INDEX

Abrégé chronologique, Hénault’s, [238], [239].
Adelaide, Madame, allowed to remain at Versailles, [246];
her apartment, [255].
Aix-la-Chapelle, the peace of, [130], [131].
Almases, performed at Versailles, [140].
Austria, France’s alliance with, [203]et seq.;
an Austrian party at Versailles, [205].
Artois, Count of, [265].
Asturias, Prince of, [19].

Bachelier, the confidant of Louis XV., [51].
Barbier, quoted, [40], [44], [55];
his criticism of Bishop Fitz-James, [80].
Barthélemy, Édouard de, [245].
Beaujolais, Mademoiselle de, her birth, [19];
affianced to Don Carlos, [19];
sent back to France, [20];
later life and death, [21].
Beaumont, Christopher de, summoned to the archbishopric of Paris, [196];
his integrity to the Church, [196], [197];
exiled, [197];
his charge sent from Conflans to Paris, [198], [199];
recalled by the King, [197];
again exiled, [197].
Bellevue, Château of, [145], [146], [151].
Bernis, Abbé de, verses quoted, [126];
his attitude towards Madame de Pompadour, [183], [184], [185];
accused of drawing up the treaty of Versailles, [206];
his words on the convention of Cloister-Seven, [207], [208];
counsels peace, [208], [209];
threatened, [210];
resigns, [210], [211].
Berry, Duke of, [265].
Bonhomme, Honoré, his book on Louis XV. and his family, [245], [246];
his description of Madame Henriette, [249].
Bossuet, quoted, [195], [229].
Bourbon, Duke of, prime minister, [16];
ruled by his mistress, Madame de Prie, [16–18];
his uneasiness at court, [18];
his description of Marie Leczinska, [25];
endeavors to overthrow Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, [34];
his downfall, [34], [35].
Burgundy, Duke of, [264].

Campan, Madame de, quoted, [255];
her words concerning Marie Leczinska, [270].
Carlos, Don, [19].
Charles X., [265].
Charolais, Mademoiselle de, [50].
Chartres, Duchess de, [76], [78].
Chartres, Duke of, sketch of his career, [114], [115];
efforts to effect a marriage between Madame Henriette and, [250], [251];
his marriage, [251];
his unhappiness after marriage, [252].
Chateaubriand, quoted, [222].
Châteauroux, Duchess de, [1], [6];
words of the Goncourts concerning, [71];
wishes to follow the King to the army, [73];
joins the King, [76], [77], [78];
falls sick, [78];
is compelled to leave the King, [79];
her return to Paris, [84–86];
believes she will regain the King’s favor, [84], [86], [87];
the type of the passionate woman, [87];
among the crowd at the King’s triumph, [88];
visited by the King, [88], [89];
invited to return to Versailles, [89], [90];
her final illness and death, [90–92].
Choiseul, Duke de, [211];
his popularity, [213].
Christianity, the soul of France, [271].
Cloister-Seven, the convention of, [207].
Clotilde, Madame, [265].
Coaslin, Madame de, her insolent conduct toward Madame de Pompadour, [157].
Conti, Princess de, [125].

D’Alembert, [215].
Damiens, wounds Louis XV., [180–182].
D’Argenson, quoted, [44], [105], [106], [218];
his attitude towards Madame de Pompadour, [183];
possesses confidence of Louis XV., [186];
misled as to the feelings of the King towards Madame de Pompadour, [186];
proposes that meetings of the ministers be held in the Dauphin’s apartments, [187];
dismissed from service, [188];
his words on women in politics, [194];
a true prophet, [218], [219].
Dauphin, the, [109], [110];
marries, [110], [186], [187];
surrounded by the people, [220];
his delight at visit of his sister Elisabeth, [248];
his character, [258];
marries Marie Josèphe of Saxony, [261–263];
falls ill, [265];
his last hours and death, [266], [267].
Dauphiness, the, [220];
see [Marie Josèphe].
Deffand, Madame du, [36], [37];
her sketch of Marie Leczinska, [237], [238].
Desmarets, Père, [181], [186].
Devin du Village, Le, performed at Bellevue, [146].
Diderot, his words concerning Madame de Pompadour, [232].
Duclos, quoted, [215].

