The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-CyrOrléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d'
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The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr
Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d'
France -- Court and courtiers; French letters; Maison royale de Saint-Louis (Saint-Cyr l'École, France)
SAINT-CYR (The Institution of), Sainte-Beuve's essay on it, 216-234;
its completed idea, 217, 218;
its foundation, 221;
first and tentative years, 222;
changes and permanent establishment, 224-230;
its existence after Mme. de Maintenon's death and its final
destruction, 233, 234;
Saint-Cyr, an episode in Mme. de Maintenon's life, 234;
system and arrangement of classes, 235;
letters, conversations, and instructions of Mme. de Maintenon
relating to it, 236-299.
SAINT-FRANÇOIS DE SALES, 174.
SAINT-SIMON (Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de), 116, 173, 185, 186.
SAVOIE (Vittorio Amadeo, Duc de), 182, 190, 191, 196, 197, 202, 207.
SAVOIE (Anne-Marie d'Orléans, Duchesse de), 191, 198-200.
SAVOIE (Jeanne de Nemours, Duchesse de), 192-196.
SIAM (The King of), 55.
SOISSONS (The Comtesse de), 99, 118.
SPAIN (Marie-Louise d'Orléans, Queen of), 40, 41, 46, 178.
SPAIN (Marie-Louise de Savoie, Queen of), 49, 82, 170.
STAIR (Earl of), 79, 132, 133.
SWEDEN (Christina, Queen of), 110, 111.
TORCY (J. B. Colbert, Marquis de), 92, 102, 175.
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE, 34-38.
URSINS (Anne de la Trémouille, Princesse des), 67, 68, 69, 70, 134,
136, 310-321.
VALLIÈRE (Louise, Marquise de La), 162, 163, 314.
VALOIS (Charlotte-Aglaé d'Orléans, Mlle. de), 131.
VILLARS (Maréchal de), 98, 99.
VILLEROY (Maréchal de), 321.
WALES (The Prince of), son of George I., 112, 113, 117.
WALES (Wilhelmina-Charlotte, Princess of), 67, 108, 112, 113, 115,
123.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] This portrait is the frontispiece of the present translated
edition.--TR.
[2] Correspondance Complète de Madame la Duchesse d'Orléans, née
Princesse Palatine, Mère du Régent; traduction entièrement nouvelle,
par M. G. Brunet. Paris: Charpentier, 1891.
[3] Madame's own spelling could hardly be worse; she always spells
Saint-Cloud "_Saint-Clou_."--TR.
[4] Monsieur had died on the 9th of June, and the scene between Madame
and Mme. de Maintenon had taken place in the interim.--TR.
[5] Curious details as to these satirical medals will be found in a
work by Klotz: _Historia numorum Contumeliosorum_, Attenbury, 1765.
(French editor.)
[6] Madame here refers to the Lorraines, whose scandalous relations to
Monsieur are matters of history.--TR.
[7] We remember Saint-Simon's account of Madame who "arrived howling,
in full-dress." Madame will tell us herself that she never owned
a dressing-gown; and as she had nothing but "full-dress" or a
riding habit, her costume on this occasion seems the best she could
choose.--TR.
[8] This appears to be the only letter contemporaneous with the deaths
of the Duc and Duchesse de Bourgogne (to which it alludes) that has
been preserved.--TR.
[9] As to this tale see the "Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon, which
gives Mme des Ursins own account of the affair."--TR.
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