[216] The seigneurie of Châteauroux was in 1497 erected into a county in favour of André de Chauvigny. In 1613 it was acquired by Henri II., Prince de Condé, who, three years later, obtained letters-patent evicting it into a duchy-peerage. [217] “Père Tixier,” by MM. Lemoine and Lichtenberger, “Revue de Paris,” 15 November, 1903. [218] Bishop Burnet, “History of his own Time.” [219] Saint-Évremond, “Stances irrégulières.” [220] Bossuet, “Oraison funèbre du Grand Condé.” [221] Charles François Frédéric de Montmorency-Boutteville. [222] Marie de Clérambault. [223] Madame de Caylus. [224] Saint-Simon. [225] Philippi Mancini. Mazarin had bequeathed to him the duchy-peerage of Nivernois and Donzois, which he had purchased from the Duke of Mantua, in 1659. [226] See the author’s “The Fascinating Duc de Richelieu” (London, Methuen; New York, Scribner, 1910). [227] The Duc de Nevers had inherited under his uncle’s will the Palazzo Mazarini, at the foot of the Quirinal, and frequently spent the winter there. [228] This episode occurred in 1688, nearly two years after the death of the Great Condé, when _Monsieur le Duc_ had become _Monsieur le Prince_. [229] The Grand Dauphin, only son of Louis XIV. [230] Marie Charlotte de la Meilleraye-Mazarin. She was a daughter of Armand de la Porte-Meilleraye-Mazarin, Duc de Mazarin, and the beautiful Hortense Mancini, Mazarin’s favourite niece. On his marriage, the former added the cardinal’s name to his patronymic, and was created Duc de Mazarin. [231] Madame de Richelieu was, of course, an Italian on her mother’s side. [232] 1. Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, born 1 February, 1666; married in 1688 Louis François, Prince de Conti; died in 1732. 2. Louis de Bourbon, born 11 October, 1668; became Louis III., Prince de Condé in 1709; died the following year. 3. Anne Marie Victoire de Bourbon, Mlle. de Condé, born 11 August, 1675; died unmarried 23 October, 1700. 4. Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Mlle. de Charolais, born 8 November, 1676; married in 1692 the Duc de Maine, son of Louis XIV. and Madame de Montespan. 5. Marie Anne de Bourbon, called Mlle. de Montmorency, and later Mlle. d’Enghien, born 24 February, 1678; married in 1710 the Duc de Vendôme; died in 1718. [233] Jean Auguste Deschamps, Sieur de Cotecoste. [234] Duc d’Aumale, “Histoire des Princes de Condé.” [235] Louis Armand de Bourbon (1661–1685). He must not be confused with his younger, and far more celebrated brother, François Louis de Bourbon (1664–1709) who succeeded him in the title, up to which time he was known as the Prince de la Roche-sur-Yon.