succeeded the King his Father the 14th of May 1643. He was declared Major or at Age the 7th of September 1651. Consecrated at Reims 1654 and Married at St. John de Luz's the 9th of the same Month 1660. As to his Consecration or Anointing for so the French call the Coronation of their Kings though the Medals made on that occasion bear date the 31th of May you are to remark that it was not performed till the 7th of June of the said Year 1654. I thought I could not give you a more faithful Draught of the Person of our Invincible Monarch than that which I have borrowed from the words of the late Archbishop of Paris in the History that Illustrious and Learned Prelate composed of Henry the Great Yes Sir saith he to him Heaven has given you a generous good and bounteous Soul a Wit sublime and capable of the greatest things an happy and easy Memory an Heroick and Martial Courage a clear and solid Judgment a strong and vigorous Body and over and above all this another very particular advantage and that is That Majestic Presence that Air and Gate almost Divine that shape and that beauty worthy of the Empire of the Vniverse that attracts the Eyes and Respect of the whole World and which without the Force of Arms and without the Authority of Commands wins you all those to whom your Majesty is pleased to shew your Self The King of France is called Most Christian for the great and Signal Services received by the Church and the Holy See from this Crown He is also for the same reason stiled the Eldest Son of the Church and by several Bulls of Popes a priviledge has been granted to the Kings of France that they should not be liable to Excommunication nor their Subjects absolved of the Oath of Allegiance due to them This Monarch is in point of precedence the first King of Christendom notwithstanding the opposition of the Kings of Spain who never disputed or did so much as take place next after our Kings before the time of the Emperour Charles the Fifth and then other Kings preceded them It is true indeed that that Emperour being likewise King of Spain because his Ministers and Ambassadours preceded those of France as representing the Emperour the Spaniards under his Successour Philip the Second who was only King of Spain endeavoured under that pretence in the Year 1558. at Venice to gain the Precedence of France but that Republick regulated that dispute and ordered the Precedence to be continued to the Ambassadours of France as Pope Paul the Fourth had done before And Philip the Fourth the King of Spain last deceased agreed to it by the satisfaction he caused to be made to the King of France by the Marquess de la Fuente his Ambassadour Extraordinary in the presence of eight Ambassadours and twenty two Residents or Agents the 24th of March 1662. for the Assault made by his Ambassadour on ours in England in October 1661. The Title of the King of France is so Excellent and so much exalted above that of other Kings that Suidas an ancient Greek Author writes that in the World when it is said only the King without naming who it was meant of the King of France Matthew Paris calls him Terrestrium Rex Regum the King of Earthly Kings And Bodin says that that King is Emperour in France and many assert it to be a common notion of all the Nations of the World that the Quality of King is much more sublime than that of Emperour Pope Gregory the first lib. 9. Ep. 6. Writing to Childebert King of France says that the Kings of France as much surpass all other Kings of the Earth as the Royal Dignity is exalted above the rest of men CHAP. IV. The Genealogy of the Royal Branch of Bourbon SAint Lewis the Ninth of that Name had four Sons of which there was none but Philip the Bold and Robert his Fourth Son that left Issue Of this Robert Count of Clermont who was afterward Lord or Sire of Bourbon are descended our Kings in manner as follows Robert Count of Clermont in the Country of Beauvais Married Beatrix Sole Heiress of John of Burgundy Count of Charolois and of Agnes Daughter of Archimbald the Younger Sire of Bourbon and by her he had Lewis Sire of Bourbon in favour of whom the said Land Sirerie Lordship or Barony of Bourbon was erected into a Dutchy or Peerage