The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth: A history of the various negotiations for her marriage
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Mole, La, his mission to England, 161;
reception by Elizabeth, 162-4;
to accompany Alençon to England, 168;
plans Alençon’s escape, 177;
his execution, 178, 186.
Monkey, the Queen’s pet name for Simier.
Montgomeri, Count de, 169;
at the siege of Rochelle, 170-1.
Montmorenci, Marshal, 60, 135, 136, 145;
reception by Elizabeth, 154-6;
splendid entertainment of him, 156;
consulted by Charles IX., 161;
his party joins the Huguenots, 175, 178;
released from prison, 183.
Morette, envoy of the Duke of Savoy, 59.
Morysine, Sir Richard, 12.
Mothe Fénélon, La, his negotiations in favour of the Anjou match,
116-18, 119-24, 127-8, 131-4, 137;
suggests Alençon as a suitor, 150;
his negotiations respecting Alençon, &c., 161-4;
visits the Queen after St. Bartholomew’s, 165-6, 170;
renewed negotiations for Alençon, 176;
sent to England, 238, 240, 244-5, 251;
his interviews with Elizabeth on his way to Scotland, 324-5.
Mowbray sent by Dudley to Henry of Navarre, 64.
N.
Navarre, King Henry of, approached by Dudley, 63;
marriage with Margaret de Valois, 138, 140, 142, 154, 166;
to accompany Alençon to England, 168-9;
kept tightly by Catharine, 175-6, 177;
he escapes and heads the Huguenots, 186, 197, 230;
next heir to the crown of France, 332.
Navarre, Queen of, _see_ Margaret.
Nemours, Duke of, proposed as a suitor, 59.
Nerac, the treaty of, 215.
Nevers, Duke de, his son proposed as a suitor, 49.
Noailles, French ambassador, his intrigues against the Spanish
marriages, 14-18.
Norfolk, Duchess of, 26.
Norfolk, Duke of, 23, 29;
in favour of the match with Archduke Charles, 45-6, 47;
admitted to the Privy Council, 68;
pressing the Archduke’s suit, 95-6, 100-3;
reproached by the Queen, 108, 110;
his conspiracy, 134, 144, 152, 178.
Norris, Sir John, with Alençon in Holland, 302, 328.
North, Lord, special envoy to France, 180;
conversation with Catharine, 181;
quarrels with Sussex, 195.
Northampton, Marquis of, the Queen’s anger with him, 108.
Northumberland, Duke of, his plans for Elizabeth’s marriage,
11-12, 13.
Noue, La, 227, 230.
Nuncio, proposed dispatch of, to England, 59.
O.
Obterre, Marchaumont’s secretary, 234.
Orange, Prince of, 185, 188, 225, 227, 291, 301-3, 305;
attempted assassination of, 308-9, 311-12;
Salcedo’s plot to murder, 320;
tired of Alençon, 325, 326-7.
Ormond, Earl of, 103, 107.
Oudenarde, fall of, 319.
Oxford, Earl of, 29.
P.
Paget, Lord, 14-15.
Parr, Catharine, marries Thomas Seymour, 7;
her treatment of Elizabeth, 7-8.
Parry, Sir Thomas, Cofferer to Princess Elizabeth, 8-11.
Paulet, Sir Amyas, English minister in France, 198.
_Pelican_, the, Drake’s ship, 235.
Pembroke, Earl of, 58, 67;
the Queen’s anger with him, 108;
receives the special French embassy, 238.