1. Marie Gabrielle Éléonore (1690–1760), Abbess of Saint-Antoine-lez-Paris. 2. Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1692–1740). 3. Louise Elisabeth, Mlle. de Bourbon (1693–1775). 4. Louise Anne, Mlle. de Charolais (1697–1741). 5. Marie Anne, Mlle. de Clermont (1697–1741). 6. Charles, Comte de Charolais (1700–1760). 7. Henriette Louise Marie Françoise Gabrielle, Mlle. de Vermandois (born in 1703). 8. Elisabeth Alexandre, Mlle. de Sens (1705–1765). 9. Louis, Comte de Clermont (1709–1771). [253] Saint-Simon. [254] Saint-Simon. [255] “Madame de Prie (1698–1727),” Paris, 1905. [256] “Correspondance complète de Madame, duchesse d’Orléans,” Letter of 27 Septembre, 1720. [257] H. Thirion, “Madame de Prie.” [258] Henri Martin, “Histoire de France jusqu’en 1789.” [259] Saint-Simon. [260] Gérard Michel, Seigneur de la Jonchère. [261] The Emergency War Fund had been instituted by Louis XIV.’s celebrated War Minister, Louvois, who wished to have large sums of money always at hand for his great projects, without being obliged to take the Minister of Finance into his confidence, and was maintained, in time of war, by contributions levied on conquered territory, and, in time of peace, by a variety of means. The treasurers were not bound to render accounts annually, as in other Government offices, but were permitted to retain the money and employ it in their own affairs. This system had its advantages, but, on the other hand, it lent itself readily to malversation on the part of those who had the management of the Fund. [262] In 1717, he had been summoned before the tribunal appointed to investigate the accounts of the commissaries and revenue-farmers, and ordered to make restitution to the amount of 600,000 livres to the State. [263] The letter in which Breteuil received his nomination stated that Le Blanc had begged the King to permit him to retire. This was to soften his disgrace, which was none the less real. [264] “Journal de Barbier,” December, 1723. [265] Louis XV.’s love of play first revealed itself towards the end of 1722. In July, 1724, Marais writes that “the King is a terrible gambler.” [266] The total amount of the defalcations was estimated at 12,000,000 livres at the very least. [267] See his “Histoire de la Régence,” and the author’s “The Fascinating Duc de Richelieu” (London, Methuen: New York, Scribner, 1910). [268] The Tournelle was the court of criminal jurisdiction of the Parlement. [269] Président Hénault, “Mémoires.” But, according to Coxe (“History of the House of Austria”), Isabella Farnese was anything but composed: “In the first paroxysms of rage, the Queen tore off a bracelet ornamented with a portrait of the King of France and trampled it under her foot; and Philip declared that Spain could never shed enough blood to avenge the indignity offered to his family.”