by Philip de Valois in the Year 1329. which Lordship belonged to him in right of his Mother whose Name he bore according to the Articles of the Contract of Marriage between his Father and Mother Lewis had Issue Peter Duke of Bourbon and James Earl of Ponthieu and de la Marche Constable of France But because the Masculine Line of the said Peter is extinct we shall leave it to speak of that of James of Bourbon Earl of Ponthieu James of Bourbon Earl of Ponthieu had John of Bourbon by Jean de Chatillon Daughter of the Earl of St. Paul John of Bourbon had by Catharine of Vendome Sister and Sole Heiress of Bouchard last Count of Vendome James King of Naples who leaving no Children transferred the Birth-right to his Brother Lewis Lewis of Bourbon Count of Vendome Grand Master of France had by Jean Daughter of Guy Count de Laval Lord of Gaure John the Second of that Name Earl of Vendome John the second of Bourbon had by Isabelle of Beauvais Daughter of the Lord of Pressigny Francis his Successour and Earl of Vendome and Lewis Prince de la Roche Sur-Yon Francis of Bourbon had five Children by Marie of Luxemburg Countess of St. Paul the Eldest was Charles Count and made Duke of Vendome by King Francis the First Charles the First of Bourbon Duke of Vendome had seven Male Children by Francise Daughter of Renie Duke of Alencon of which there were but two that left Issue viz. Antony of Bourbon who succeeded him as first Heir and was afterward King of Navarre and Lewis of Bourbon Prince of Condé Duke of Anguien Marquess of Conti Count of Soissons which latter had among other Children Henry the First of that Name Prince of Condé whose Son Henry the Second Prince of Condé was Father of Lewis of Bourbon Prince of Condé of Armand of Bourbon late Prince of Conti and of Anne-Geneveve of Bourbon Dutchess of Longueville who had Children as we shall say afterward Antony of Bourbon Duke of Vendome had by Joan d' Albret Queen of Navarre Daughter of Henry the Second of that Name King only of Navarre and of Margaret d' Angouleme-Valois Daughter of Francis the First King of France Henry the third of that Name of Navarre who reuniting together the two Crowns of France and Navarre was named Henry the Great the Fourth of that Name King of France and Navarre Father of Lewis the Just and Grandfather of Lewis our glorious Monarch who by his great Actions as well as his Grandfather has
Office There are likewise twelve of the Kings Life-guard Men Commanded by an Exemt in Ordinary and a Sub-Brigadier that keep Guard every day at the outward Door and lie in the Hall Two of the Kings Footmen wait always in the Anti-Chamber to be in readiness to go where-ever there shall be occasion to send them for the service of the Children of France and they have besides ten other little Footmen If any of the Children of France be carried or Conducted to the Audiences given by the King to Ambassadours they are placed on the Kings right hand The Governess and Under-Governess too enter within the Rails upon the Cloth of State as likewise the Chamber-Maid that holds them in her Arms and the Gentleman-Usher that leads and supports them for fear they should fall Of Monsieur the Kings only Brother and his Family Philip Son of France only Brother to the King Duke of Orleans c. was Born the 22d of September 1640. His first Wife was the Lady Henriette-Anne of England Daughter to the late Charles the First King of Great-Brittain and Sister to the Present King of England to whom he was Married the last day of March 1661. She died the 29th of June 1670. leaving him two daughters Marie-Lewise of Orleans Queen of Spain Born the 27th of March 1662. Married at Fountain-bleau the 31st of August 1679. and Anne of Orleans Dutchess of Savoy Born the 27th of August 1669. and Married at Versailles the 10th of April 1684. His second Wife is Madam Charlotte-Elizabeth of Bavaria Daughter to the late Elector Palatine who was Born the 27th of May or the 17th old Stile 1651. and was Married to him the 21st of December 1671. By whom he has Issue the Duke of Chartres named Philip Born the second of August 1675 and Madamoiselle of Chartres Born the 13th of September 1676. named Elizabeth Charlotte The Duke of