Economists, the, [218].
Elisabeth, Madame, daughter of the Dauphiness, [265].
Elisabeth, Madame, the Infanta, marries, [247];
goes to Spain, [247];
visits her parents at Versailles, [247], [248];
her grief at her sister Henriette’s death, [252], [253];
spends a year at Versailles, [253];
did not esteem her husband, [253];
her ambitions, [253];
her final return to France and death, [253], [254];
accused by Michelet of causing the Seven Years’ War, [253], [254];
a selection from one of her last letters, [254].
Elisabeth of Russia, death of, [211].
Encyclopedia, the, [216], [271].
Encyclopedists, the, [217], [218].
Enfant prodigue, L’, performed at Versailles, [139], [154].
Erigone, performed at Versailles, [139].
Étioles, Madame d’, Marquise de Pompadour, see [Pompadour, Marquise de].
Étioles, M. Lenormand d’, [118], [120], [121], [175];
not anxious to take back his wife, [176].
Europe, condition of, after treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, [202], [203].

Favart, verses by, [228].
Félicité, Pauline, Mademoiselle de Nesle comes to Versailles, [54];
becomes mistress of Louis XV., [54];
marries Count de Vintimille, [56];
see [Vintimille, Countess de].
Fitz-James, Bishop, forbids Louis XV. absolution while Madame de Châteauroux remains with him, [79];
administers extreme unction to the King, [80];
his detractors, [80].
Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, [30];
his origin and advancement, [32];
preceptor of Louis XV., [32];
his influence over Louis XV., [32];
Madame de Prie’s plot to get rid of, [33];
departs from the court, [34];
is recalled by Louis XV., [34];
his death, [68], [246].
Fontanelle, his verses to Marie Leczinska, [239], [240].
Frederick the Great, [205], [214], [222].
Fréjus, Bishop of, see [Fleury].

Gresset, [139].

Helvetius, quoted, [215].
Hénault, President, his words concerning Marquise de Pompadour, [118];
offers manuscript of his Abrégé chronologique to Marie Leczinska, [238];
his verses to Marie Leczinska, [239].
Henriette, Madame, [247], [248];
of her by Honoré Bonhomme, [249];
her death, [248], [249];
her sad love affair, [250], [251];
her death, [252].
Hermitage, the, [151].

Infanta, Madame, see [Elisabeth, Madame].
Ismène performed at Versailles, [139].
Issart, Marquis des, [261].

Jansenism, [194], [195].
Jesuits, [173–175], [189–192];
the order condemned, [221], [222].

