[100] Sully, Mém. vol. viii. pp. 133, 134.
[101] Charles de l'Aubespine, Marquis de Châteauneuf-sur-Cher, was born on the 22nd of February 1580. He was abbot and sub-dean of Preaux, and was successively ambassador to Switzerland, Holland, Brussels, England and Venice. On the 14th of November 1630 he was appointed Keeper of the Seals of France; was deprived of his office on the 25th of February 1633, and recalled on the 2nd of March 1650. He, however, voluntarily resigned the appointment on the 3rd of April 1651, and retired from the Court. He died at Leuville on the 17th of September 1653.
[102] D'Héricourt, Hist. de France, vol. i. p. 524.
[103] Mézeray, vol. xi. pp. 16, 17.
[104] Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. pp. 121, 127.
[105] D'Estrées, Mém. p. 384, édit. Petitot, suite de Bassompierre.
[106] Bassompierre, Mém. p. 75.
[107] Richelieu, Hist. de la Mère et du Fils, vol. i. pp. 224, 225.
[108] L'Etoile, vol. iv. p. 206.
[109] D'Estrées, Mém. p. 385.