Chartres is Colonel of the Regiment of Guienne His Governour is the Marshal d' Estrades who has the same allowance as the Governours of the Sons of France His Tutor is Monsieur de St. Laurent formerly Introductor of Ambassadours to their Royal Highnesses The Governess of their Royal Highnesses Children is the Marshal of Grancy's Lady Monsieur the Duke of Orleans is a Prince of a very lively spirit that delights in great things and that has signaliz'd his Courage in several Rencounters as at the taking of St. Omers at the Battel of Mount-Cassel c. CHAP. VI. Of the Princes of the Blood MOnsieur the late Duke of Orleans who was named Gaston-John-Baptiste Son of France Duke of Orleans c. Died at Blois at the Age of 52 Years the second of February 1660. His first Wife was Marie of Bourbon Daughter and Sole Heiress to Henry of Bourbon Duke of Montpensier and Sovereign Prince of Dombes and to Henriette-Catharine Dutchess of Joyeuse She was Married to him in the Year 1626. and died the 4th of June the next Year being 1627. leaving him a Daughter Born the 29th of May in the said year 1627. Stiled Madamoiselle of Orleans who Signs Anne-Marie-Lewise of Orleans The Countess of Fiesque was her Governess She is likewise Dutchess of Chatelleraud which formerly belonged to the Dukes of Hamilton in Scotland and is still Claimed by them and of Montpensier c. Princess de la Roche-sur-Yon c. and Sovereign Princess of Dombes c. But she hath given the Principality de la Roche-sur-Yon to Francis Lewis of Bourbon at present Prince of Conti and the Soveraignty of Dombes which gives power to Coin Money to my Lord the Duke of Maine reserving only the profits of it during her Life In the year 1632. the said late Monsieur Married for his second Wife Margaret of Loraine second Daughter of Francis Count de Vaudemont and of Christine de Salme and Sister of Charles Duke of Lorrain who was Born in the year 1615. and died at Paris in her Palace of Luxemburgh the 3d of April 1672. By whom he left three Daughters 1. Madamoiselle of Orleans named Margaret-Lewise Born the 28th of July 1645. and Married the 19th of April 1661. to the Prince of Tuscany at Present Great Duke of Florence by whom he has Ferdinand of Medicis Prince of Tuscany Born the 9th of August 1663. and Marie Magdalene of Medicis Born in the year 1665. 2. Madamoiselle d' Alençon Isabel of Orleans Born the 26th of Decem. 1646. She is Dutchess Dowager of the late Duke of Guise by whom she had a Son 3. And Madamoiselle de Valois Francise of Orleans Born the 13th of October 1648. and Married to the Duke of Savoy 1663. She died in 1664. He had likewise a Son by her named John-Gaston Duke of Valois Before we come to the Princes of Condé and Conti we must take notice That Lewis of Bourbon the first of that Name Prince of Condé Brother of Antony of Bourbon King of Navarre who was Father to King Henry the Great Had by Eleonor de Roye Countess of Roucy Marchioness of Conti and Lady of Muret his first Wife Henry Prince of Condé the first of that Name This Henry the first had by Charlotte-Catherine de la Tremoüille Henry the Second who by Charlotte Margaret of Montmorency Daughter to the last Constable of Montmorency and Lewise de Budos his second Wife who died the 2d of December 1650. left three Children and died the 28th of December 1646. 1. Lewis of Bourbon the second of that Name Prince of Condé first Prince of the Blood Duke of the Territory of Bourbon c. and General of the Kings Armies who was one of the most Valiant Princes of Europe or to speak better the Alexander of his Age He was Born the 8th of September 1621 and on the 11th of February 1641. being as then but Duke of Enguyen in his Fathers Life-time Married Clare-Clemence de Maillé Brezé Daughter of the late Marshal de Brezé and of the late Cardinal Duke of Richelieu's Sister By whom he had at Paris the 29th of July 1643. Henry-Julius of Bourbon now Prince of Condé Knight of the Orders of his Majesty Governour of Burgundy c. Grand Master of France or of the Kings Houshold under which Head we shall speak further of him The Late Prince of Condé died at Fountain-bleau the 11th of December 1686. in the 65 Year of his Age. On the 11th of December 1663. The present Prince Married Anne Countess Palatine Dutchess of Bavaria who was Born the 11th of December 1647. Daughter of the late Edward of Bavaria Prince Palatine of the Rhine and of Anne of Gorzague and was adopted only Daughter of Poland By whom he had 1. Marie-Terese called Madamoiselle de Bourbon who was Born at Paris the first of February 1666. and Baptized at the Convent of the Carmelites in the Street called La rue de Bouloy the 22th of January 1670. 2. Lewis of Bourbon Duke of Enguien and Governour of Burgundy Born at Paris the 11th of October