La Tour, his pastel of Madame de Pompadour, [216];
his pastel Marie Leczinska, [236].
Leczinska, Marie, see [Marie Leczinska].
Leczinska, Stanislas, his life of exile, [23];
his death, [266].
Louis XV., women of court of, [1] et seq.;
daughters of, [2], [112], [113], [245]et seq.;
his character and career reviewed, [4–10];
his mistresses, [6], [7];
his melancholy, [8], [158];
his death, [10];
beginning of his reign, [14];
affianced to Infanta Marie Anne Victoire, [14], [15];
established at Versailles, [15];
coronation of, [15];
his health delicate, [18];
his marriage to Infanta Marie Anne Victoire broken off, [20], [21];
his beauty, [25];
marries Marie Leczinska, [26];
meets Marie Leczinska, [27];
his early married life exemplary, [30], [39], [40];
his affection for Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, [32];
recalls Fleury, [34];
expels Duke of Bourbon, [34], [35];
his growing indifference towards Marie Leczinska, [42];
influences about him, [43–45];
makes a favorite of Madame de Mailly, [47], [48];
changes his apartments, [48];
his trifling life, [49], [52];
becomes tired of Madame de Mailly, [53], [59];
makes a favorite of Pauline Félicité, [54];
his remorse, [54], [55];
his dismay at death of Countess de Vintimille, [58];
makes a favorite of Madame de la Tournelle, [62] et seq.;
his severity towards Madame de Mailly, [61];
dismisses Madame de Mailly from court, [65];
his economy, [69];
makes Madame de la Tournelle Duchess of Châteauroux, [69], [70];
isolates himself at court, [71];
hesitates to join his troops, [72–74];
at the head of his troops, [74];
misses Madame de Châteauroux, [76];
receives Madame de Châteauroux at Lille, [77];
goes to Metz, [78];
falls ill, [79];
is compelled to dismiss Madame de Châteauroux, [79];
receives extreme unction, [80];
grief of France at illness of, [81];
his reconciliation with the Queen, [81];
repentant only when sick, [83], [180], [181];
returns to Paris, [88];
visits Madame de Châteauroux, [88], [89];
his neglect of Madame de Châteauroux during her last illness, [90];
his emotions transitory, [92];
his personal attractions, [97];
his religious feelings, [98];
his ennui, [92], [99], [100], [133];
his monarchical faith, [101];
how he differs from Louis XIV., [101], [102];
among his troops, [102];
not as indolent as accused of being, [103];
his sensuality, [103], [104];
his distrust and timidity, [104];
his dissimulation, [105], [205];
his indecision, [105];
D’Argenson’s portrait of, [105], [106];
neglects the Queen, [107];
receives Marie Thérèse Antoinette Raphaelle at Étampes, [110];
his meeting with Madame d’Étioles at the Hôtel de Ville ball, [120];
installs Madame d’Étioles at Versailles, [121];
joins the army, [122];
confers title of Marquise de Pompadour on Madame d’Étioles, [124];
returns to Versailles, [125];
relinquishes his military activity, [129], [130];
his policy in the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, [130];
yields up the fruit of his conquests, [130], [131];
Voltaire’s lines to, [131];
change of public feeling toward, [132];
his interest in the theatre of Madame de Pompadour, [138];
becomes bored by dramatic spectacles, [145];
transfers performances from Versailles to château of Bellevue, [145], [146];
his conscience uneasy, [158];
equestrian statue of, [159], [160];
public attacks on, [165], [166];
his Jubilee, [169], [171], [172];
his religious tendencies, [166], [173];
retains Madame de Pompadour only through compassion, [174];
wounded by Damiens, [180–182];
public sympathy for, [182];
receives Madame de Pompadour graciously, [187];
his attitude towards Jansenism, [196];
his spirit of compromise, [197];
summons Christopher de Beaumont to the archbishopric of Paris, [196];
sends de Beaumont to Conflans, [197];
recalls de Beaumont, [199];
his enmity to Parliament, [198], [200];
his indecision, [203], [204];
his attitude toward Austria, [205];
accepts resignation of Abbé Bernis, [210], [211];
gives up cities possessed in Germany, [212];
his words concerning famous men of letters of France, [214];
revokes the privileges of editors of the Encyclopedia, [216], [217];
anonymous letter to, [217], [218];
called a Herod by the people, [219], [220];
his words at the funeral of Madame de Pompadour, [231];
fond of the society of his daughters, [255], [256];
selects a second wife for the Dauphin, [258];
at the death-bed of his wife, [273].
Louis XIV., [13], [101];
his attitude towards Jansenism, [195].
Louis XVI., [265].
Louis XVIII., [265].
Louise, Madame, [247], [255].
Luynes, Duchess de, [127], [128];
Marie Leczinska’s letters to, [241], [242];
Marie Leczinska’s friendship for, [241], [242].
Luynes, Duke de, his gift to Marie Leczinska, [241], [242].

