The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 12 [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. 12 [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 164. line 5 from the bottom. _Brittany._] Francis was duke of
Brittany in right of the princess Claude who succeeded to that duchy
on the death of her mother queen Anne. For, although the two crowns,
the royal and ducal, had been united in the person of Louis XII, yet
the duchy remained distinct from the kingdom, and would have passed
away from it again had the princess Claude not married the heir of the
crown of France. The countries were not incorporated till the reign of
Francis I. who procured an act of union and settlement to be passed.
Page 167. line 2. _Lord of Alençon._] Charles the second duke of
Alençon, son of René and grandson of John II. who was beheaded. He
married Margaret the sister of Francis the first, afterwards wife of
Henry d'Albret king of Navarre.
Page 167. line 3. _Lord of Bourbon._] Charles duke of Bourbon mentioned
before.
Page 167. line 3. _Lord of Vendôme._] Charles duke of Vendôme and
Francis lord of St Pol, both mentioned before.
Page 167. line 4. _Louis de Nevers._] Count of Auxerre, 2d son of
Engilbert of Cleves count of Nevers who died in 1506.
Page 167. line 10. _Madame de Nevers._] Mary d'Albret, the wife of
Charles Count of Nevers eldest son of Engilbert of Cleves.
INDEX.
Abbeville, a woman of, is burnt for killing and salting her
children, viii. 111
Abbey of St Vincent, near Leon, is demolished, vii. 159
Absalon rebels through covetousness, i. 248
Acquitaine, Louis, duke of, marries Margaret, eldest daughter to the
duke of Burgundy, i. 121
his marriage opposed by the duke of Orleans, i. 123
Acquitaine, Louis, the young duke of, committed to the guardianship of
the duke of Burgundy, ii. 150
marches to conquer Estampes and Dourdan, ii. 349
his secretary, and other traitors beheaded near Bourges, iii. 60
forbids the cannoneering against Bourges, iii. 67
the keys of Bourges delivered to him by the duke of Berry, iii. 75
is displeased with his chancellor, iii. 133
resolves to take upon himself the sole management of the
kingdom, iii. 134
threatens John, duke of Burgundy, iii. 147
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