Auvergne
and Boulogne.
Page 121. line 7. _Lord de Laval._] Guy XIV., lord, and in 1429 count
of Laval, son of John de Montford lord of Kergolay, who by his marriage
with the sister and heir of Guy XII, became lord of Laval, assumed the
name of Guy XIII, and died in his passage from the holy land in 1415.
Guy XIV. married first, Isabel daughter of John VI. duke of Brittany,
and secondly Frances the widow of the lord Giles, of whom see page 136.
vol. ix.
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