Machault, M. de, his attitude towards Madame de Pompadour, [183];
his interview with Madame de Pompadour, [184], [185].
Mailly, Countess de, [1], [46];
her birth and marriage, [47];
description of, by Le Roy, [47];
becomes mistress of Louis XV., [47], [48];
loses affection of the King, [53];
introduces her sister, Pauline Félicité, to the King, [54];
her grief at death of her sister, [58];
dismissed from court, [60] et seq.;
pitied by every one, [64];
pensioned by the King, [67];
her last years, [93];
her last days and death, [170–172].
Mariage fait et rompu, Le, performed at Versailles, [139].
Maria Theresa, [204];
her display of admiration for Louis XV., [205].
Marie Anne Victoire, Infanta, affianced to Louis XIV., [14], [15];
sent back to Spain on account of her youth, [18], [20], [21];
marries Joseph Emanuel, [21].
Marie Antoinette, [2].
Marie Josèphe of Saxony, the Dauphiness, [259];
the marriage of, with the Dauphin, [259] et seq.;
the Duke de Richelieu’s words concerning, [261];
leaves Dresden for Versailles, [261];
Marshal Saxe’s words concerning, [261], [262];
marries the Dauphin, [261–263];
burdened by court etiquette, [263], [264];
makes herself beloved, [264];
her children, [264], [265];
a perfect wife and mother, [265];
her words at the death of the Dauphin, [267];
her death, [268];
her life a symbol, [271].
Marie Leczinska, [2];
her birth, [23];
her character, [23–25], [272], [273];
Duke of Bourbon’s words concerning, [25];
suddenly called to the throne of France, [24], [25];
her marriage to Louis XV., [26];
her letter to her father concerning her reception by the French people, [26], [27];
meets Louis XV., [27];
her gifts to the ladies of the court, [27];
pleases every one, [28];
goes to Versailles, [29];
her early married life happy, [30];
jealous of influence of Fleury over Louis XV., [32];
her worthy life, [40];
gives birth to twins, [40];
her pious excursion to Paris, [40], [41];
her children, [41], [245] et seq.;
her behavior towards Louis XV., [41], [42];
her suffering on account of the favor of Madame de Mailly with the King, [48];
her sympathy for Madame de Mailly, [64];
visits the King ill at Metz, [81–83];
her disappointment regarding the King’s feelings towards her, [83];
her feelings at the death of Madame de Châteauroux, [91];
D’Argenson’s words concerning, [106];
her tenth child, [106];
neglected by the King, [107];
her daily life, [107], [108];
her peace of heart, [109];
called the “Good Queen,” [109];
her reception of Madame de Pompadour, [126];
her feelings towards Madame de Pompadour, [128];
refuses to permit Madame de Pompadour to take part in religious service, [169];
her words concerning Madame de Pompadour after the latter’s death, [231];
compared with Madame de Pompadour, [233–235], [276];
her character, [233] et seq.;
portrait of, by La Tour, [236];
Nattier’s portrait of, [237];
sketch of, by Madame du Deffand, [237], [238];
her circle of friends, [238];
her words to President Hénault, [239];
President Hénault’s verses to, [239];
Fontanelle’s verses to, [239], [240];
her letters to the Duchess de Luynes, [241], [242];
her friendship for the Duchess de Luynes, [241], [242];
her solid information, [243];
a tender mother, [245], [255];
the daughters of, [245] et seq.;
her resignation in grief at loss of two of her daughters, [255];
her relations to her children, [255], [256];
her apartments, [256], [257];
her liking for Marie Josèphe, the Dauphiness, [264];
loses her son and father, [266], [267];
crushed by sorrow, [268];
goes to the Carmelite convent of Compiègne, [270];
Madame de Campan’s words concerning, [270];
universally beloved, [272];
falls ill, [273];
her last moments and death, [273–275];
her funeral, [276];
the last Queen who ended her days on the throne of France, [276].
Marie Thérèse Antoinette Raphaelle, her marriage to the Dauphin, [110];
her amiability, [111];
her death, [129], [130], [258].
Massillon, [275].
Maurepas, [89], [90], [162].
Memoirs of court of Louis XV., [3].
Mère coquette, performed at Versailles, [142].
Michelet, his words concerning Madame de Prie, [36];
his effort to cast ridicule on the daughters of Louis XV., [245];
accuses Madame Elisabeth of being the cause of the Seven Years’ War, [253], [254].
Montpensier, Mademoiselle, her birth and marriage, [19];
becomes Queen of Spain, [19];
sent back to France, [20];
her later life, [21].
Motte, Mademoiselle de la, [117].

Nattier, his portrait of Marie Leczinska, [237].
Nesle, Mademoiselle de, see [Félicité, Pauline].
Nuptial ceremony of putting to bed, described, [262], [263].

Orleans, Duke of, [16];
sketch of his career, [113], [114].

