[450] The Château de Champlâtreux, in the commune of Épinay-Champlâtreux, canton of Luzarches, Department of Seine-et-Oise, was the old seat of the Molé family. It belongs now to M. le Duc de Noailles. The Comte Molé died there, 25 November 1855.—B.
[451] Édouard François Matthieu Molé de Champlâtreux (d. 1794), a President in the Parliament of Paris, guillotined 20 April 1794.—B.
[452] The domain, now in the Department of Eure-et-Loir, presented to Madame de Maintenon by Louis XIV.—T.
[453] Louise Éléonore Mélanie Marquise de Custine (1770-1826), née de Sabran, married in 1787 to Amand Louis Philippe François de Custine, guillotined 4 January 1794.—B.
[454] Margaret Queen of France (1219-1295), daughter of Raymond Berengarius IV. Count of Provence, and married in 1234 to King Louis IX.: a virtuous queen in every way worthy of her spouse.—T.
[455] The Château de Fervacques is near Lisieux in Calvados. Madame de Custine bought it of the Duc de Montmorency-Laval and his sister the Duchesse de Luynes. It is now the property of M. le Comte de Montgomery.—T.
[456] Christina Queen of Sweden (1626-1689) spent some years in France after her abdication in 1654.—T.
[457] Astolphe Louis Léonor Marquis de Custine (1793-1857), author of an excellent book on La Russie en 1839, in 4 volumes (1843), and many other remarkable works that obtained a well-deserved success.—B.
[458] Madame de Custine had been imprisoned at the Carmelites and had escaped execution thanks only to the Revolution of 9 Thermidor.—T.
[459] "The lady of Fervacques
Deserves a brisk attack."—T.