It was not for this that Henry IV. and Richelieu had laboured. The tree that bears no fruit must be cut down to the ground, or it will perish by its own inherent rottenness. As the Empire had fallen, as the Spanish monarchy had fallen, the French monarchy, shaken by the thunders of La Hogue and Blenheim, fell at last, when, amidst the corruption of Versailles, it ceased to do any useful work for man. INDEX. Aachen (_Aix-la-Chapelle_) place of coronation, 2. Administrators. _See_ Bishoprics. Aix-la-Chapelle. _See_ Aachen. Aldringer, offers to assist Wallenstein, 175; declares against him, 177; tries to seize him, 177. Alsace, Mansfeld in, 50; his designs there, 56; Mansfeld returns to, 60; proposed march of Mansfeld to, 75; its possession of importance to France, 191; comes into French possession, 197. Anhalt, Prince of. _See_ Christian of Anhalt. Anne of Austria, Regent of France, 205. Anspach, the Margrave of, hopes for a revolution, 135. Anstruther, Sir Robert, his mission to the King of Denmark, 84. Arnim, ordered by Wallenstein to besiege Stralsund, 108; commands the Saxons at Breitenfeld, 139; his conference with Wallenstein, 153; is expected to meet Wallenstein at Eger, 179. Arras, besieged by Condé, 223. Augsburg, city of, swears obedience to Gustavus, 150; besieged by the imperialists, 187; resists Turenne, 212. Augsburg, Peace of, 9; questions arising out of it, 10; evaded by the Protestants, 11. Austria, Lower, estates of, attempt to wring concessions from Ferdinand, 36. Austria, Upper, surrenders to Maximilian, 42; pledged to Maximilian, 46; restored to Ferdinand, 119. Austria, the House of, territories governed by it, 9; its branches, 24. Avesnes incorporated with France, 225. Bautzen, besieged by John George, 42. Bergen-op-zoom, siege of, 63. Bernhard of Weimar, joins the King of Denmark, 101; joins Gustavus, 138; takes the command of the Swedes at Lützen, 163; his expectations after the death of Gustavus, 166; his duchy of Franconia, 167; takes Ratisbon, 173; is invited to assist Wallenstein, 179; prepares to march to Eger, 179; is defeated at Nördlingen, 183; loses his duchy of Franconia, 183; his alliance with France, 190; defeats the imperialists at Rheinfelden and takes Rheinfelden, Freiburg, and Breisach, 195; his death, 196. Bachararch, misery at, 187. Baden-Durlach, Margrave of, joins Frederick, 54; defeated at Wimpfen, 57; abandons his allies, 60; aids the King of Denmark, 101. Bamberg and Würzburg, Bishop of; attacked by Mansfeld, 49. Baner, defeats the Imperialists at Wittstock, 194; is driven back to the coast of the Baltic, 195; fights in different parts of Germany, 196. Bärwalde, treaty of, 132.