[129] Abbon (d. 923), nicknamed the Crooked, author of a Latin poem on the siege of Paris by the Normans.
[130] Louisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia Queen of Prussia (1776-1810), the beautiful wife of Frederic William III., and daughter of the Duke of Mecklemburg-Strelitz. Napoleon was said to be enamoured of Louisa of Prussia.—T.
[131] Florio's MONTAIGNE, Booke III. chap. VIII.—T.
[132] Ps. XXI. 16. In the Vulgate: Et lingua mea adhasit faucibus meis.—B.
[133] The Emperor Alexander had expressed a wish to say, not at the Tuileries, but at the Élysée; he remained there only a few hours, and accepted the offer of the Prince of Talleyrand, who hastened to place at his disposal his house in the Rue Saint-Florentin.—B.
[134] Pope Pius VII.—T.
[135] Fabian Wilhelm Prince von der Osten-Sacken (1752-1837) had fought in all the campaigns against Turkey, Poland and France, and been taken prisoner by Masséna at Zurich. Alexander appointed him Governor of Paris in 1814.—T.
[136] Paul Count Schouvaloff (circa 1775-1823), a distinguished Russian general, the same who later escorted Napoleon to Fréjus.—T.
[137] Madame Charles Bonaparte (1750-1836), née Ramolino, Napoleon's mother. When Bonaparte assumed the title of Emperor, he bestowed upon his mother that of Madame Mère and Imperial Highness.—T.
[138] Cardinal Fesch, Archbishop of Lyons, was Madame Mère's half-brother.—T.