1668 who Married Madamoiselle of Nantes Lewise Francise of Bourbon legitimated of France the 24th of July 1685. 3. Anne-Lewise of Bourbon called Madamoiselle of Enguien Born at Paris the 11th of August 1675. 4. Lewise-Benedicte of Bourbon called Madamoiselle de Condé Born the 8th of November 1676. and 5. Marie-Anne of Bourbon called Madamoiselle de Montmorency Born the 24th of February 1678. The King Restored to the Prince at the time of the Pyrenean Treaty the County of Clermont Steney and Dun and that of Jamets and since he has given him the Domain of the Country of Bourbon being the ancient Patrimony of this Royal Branch before it came to the Crown This Princes only Brother was the late Armand of Bourbon Prince of Conti Governour of Languedoc Knight of the Kings Orders he was Born at Paris the 8th of October 1629. and died at Pezenas the 21st of February 1666. He Married Anne-Marie Martinozzi Niece to the late Cardinal Mazarine who died the 3d of February 1672. by whom he left two Princes who were brought up with the Dauphin which were 1. The late Prince of Conti Lewise-Armand of Bourbon Born the 4th of March 1661. and Baptized the last of February 1662. The King and the late Queen Mother being his Godfather and Godmother who named him Lewis he died at Fountain-bleau the 9th of November 1685. on the 16th of January 1680. he Married Madamoiselle de Blois Marie-Anne legitimated of France The King gave then to this Prince 50000 Crowns ready money and a yearly Pension of 25000 Crowns and to the Princess a Million of Livers ready money with a yearly Pension of 100000 Livers and many Jewels besides the Dutchy of Vaujours she had besides as Heiress all that was left by her Brother the late Count of Vermandois High Admiral of France 2. The Prince de la Roche-sur-Yon Francis Lewis of Bourbon at present Prince of Conti Born the 30th of April 1664. The King has given him a Pension of 20000 Crowns a year 3. Anne-Genevieve of Bourbon only Sister to the present Prince of Condé was Born the 27th of August 1639. and died the 15th of April 1679. She Married Henry the second of that Name Duke of Longueville There still-remains of the Family of Bourbon the Princess of Carignan named Marie de Bourbon-Soissons Born in 1606. Wife of the Deceased Prince Thomas and Mother of Prince Emanuel Philbert Prince of Carignan in Savoy of the late Count of Soissons Eugenius-Maurice of Savoy and of the Princess of Baden And Lewis Son of Lewis of Bourbon Count of Soissons Cousin German of the late Henry the Second of that Name Prince of Condé who died in 1641. He is called Knight of Soissons being Knight of Malta and Abbot de la Couture in Manse We have hitherto named only those Princes in France which are such without being obliged for that honour to any thing else but their Birth but the Princes of Courtnay pretend they ought likewise to be comprised having made great instances to that purpose under the reign of Henry the Great Representing that they were descended in a direct Male Line from Peter of France Seventh Son of King Lewis the Sixth Sirnamed the Grosse which because they have not as yet been acknowledged such we shall pass by and speak of some other Princes and Princesses descended from the House of France who because they are natural Children or their Descendants of the Royal Family Born out of Legal Matrimony have need of Letters of Legitimation or of a publick act by which they may be acknowledged of Royal Issue and enjoy the Rank of Princes which the Kings Natural Children so Legitimated and their Descendants have always had in France CHAP. VII Of the Legitimated Children of the Present King 