France -- Court and courtiers; France -- History -- Louis XV, 1715-1774
Theatre of the little Cabinets, at Versailles, 136, 137 _et seq._;
regulations for players at, 137, 138;
dramatic performances at, 139, 140;
collection of comedies performed at, 141.
_Thétis et Pélée_, performance of, 170.
Toulouse, Countess de, her apartment at Versailles, 49;
accused of aiding the intimacy of Louis XV. and Madame de Mailly,
50.
Tournehem, M. Lenormand de, 117.
Tournelle, Madame de la, her birth and marriage, 60;
appointed lady of the palace, 60;
becomes a favorite of the King, 62;
determines to have Madame de Mailly dismissed from court, 62, 63;
her triumph, 65–67;
inferior to Madame de Montespan, 68;
becomes Duchess of Châteauroux, 69–71;
see Châteauroux, Duchess of.
Tournelle, Marquis de la, 60.
_Trois Cousines, Les_, performed at Versailles, 139.
_Unigenitus_, the bull, 195, 196, 200.
Vallière, Duke de la, quarrel of, with Duke de Richelieu, 142–144.
Vanloo, 232.
Versailles, deserted after death of Louis XIV., 13;
festivities at, 111, 112;
theatre constructed for Madame de Pompadour at, 136;
Madame de Pompadour’s apartments at, 150, 151;
the treaty of, 204, 206;
an Austrian party at, 205.
Victoire, Madame, 247, 255.
Vintimille, Countess de, gives birth to a boy, 57;
her death, 57, 58;
see Félicité, Pauline.
Vitzthum, Count, 259.
Voltaire, his words concerning Marie Leczinska, 27, 28;
his _Henri IV._, 28, 29;
obtains a pension, 29;
with Madame d’Étioles at her château, 122;
his lines to Madame d’Étioles, 122–124;
his lines to Louis XV., 131;
his lines to Madame de Pompadour at her toilet, 145;
his flattery of Madame de Pompadour, 152–155, 215;
his _Enfant prodigue_ produced at Versailles, 139, 154;
turns against Madame de Pompadour, 166, 167, 208;
quoted, 211;
his words concerning Seven Years’ War, 212, 213;
eulogizes Madame de Pompadour, 223;
his pleasure in foreseeing the French Revolution, 224;
his words concerning Madame de Pompadour after the latter’s
death, 232.
Women of court of Louis XV., 1 _et seq._
Norwood Press:
J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE FRENCH COURT
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, PUBLISHERS
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