[110] Now known as the cemetery of Père Lachaise.—T.
[111] The Abbé André Morellet (1727-1819), a Member of the Academy, and at one time a leading member of Madame Geoffrin's circle. His attacks on Chateaubriand are mentioned later, when Chateaubriand speaks of the publication of Atala.—T.
[112] Field-Marshal Franz Baron von Mercy (d. 1645), one of the great generals of the seventeenth century. He took service under the Elector of Bavaria, and distinguished himself in the German wars against France. In 1645 he defeated Turenne at Mariendal, but was himself beaten by Condé in the plains of Nördlingen (7 August 1645), and received a wound of which he died the next day.—T.
[113] Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), the famous French engineer. Longwy was one of the many fortifications constructed by Vauban along the German frontier. He was created a marshal in 1703 by Louis XIV., who in 1693 had founded the order of St. Louis at Vauban's instance.—T.
[114] Honoré Jean Riouffe (1764-1813), created a baron of the Empire in 1810; author of the Mémoires d'un détenu, pour servir à l'histoire de la tyrannie de Robespierre, from which the above quotation is taken.—B.
[115] St. Gregory of Tours (circa 540—circa 594), Bishop of Tours, and author of a History of the Franks extending from 417 to 591.—T.
[116] Theodebert I., King of Metz or Austrasia (d. 548).—T.
[117] Philippe Laurent Pons (1759-1844), known as Pons de Verdun, was, before the Revolution, a regular contributor to the Almanach des Muses. He was sent to the Convention by the Meuse and voted for the death of the King. As a member of the Council of Five Hundred, he rallied to the cause of Bonaparte, and became advocate-general to the Court of Appeal under the Empire.—B.
[118] Artus de Bonchamp (1769-1793), mortally wounded outside Cholet (17 October 1793).—T.
[119] Alberte Barbe d'Ercecourt, Dame de Saint-Balmon (1608-1660), took up arms during her husband's absence in the Thirty Years' War, and defended her house against the marauders.—B.