[112] It had had an eventful history during the Hundred Years’ War, when it was more than once taken and re-taken. In 1562, a daring Huguenot adventurer named Romegoux escaladed it, by means of poniards fixed in the interstices of the walls, and for some years used it as a base for his operations against the Catholics of the surrounding country.
[113] “Veritable discours de la naissance et de la vie de Mgr. le prince de Condé.”
[114] So incensed was the poor prince at these pleasantries that when his cousin summoned him to attend a Protestant conference at Bergerac, he declined to obey.
[115] De Thou.
[116] Édouard de Barthélemy, “La Princesse de Condé: Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille.”
[117] The Marquis de Conti had gone to Strasbourg to take the nominal command of the Germans.
[118] The Duc d’Aumale (“Histoire des Princes de Condé”) says that the princess remained at Saint-Jean-d’Angely, but this is incorrect.
[119] Duc d’Aumale, “Histoire des Princes de Condé.”
[120] “Rapport des médecins et chirurgiens sur la mort de Monseigneur le Prince de Condé,” published by Édouard Barthélemy, “La Princesse de Condé: Charlotte Catherine de la Trémoille.”
[121] She was three months pregnant.