[230] In 1634, after the demise of the Marquis d'Ayetona, Philip of Spain conferred upon his brother Ferdinand, Cardinal-Archbishop of Toledo, the appointment of Governor-General of the Netherlands, which he held until his death, which took place at Brussels on the 9th of November 1641, when he was succeeded by Don Francisco de Mello, a nobleman who had rendered himself conspicuous by defeating the Maréchal de Guiche at Hannecourt. Subsequently, however, De Mello tarnished his military reputation at the famous battle of Rocroy, where he was utterly worsted by the young Duc d'Enghien, who had only just attained his twenty-first year, and who was afterwards known as the Great Condé. [231] Mézeray, vol. xi. p. 540. [232] Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 541, 542. Le Clerc, vol. ii. pp. 496-519. Aubery, vol. ii. p. 736. Siri, _Mém. Rec_. vol. ii. p. 15. [233] Claude de Rouvroy, Sieur de Saint-Simon, was the descendant of a family of Vermandois in Picardy. His relative Isaac de Rouvroy resigned in his favour (in 1635) the paternal estate, which, when he became the favourite of Louis XIII, that monarch erected into a duchy in his favour. [234] Henri Coiffier Ruzé-d'Effiat, Marquis de Cinq-Mars, was the second son of Antoine Coiffier, Marquis d'Effiat, Maréchal de France. [235] Siri, _Mém. Rec_. vol. ii. p. 571. [236] Rambure, Unpublished MS. vol. xx. pp. 6-13. [237] Montresor, _Mém_. p. 162. Le Clerc, vol. ii. pp. 543-562. Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 544-552. Capefigue, vol. ii. pp. 99-125. [238] Sismondi, vol. xxiii. p. 510. [239] Dreux du Radier, vol. v. pp. 258, 259. [240] MS. Dupuy, vol. 590. [241] Le Vassor, vol. x. book 1. p. 589. Capefigue, vol. vi. pp. 121, 122. Sismondi, vol. xxiii. pp. 509, 510. Le Clerc, vol. ii. p. 558. Mézeray, vol. xi. p. 542. END OF VOLUME III