The Comte de Marcellus (Chateaubriand et son temps, p. 6) remarks that this paragraph interrupts the narrative and in no way assists it.—T.
[9] Louis Moréri (1643-1680) took orders at Lyons, and in 1673 published in that town his Dictionnaire historique et géographique, which forms the basis of Bayle's Dictionnaire critique (1697-1702).—T.
[10] Bertrand d'Argentré (1519-1590), Seneschal of Rennes, and author of an Histoire de Bretagne and Commentaires sur la coutume de Bretagne.—T.
[11] Père Lobineau of the Benedictines (1666-1727), author of the Histoire de Bretagne (1707), Histoire des Saints de la Bretagne, and other historical works.—T.
[12] This genealogy is summarised in the Histoire généalogique et héraldique des Pairs de France, by M. le Chevalier de Courcelles.—Author's Note.
The full title of the work by Pierre de Gibours, known as Père Anselme, is Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison de France et des grands officiers de la Couronne (1674). Its importance is mainly due to the labours of the compilers who continued it, Du Fourni and Père Ange de Sainte-Rosalie (1726-1733).—T.
[13] Bernard Chérin (1718-1785), genealogist and historiographer of the Orders of St. Lazarus, St. Michael, and the Holy Ghost—B.
[14] 1250, when St. Louis defeated the Saracens, but was subsequently taken prisoner, with a number of his knights.—T.
[15] Seigneurs.—T.
[16] Sires.—T.