_Catherine de Medici_, Queen of France, waits for her son at Lyons, ii. 7; offended at Pibrac’s advice, 10; supposed to favour war in order to keep her power, 11, 50; threatens execution of Montmorency, if his brothers invade France, 16; grants Busbecq an audience, 36; her power over the King, 37; given good advice by Maximilian, 38; her illness from walking in a procession at night, 45; fancies she sees the Cardinal’s ghost, 46, and _note_; offers the Queen her services, 55; her unpopularity, 57; her regard for Maximilian, 59; tries to keep Alençon quiet, 95; follows him, 102; interview between them, 103; regrets she cannot bid Elizabeth farewell, 122; concludes a six months’ truce with Alençon, 126; intends visiting certain towns to persuade them to admit him, 127; invested with the government in the King’s absence, 145, 183; grants Don Antonio an audience, 161; her claims on Portugal, _ib._ and _note_; her exclamation on hearing of the French Fury, 167; intends visiting Alençon, 180; indignant at his folly, 181; disgusted at the King’s neglect of his duties, 182; rebukes his confessor, _ib._; Alençon puts off her visit, _ib._; goes to Boulogne to see him, 184; meets him at La Fère, 185; incensed with her daughter for her conduct, 193; returns to La Fère, 194; goes to Alençon at Château Thierry, 202; and then to Laon, _ib._; returns to Paris, 203; again goes to Alençon, 209; visited by him, 213; her advice to him, _ib._; visits him, 217; said to be sick with grief, 218; her grief for Alençon genuine, 221; importuned by Netherland ambassadors, 224; strongly supports their appeal to the King, 225; resolved to keep Cambrai, 228; goes to the Loire, _ib._; her hatred of Spain, 235; her answer to the Netherland ambassadors, 237; with the Duke of Guise, 246 _Cavasses_, nature of their office, i. 85, 201; Busbecq’s cavasse induces the Pashas to confine him in his old quarters, 201; their general behaviour to Busbecq, 258; rudeness of one, and Busbecq’s retaliation, 259-260; one tries to prevent Busbecq seeing the Sultan’s departure, 281; Busbecq retorts on him, 287; Busbecq’s argument with his cavasse on predestination, 383-384. _Champagny_, M. de, brother of Cardinal Granvelle, in danger at Ghent on account of alleged conspiracy ii. 209 _Chanvallon_, M. de, former favourite of Alençon, and lover of the Queen of Navarre, flies to Germany, ii. 193; his manners and appearance, _ib._ _Charité_, La, town of, demanded by Alençon, ii. 120