Catharine de Medici, Queen-mother of France, 3-4, 57, 66, 69, 71, 76; offers Charles IX. to Elizabeth, 79-80, 82-7, 103; favours Leicester’s suit, 104-5; proposals to marry Anjou to Mary Stuart, 114; her negotiations for Anjou’s marriage with Elizabeth, 115-17, 123-5; her interview with Buckhurst, 124-5; her interviews with Walsingham, 127, 135, 137; anxiety for the Anjou match, 140-1; plans to marry Anjou elsewhere, 144; her renewed negotiations for the Anjou match, 145-9; proposes Alençon to Elizabeth, 149 _passim_; her action after St. Bartholomew, 166, 168-71; again offers Alençon, 172-3; keeps Alençon and Navarre in durance, 175-81; pursues Alençon in his flight, 183; again pursues Alençon, 190; her plans against the Huguenots, 197-8; Elizabeth praises her, 215; she opposes Alençon’s entrance into Flanders, 246, 251; her interview with Walsingham, 256; attempts to bribe Alençon, 256; makes light of Elizabeth’s pledge to Alençon, 275; her anger with Alençon for trusting Elizabeth, 286; helps Alençon in the Netherlands, 322; meets Alençon on his flight from Flanders, 329; proposes to marry him to Mary Stuart, 330; swears to be revenged upon the Spaniards for Alençon’s death, 330; Elizabeth’s letter to her on Alençon’s death, 331. Catharine of Aragon, 5, 16-17. Catharine of Navarre, her suggested marriage with Alençon, 186. Catholics, persecution of, during Alençon’s stay in England, 266. Cavalcanti, Guido, Catharine de Medici’s envoy to Elizabeth, about the Anjou match, 116, 128-9, 131, 136-7, 138, 140, 142; his negotiations for the Alençon match, 148-50, 154, 173. Cecil, Lady, 96. Cecil, Sir Thomas, 224. Cecil, William, Lord Burleigh, 2, 12, 32, 35, 40, 41, 43; favours the Swedish match, 49; complains of Dudley, 50-2; frustrates Dudley’s Catholic intrigues, 57-63; opposed to the match with Charles IX., 79-80, 81, 89; in favour of the Archduke, 101, 103-4, 110; his attitude towards the Anjou match, 129-30, 139, 142, 144; his attitude towards the Alençon match, 161-3, 195-6, 202, 204, 216, 226-7, 234, 241-2, 256, 258, 266, 270, 273, 281, 287-8, 298, 305, 307, 310, 313, 323. Challoner, Sir Thomas, 32, 34. Champigny (Perennot), Flemish envoy to England, 184. Champvallon accompanies Alençon to England, 278. Charles, Archduke, a suitor for the Queen’s hand, 34-6, 41-8; proposed marriage with Mary Stuart, 66-9; renewed proposals to Elizabeth, 78, 81-2, 88-95, 97-105; the negotiations finally abandoned, 111-13, 116. Charles V. 5-6, 17.