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 181. line 16. _Lord de Noailles._] Francis, lord of Noailles
and Noaillac, who died after the year 1472, had but one brother of
whom Moreri, makes mention, viz. John de Noailles lord of Chambres
and Montclar, who became also lord de Noailles after the death of his
nephew, the son of Francis, in 1479.
Page 190. line 8. _Emperor Frederic._] The emperor Frederic III.
married to Eleanor, eldest daughter of Edward king of Portugal. Their
only issue were Maximilian, afterwards emperor, and Cunegunda married
to Albert duke of Bavaria.
Page 197. line 12. _Realm._] Jacques Coeur son of a merchant at
Bourges, whose enterprising commercial genius raised for him within a
short time a prodigious fortune. The ignorance of the age attributed
his success to the discovery of the philosopher's stone. He was made
_Argentier_, that is to say, _superintendant of the finances_, to
Charles VII. and master of the mint at Bourges. Through his influence
his son obtained the archbishoprick of his native city, and his brother
the bishoprick of Luçon. The conquest of Normandy was atchieved, in
great measure, by the sums which he supplied out of his private purse.
All these services did not guard him against the consequences of
malevolence and envy. Besides the accusations here mentioned, he was
charged with having procured the death of Agnes Sorel by poison, but
although his principal accuser on this point, Jane de Vendôme, lady
of Mortagne, was condemned to perpetual banishment for her calumny,
which was fully proved, Jacques Coeur did not escape from the charges
of peculation, &c. which were probably equally unjust with the former.
He was condemned, chiefly, as was supposed, through the influence of
Anthony de Chabannes count of Dammartin, the court favourite of the
time, who certainly enriched himself considerably by his fall. By a
decree of the 19th of May, 1453, he was amerced in a sum of 400,000
crowns, equal, says Du Clos, to 4,228,360 livres tournois of his time.
"On prétend, peut-être sans fondement, que Jacques Coeur, après sa
condamnation, passa dans l'Isle de Chypre, où son crédit, son habileté,
et sa reputation, que ses malheurs n'avoient point ternie, lui firent
faire une fortune aussi considérable que celle qu'il venoit de perdre."
Du Clos.
Page 204. line 5 from the bottom. _Thibaut and James._] Thibaud, second
son of Peter, and brother of Louis, count of St Pol, was lord of
Fiennes, and married Philippa of the house of Melun. James, the third
brother, was lord of Richebourg, and married Isabel de Roubaix.
Page 204. line 4 from the bottom. _Duke Cornille._] This is falsely
stopped. It should run thus, "Adolphus of Cleves, nephew to the duke
Corneille, bastard of Burgundy; and sir John de Croy." Cornelius,
the eldest of the numerous illegitimate progeny of duke Philip, died
unmarried, but left a bastard son, John lord of Delverding. See the
genealogical tables affixed to Pontus Heuterus.
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