Palissot, verses by, [228].
Parliament, Madame de Pompadour’s conduct towards, [194];
Louis XV.’s attitude towards, [196–198], [200];
one hundred and fifty members of, resign, [198];
members of, pose as protectors of liberty, [200].
Pérusseau, [79].
Philip, Don, son of Philip V. of Spain, marries Madame Elisabeth, [247];
obtains sovereignty of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastella, [247];
not esteemed by his wife, [253].
Philip V. of Spain, [18], [19].
Poisson, Abel, [148], [149], [160].
Poisson, François, [117].
Poisson, Jeanne Antoine, afterwards Marquise de Pompadour, [117];
see [Pompadour, Madame de].
Pompadour, Marquise de, [1], [6];
her character, [116], [117];
her birth and early life, [117];
her accomplishments, [117];
her marriage, [118];
President Hénault’s words concerning, [118];
plans to capture the fancy of Louis XV., [119];
appears as Diana at the Hôtel de Ville ball, [119], [120];
her children, [120];
makes her way into Versailles, [120], [121];
concealed by Louis XV., [121];
withdraws to her chateau at Étioles, [122];
receives title of Marquise, [124];
her presentation, [125];
treatment of her by the court, [127];
her attitude toward the Queen, [127–129];
her theatre of the little Cabinets, [132] et seq.;
her fear of losing the interest of the King, [133];
her successes as an actress, [132], [134], [139], [140], [142], [145];
wants to play comedy at Versailles, [135];
draws up regulations for players at her theatre, [137], [138];
plays and sings, [139];
in the ballet of Almases, [140];
her last performance, [146];
Rousseau’s letter to, [146];
her power, pomp, and opulence, [147] et seq.;
her sepulchre, [149];
her beauty, [149], [150];
what she cost France, [150];
her dwellings and apartments, [150–152];
verses to, by Voltaire, [122–124], [145], [152–154];
her griefs and sadness, [156] et seq.;
threatened with death, [157];
insulted by Madame de Coaslin, [157];
her lack of confidence in the King, [156], [158];
like Scheherezade, [158];
her desire to marry her daughter Alexandrine, [160–162];
death of her daughter Alexandrine, [160];
verses at death of her mother, [160];
Sainte-Beuve’s words concerning, [161];
Paris implacable towards, [162];
verses abusing her, [163–166];
suffers under public abuse, [167];
ready to do anything to hold her place, [168];
makes a show of devotion, [168–170], [173];
has a statue made of herself, [170];
is attacked by fever, [170];
her feeling of insecurity, [170], [171];
endeavors to obtain absolution from the Jesuits, [173], [174];
refused absolution by Père de Sarcy, [174], [175];
solicits a place as lady of the Queen’s palace, [175];
declares her willingness to be reconciled to her husband, [175], [176];
receives communion, [177];
becomes a lady of the palace, [177], [178];
her conduct when Louis XV. was wounded by Damiens, [182], [183];
attitude of the three principal ministers towards, [183];
interview of M. de Machault with, [184], [185];
meets the King and resumes her domination, [186–189];
her grudge against the Jesuits, [189];
her note to the Pope censuring the Jesuits, [189–192];
her methods in politics, [193], [194];
held responsible for the Seven Years’ War, [201];
her interest in porcelains, [202];
her attitude toward the Austrian alliance, [205] et seq.;
her obstinacy, [209], [211];
the object of public vindictiveness, [213];
her attitude towards Voltaire, [215];
her attitude towards Quesnay, [215];
her attitude towards the philosophers, [214] et seq., [221];
La Tour’s pastel of, [216];
anonymous letters to, [217], [218];
reviled by the people, [220];
effects the expulsion of the Jesuits, [221], [222];
eulogized by Voltaire, [223];
foresees the crumbling of the government, [224];
aged prematurely, [226], [227];
her courage in suffering, [227];
falls ill at Choisy, [227];
feels the coming of death, [229];
fears the King more than God, [229];
her death-bed, [229], [230];
her will, [230];
her death, [230], [231];
funeral service of, [231];
regretted by the men of letters, [232], [233];
compared with Marie Leczinska, [233–235], [276].
Porcelains, Madame de Pompadour’s interest in, [202].
Précis du siècle de Louis XV., Voltaire’s, [154].
Préjugé à la mode, Le, performed at Versailles, [139].
Prie, Marquise de, mistress of the Duke of Bourbon, [16];
influence of, at court, [16], [18];
her life, [17];
pleased at marriage of Louis XV. to Marie Leczinska, [31];
plots to get rid of Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, [33];
expelled from court by Louis XV., [35];
the bitterness of her last years, [36], [37];
her death, [38];
rumored to have poisoned herself, [38].
Provence, Count of, [265].

