M
Madame. See Orléans, Henrietta, and Palatine
Madame de Montespan et Louis XIV. (Clément), [282,] [349]
Madame, Memoirs of Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans (Cartwright), [136]
Madelaine, [50]
Mademoiselle, La Grande. See Montpensier
Magie dans l'Inde antique, La (Henry), [210]
Mailly, Château of, [263]
Maintenon, Mme. de (Mme. Scarron), Letters of (Geoffroy, ed.), [63,] [64;]
Souvenirs sur, [150,] [151,] [230;]
influence of, over Louis XIV., [71,] [156,] [193,] [219,] [339-341,] [374;]
governess to King's children, [290,] [309,] [310;]
Lettres historiques et édifiantes, of, [291;]
King marries, [305,] [370]
Mairet, [223]
Malade Imaginaire (Molière), [109]
Mancini, Marie, niece of Mazarin, [77,] [96,] [193,] [228,] [339]
"Mandate," the, [286]
Mansard, François, [26]
Man with the Iron Mask, the, [304,] [329]
Marie Antoinette, [23]
Marie Thérèse, Infanta of Spain, marriage of, with Louis XIV., [103-111;]
political opinions of, [118;]
unhappy married life of, [149-151,] [154,] [172;]
character of, [149-151,] [196,] [252,] [260,] [261,] [264-266,] [271;]
friendly relations of, with Mme. de Montespan, [209,] [210,] [233-235;]
friendship of, for Mme. de Maintenon, [341;]
death of, [370]
Mariette, priest, [204,] [210;]
arrest and trial of, [210-212]
Marigny, La Relation des Divertissements que le Roi a donnés aux Reines, by, [173]
Marly, [336]
Martinozzi, Anne Marie, niece of Mazarin, [48]
Mascarille, Marquis de, [76]
Mauny, Marquise de, [13,] [131]
Mazarin, Cardinal, power of, [11,] [16,] [25,] [38,] [39,] [45,] [47;]
triumphal return of, [20;]
obtains pardon for Mademoiselle, [48,] [52,] [53,] [56;]
detestation of, [60,] [61;]
rapacity of, [60-62,] [112;]
relations of, with Anne of Austria, [62,] [63,] [304;]
created Cardinal, [63;]
treatment of Louis XIV., [65-67,] [69,] [70,] [74;]
nieces of, [77,] [82,] [96,] [97,] [237;]
letter of protest to, [84;]
signs peace of Pyrénées, [99,] [107;]
difficulties of, in settling points of etiquette relating to King's marriage, [105,] [106;]
instructions of, to Louis, [112,] [113;]
death of, [113,] [116,] [141;]
opposition of, to Compagnie du Saint Sacrement, [158,] [198;]
introduces Italian opera into France, [215]
Médicis, Catherine de', [67,] [113]
Meilleraye, Duc de la (Duc de Mazarin), [77]
Mélanges (Delamare), [285]
Mémoires. See Aumale, Bussy-Rabutin, Choisy, Goulas, Huet, La Fare, La Fayette, Montpensier, Motteville, Saint-Simon, Sourches, etc.
Mémoires of Louis XIV. See under Louis (editors, Dreyss and Petitot).
Mémoires de Montglat, [25,] [59,] [62,] [100,] [108]
Mémoires-Relations du temps, [179]
Mémoires sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de Jean Racine (Racine), [227]
Mercure Galant, [365]
Mignet, Négociations relatives à la succession d'Espagne, by, [143]
Miot. See Porchat.
Misère au temps de la Fronde et Saint Vincent de Paul, La (Feillet), [82,] [84]
Mithridate (Racine), [228]
Molière, returns to Paris, [81;]
plays of, [109,] [124,] [131,] [132,] [180,] [181,] [202,] [216,] [231,] [374,] [376;]
representations of, given at Versailles and the Luxembourg, [178,] [180,] [181,] [221,] [222;]
opposition to Racine and, [223-227;]
King sustains, [227,] [228]
"Molière," of the Grands Écrivains de la France (Hachette), [176,] [179,] [202]
Monsieur, See Orléans, Gaston, Duc d'.
Monsieur, the little. See Anjou, Philippe, Duc d'.
