[329] Henri de Bourbon, Duc de Montpensier, Governor of Normandy, peer of France, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon, Dauphin d'Auvergne, etc., was born in Touraine in 1573. During the lifetime of his father he bore the title of Prince de Dombes. The King confided to him the command of the army which he despatched to Brittany against the Duc de Mercoeur. He subsequently became Governor of Normandy, and reduced that revolted province, which still held out for the League, to obedience. He was present at the memorable siege of Amiens in 1597, where he led the vanguard of the army, and accompanied Henry on his expedition against Savoy and Brescia. He was a knight of all the King's Orders, and presided at the assembly of the nobles of Rouen. He died in Paris, of lingering consumption, in 1608. [330] The Baron de la Châtaigneraie was an officer of the Queen's guard. [331] Richelieu, _La Mère et le Fils_ vol. i. p. 18. _Mercure Français_ 1606, p. 107. L'Etoile, vol. iii. p. 370 _note_. [332] _Mercure Français_, 1606, p. 107. [333] L'Etoile, vol. iii. p. 370. [334] It had frequently been foretold to the King that he would die in a carriage, and the prophecy had made so great an impression upon his mind, that he always endeavoured to conceal it under a show of gaiety, particularly when any accident occurred by which it appeared likely to be verified. In the year 1597, while he was travelling near Mouy, in Picardy, the coach in which he rode was tumbled down a precipice; while the danger incurred at Neuilly was scarcely less great; and the prediction was fatally accomplished in 1610.--_Lettres de Nicolas Pasquier_, book i. letter i. [335] In order to render this impertinence intelligible, it is necessary to explain that anciently, when the sovereigns of France were about to swallow their first draught at table, the cup-bearer announced in a loud voice, "The King drinks"; upon which a flourish of trumpets, at a given signal, announced the important fact to those who were not present. [336] Saint-Edmé, vol. ii. pp. 237, 238. [337] Sully, _Mém_. vol. vi. p. 233. [338] Eleonora de Medicis, wife of Vincent I, Duke of Mantua, and sister to the French Queen. [339] Bassompierre, _Mém_. p. 50. [340] Ippolito Aldobrandini, subsequently Pope Clement VIII, was born at Fano. He was created a cardinal in 1585, and in 1592 succeeded Innocent IX. He reconciled Henri IV to the Church of Rome, attached the duchy of Ferrara to the Holy See, organized the famous congregations _de auxiliis_ on grace and free-will, and contributed to the Peace of Vervins. He died in 1605. [341] Alessandro de Medicis, who succeeded Clement VIII in 1605, and died the same year.