Quesnay, [183], [185];
the confidant of Madame de Pompadour, [215];
his character, [216].

Revolution, the, prophecies of, [218], [219], [224].
Richelieu, Duke de, description of, by D’Argenson, [61];
his plan at court, [62];
made first gentleman of the chamber, [71];
his exasperation at the favor of Madame de Pompadour with the King, [127];
quarrel of, with Duke de la Vallière, [142–144];
his treatment of Madame de Pompadour, [143], [261];
his words concerning Marie Josèphe of Saxony, [259].
Rohan, Cardinal, [26].
Rousseau, his letter to Madame de Pompadour, [146].

Sainte-Beuve, his words concerning Madame de Pompadour, [161];
his description of La Tour’s pastel of Marie Leczinska, [236].
Saint Monica, [269].
Sarcy, Père de, refuses Madame de Pompadour absolution, [174], [175], [190].
Saxe, Marshal, negotiates the marriage of Marie Josèphe of Saxony with the Dauphin, [258–261];
his words concerning Marie Josèphe, [261], [262];
his description of the ceremonial of putting to bed, [262], [263].
“School of Man, The,” a pamphlet attacking Louis XV., [165], [166].
Seven Years’ War, the, Madame de Pompadour held responsible for, [201];
the results of, [212].
Sophie, Madame, [247], [255].
Soubise, [209].
Surprises de l’amour, Les, performed at Versailles, [142].

Tancred, performed at Versailles, [142].
Tartuffe, performed at Versailles, [139].
Theatre of the little Cabinets, at Versailles, [136], [137] et seq.;
regulations for players at, [137], [138];
dramatic performances at, [139], [140];
collection of comedies performed at, [141].
Thétis et Pélée, performance of, [170].
Toulouse, Countess de, her apartment at Versailles, [49];
accused of aiding the intimacy of Louis XV. and Madame de Mailly, [50].
Tournehem, M. Lenormand de, [117].
Tournelle, Madame de la, her birth and marriage, [60];
appointed lady of the palace, [60];
becomes a favorite of the King, [62];
determines to have Madame de Mailly dismissed from court, [62], [63];
her triumph, [65–67];
inferior to Madame de Montespan, [68];
becomes Duchess of Châteauroux, [69–71];
see [Châteauroux, Duchess of].
Tournelle, Marquis de la, [60].
Trois Cousines, Les, performed at Versailles, [139].

Unigenitus, the bull, [195], [196], [200].

Vallière, Duke de la, quarrel of, with Duke de Richelieu, [142–144].
Vanloo, [232].
Versailles, deserted after death of Louis XIV., [13];
festivities at, [111], [112];
theatre constructed for Madame de Pompadour at, [136];
Madame de Pompadour’s apartments at, [150], [151];
the treaty of, [204], [206];
an Austrian party at, [205].
Victoire, Madame, [247], [255].
Vintimille, Countess de, gives birth to a boy, [57];
her death, [57], [58];
see [Félicité, Pauline].
Vitzthum, Count, [259].
Voltaire, his words concerning Marie Leczinska, [27], [28];
his Henri IV., [28], [29];
obtains a pension, [29];
with Madame d’Étioles at her château, [122];
his lines to Madame d’Étioles, [122–124];
his lines to Louis XV., [131];
his lines to Madame de Pompadour at her toilet, [145];
his flattery of Madame de Pompadour, [152–155], [215];
his Enfant prodigue produced at Versailles, [139], [154];
turns against Madame de Pompadour, [166], [167], [208];
quoted, [211];
his words concerning Seven Years’ War, [212], [213];
eulogizes Madame de Pompadour, [223];
his pleasure in foreseeing the French Revolution, [224];
his words concerning Madame de Pompadour after the latter’s death, [232].

Women of court of Louis XV., [1] et seq.

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