Montausier, Duc de, [264,] [282,] [287,] [297,] [306]
Montausier, Mme. de, [263]
Montbazon, Duchesse de, [126]
Montchevreuil, M. de, [230]
Montespan, Marquis de, [229]
Montespan, Marquise de,
supplants La Vallière, [80,] [193,] [209,] [210;]
marriage of, [172,] [209,] [229;]
description of, [209,] [230;]
client of La Voisin, [210,] [212,] [342;]
criminal charges against, [212,] [344-348;]
position of, [233,] [258-271,] [315,] [334-336;]
assumes habits of royalty, [233-235;]
relations of, with Lauzun, [245,] [246,] [282,] [287,] [354;]
betrays Lauzun, [290,] [291,] [296,] [309,] [310,] [322,] [323;]
children of, [290,] [344,] [351,] [352;]
extravagance of, [333,] [336;]
character of, [339,] [340,] [342;]
dismissal of, [341,] [342,] [350,] [351;]
evidence against destroyed, [343]
Monteverde, Ariane, by, [214]
Montigny, Abbé de, [263]
Montmédy, [59]
Montmorency-Boutteville, [78]
Montmorency, [25]
Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of, La Grande Mademoiselle,
possible marriage of, with Louis XIV., [2,] [48;]
character of, [2,] [56,] [59,] [184]
Montpensier, Mlle., alliance of, with Condé, [3,] [16,] [17,] [33,] [38,] [45,] [55,] [56;]
exiled to Saint-Fargeau, [3-20,] [32-39,] [43-48;]
heroine of Porte Saint-Antoine, [3,] [53,] [58,] ["59,] [72,] [261,] [370;]
amusements at court of St.-Fargeau, [7-10,] [17-20,] [148;]
literary tastes of, [8-10,] [15,] [18,] [73,] [132,] [221,] [224-226,] [229;]
begins her Mémoires, [15;]
rumoured marriage of, with Condé, [16;]
litigation of, with father, [34,] [37,] [41-44,] [51-54;]
wealth of, [35-38,] [145,] [163,] [185,] [256;]
skilful management of her affairs, [36,] [37,] [49;]
breaks with Condé, [46,] [47,] [52;]
makes overtures to Mazarin, [47,] [48;]
wins Champigny lawsuit, [49-51,] [125;]
permitted to return to Court, [54,] [55,] [57-59;]
never fully forgiven, [58,] [59,] [101,] [169,] [186,] [197,] [370;]
proposed marriage of, with little Monsieur, [59,] [73,] [272-278;]
takes up residence in the Luxembourg, [72,] [121,] [122;]
popularity of, in Paris, [72,] [366;]
description of, [72-74;]
astonished at lack of etiquette at Court, [75-79;]
visits Port-Royal, [79,] [80;]
visits Dombes, [95,] [96;]
Monsieur's duplicity towards, [98,] [99;]
grieves at death of Monsieur, [102,] [103;]
present at marriage of Louis XIV., [105-111;]
ill-health of, [120;]
salon of, [122-125,] [131-136,] [148,] [223,] [224,] [226;]
describes blue room of Mme. de Rambouillet, [132,] [133;]
letters of, [160,] [170,] [183;]
letters to, [183,] [188,] [189,] [348;]
proposed marriages of, [136-138;]
grudge of Charles II. against, [136,] [137;]
King plans marriage of, with King of Portugal, [142-146,] [160,] [161;]
refuses to marry Alphonse, [145-147,] [160,] [185;]
second exile of, [147,] [160-170,] [182,] [184;]
proposed marriage of, with Duc de Savoie, [147,] [185-190,] [236;]
buys Comté d'Eu, [161-168;]
installed at Eu, [169,] [170;]
recalled to Court, [184-187;]
failure of proposed marriages of, [189-192;]
patroness of Lulli, [221;]
cultivates Mme. de Montespan, [229,] [230,] [233-236;]
change in sentiments of, [235;]
advancing age of, [236,] [254,] [277,] [278;]
infatuation of, for Lauzun, [238-242,] [250,] [262,] [279-281,] [359,] [360;]
describes Lauzun, [248;]
makes proposals of marriage to, [251-256,] [267-270,] [279,] [280;]
Lauzun's treatment of, [253-256,] [261,] [275-277,] [279,] [281,] [357-360;]
proposed de Longueville marriage of, [256,] [257,] [270;]
as a traveller, [262-267;]
at death-bed of Madame, [270-272;]
King's tacit consent to marriage with Lauzun, [281-283,] [286;]
criticism of projected marriage by all classes, [285,] [286;]
bestows principalities and titles upon Lauzun, [288,] [307;]
preparing for marriage, [289,] [290,] [296;]
King refuses consent, [290-293,] [295,] [296,] [353,] [354;]
marriage with Lauzun broken off, [291-293,] [296,] [297,] [317,] [326;]
appeals in vain to King, [291-293,] [315,] [316;]
grief and despair of, [296-303;]
wide-spread belief in secret marriage of, [304-309,] [349,] [353,] [358;]
learns of Lauzun's arrest and imprisonment, [310-314;]
efforts of, to obtain release of Lauzun, [317,] [318,] [348-352;]
traditional daughter of, [349;]
price demanded from, for liberation of Lauzun, [351,] [352;]
makes Duc du Maine her heir, [351,] [352;]
tricked by Louis and Mme. de Montespan, [354;]
Lauzun forced to renounce gifts of, [354;]
compensates Lauzun, [355;]
devotion of, to Lauzun after his liberation, [356-360;]
constant quarrels with Lauzun, [357-361;]
final break with Lauzun, [362,] [363,] [366;]
illness and death of, [365,] [366;]
burial of, at St. Denis, [366;]
last of actors in the Fronde, [369;]
great qualities of, [377]
Montpensier, Mlle., Mémoires of, [3,] [4,] [8,] [15,] [23,] [36,] [45,] [55,] [59,] [79], [97,] [98,] [102,] [105,] [106,] [121,] [125,] [131,] [136,] [138,] [143,] [160,] [169,] [182,] [210,] [221,] [222,] [230,] [238-240,] [255,] [256,] [262,] [269,] [297,] [305,] [308,] [315-317,] [339,] [347,] [348,] [350,] [353,] [356,] [361]
Montpensier, duchy of, [49;]
given to Lauzun, [288]
Montpensier, Henri de Bourbon, Duc de, [42]
Montpensier, Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, Duchesse de, [42]
Montresor, Claude de Bourdeville, Comte de, [161]
Montvoisin, Antoine, [206-208]
Montvoisin, Catherine "La Voisin" the poisoner, [207,] [208,] [210,] [212]
Morale de Salomon, La, [127]
Moret, mock siege of, [334,] [335]
Morin the Jew, [76]
Mortemart, Mlle. de (Mme. de Montespan), [172]
Motteville, Mme. de, [31,] [49,] [62,] [66,] [116,] [135,] [149,] [150,] [195;]
Mémoires of, [73,] [100,] [104,] [109,] [112,] [113,] [116,] [135,] [149,] [150,] [154,] [170,] [190,] [195]
Mouchy, [199]