[28] The brother, mother, and sister of the Prince de Joinville.
[29] Henri, Duc and Maréchal de Montmorency (1534-1614).
[30] Yolande de Livron, demoiselle de Bourbonne, daughter of Erard de Livron, Baron de Bourbonne, and Yolande de Bassompierre, and cousin-german of the future marshal, who tells us that he would probably have married the young lady and “might not have lived unhappily with her,” had it not been for the opposition of his mother, whom he did not wish to displease.
[31] Mlle. Quelin. She was the mother of Nicolas Quelin, counsellor to the Grande Chambre of the Parlement of Paris, who claimed, wrongly it is said, to be the son of Henri IV.
[32] Marie Babou de la Bourdaisière, daughter of Georges Babou, Seigneur de la Bon, Comte de Sagonne. She was one of Queen Louise’s maids-of-honour.
[33] La Côte-Saint-André, on the road from Vienne to Grenoble.
[34] The cause of this quarrel was in all probability the famous promise of marriage which Henri IV had given to Madame de Verneuil and the approaching arrival of Marie de’ Medici—“la grosse financière,” as Henriette disrespectfully called her—who was to become Queen of France.
[35] Basing House, Hampshire.
[36] William Pawlet, Marquis of Winchester.
[37] Madame de Verneuil gave birth to a son a month later, and, in the pride of her motherhood, scoffed at “la grosse financière,” who, said she, had indeed got a son, but not the Dauphin. For the King was her husband—she had his written promise—and it was SHE who held the Dauphin in her arms.