[161] See La Cabale des Dévots, by M. Raoul Allier.
[162] A doubtful phrase.
[163] The Mlles. de Nemours were daughters of Elisabeth de Vendôme, sister of the Duc de Beaufort, and of Henri de Savoie, Duc de Nemours, who was killed in a duel by his brother-in-law (July 30, 1652). The younger sister married Alphonse VI. June 28, 1666.
[164] Claude Le Pelletier, then President of Inquests. After, he was Minister of State and Controller-General of Finances.
[165] Mlle. d'Alençon, the second of the half-sisters of Mademoiselle.
[166] Archives de Chantilly.
[167] Œuvres de Louis XIV. Lettres particulières, Paris, 1806.
[168] L'ambassadeur de la Fuente au roi d'Espagne; Paris, January 27, 1664. (Archives de la Bastile.) The Princesse de Savoie refused by Louis XIV; had decided to marry the Duc de Parma.
[169] Mémoires de Mme. de Motteville.
[170] The Archbishop of Embrun to Father Brienne; Turin Aug. 1, 1659.