1. THE first Legitimated Child of the Present King is Marie-Anne of Bourbon Legitimated of France Natural Daughter of the present King and of Lewise-Francise de la Baume le blanc de la Valiere Dutchess of Vaujour c. formerly one of the Maids of Honour to the late Dutchess of Orleans Henriette-Anne of Great-Brittain who is at present a professed Nun in the Great Convent of the Carmelitesses into which Order she entred the 4th of June 1675. under the Name of Sister Lewise of Mercy This young Princess was Born in October 1666. and as we have already remarked is now the Widow of the late Prince of Conti to whom she was Married the 16th of January 1680. having had no Children by him Her Letters of Legitimation were verified in Parliament the 14th of May 1667. 2. Her Brother by the same Mother was the late Lewis Legitimated of France Count of Vermandois and High-Admiral or Grand-Master of the Seas Head and Super-Intendant General of the Commerce and Navigation of France who was Born the 2d of October 1667. and died at Courtray the 18th of November 1681. at five a Clock in the Morning and was Interred in the Cathedral Church of Arras leaving all he had to the said Lady his Sister His Letters of Legitimation bear date the 20th of February 1669. in which he is stiled Duke of Vermandois Other Legitimated Children of France by Madam de Montespan 1. Lewis-Augustus of Bourbon Legitimated of France Duke of Maine Soveraign Prince of Dombes and Colonel General of the Suisses and Grisons c. Born the last of March 1670. and Legitimated the 19th of December 1673. The Soveraignty of Dombes was given him by Madamoiselle Anne-Marie of Orieans in the Month of March 1682. reserving only the profits to her self during her Life 2. Lewis Caesar of Bourbon Legitimated of France Count de Vexin Born in 1672. Legitimated the 19th of December 1673. 3. Madamoiselle of Nantes named Lewise-Francise of Bourbon Legitimated of France the 19th of December 1673. who was Married to the Duke of Bourbon the 24th of July 1685. 4. Madamoiselle de Tours named Lewise-Marie-Anne of Bourbon who was Legitimated of France in January 1676. and died in September 1681. 5. Lewis-Alexander of Bourbon Earl of Toulouse and at present Great Admiral of France and Colonel of the Regiment of Toulouse Bornthe 6th of June 1678. and Legitimated of France in Novem. 1681. 6. Madamoiselle of Blois Francise-Marie of Bourbon who was also Legitimated of France in November 1681. CHAP. VIII Of the Legitimated Children of Henry the Great and their Descendants 1. BY the Lady Gabriele d' Etrées Dutchess of Beaufort one of Henry the Great 's Mistresses during his first Marriage he had First Caesar Duke of Vendome Born in the Month of June 1594. The second Alexander of Vendome Grand Prior of France who died in the Wood of Vincennes and the Third Catharine-Henriette who Married the Duke of Elbeuf last deceased The deceased Caesar of Vendome Duke of Vendome c. was Born in the Month and Year abovesaid at Coucy-le Chateau His Majesty Legitimated him in 1595. and gave him the Dukedom and Peerage of Vendome in 1598. and caused
with her Husband retired into France where in consideration of an honourable Pension for the support of the dignity of so great a Princess she yielded up all her rights to the Dutchy of Lorain and died without Children at Paris the 21th of February 1657. After which the said late Duke Charles Married for his second Wife at Nancy the 5th of November 1665. the Lady Mary of Apremont of Nantenil by whom he had likewise no Children He in like manner yielded up to the King of France the Property and Soveraignty of his Dutchies of Lorain and of Bar which Donation was verified in Parliament in presence of the King himself who sat there in person on his Bed of Justice in the Month of February 1662. Yet there remain two Natural Children of the said late Duke Charles the Third which he had by the Lady Beatrix of Cusance Princess of Cantecroix viz. a Son and a Daughter 1. The Son is charles-Charles-Henry Legitimated of Lorain Prince of Vaudemont Born the 25th of April 1649. and on the 27th of April 1669. at Bar le Duc Married Anne-Elizabeth of Lorain of Elbeuf Daughter of Charles of Lorain Duke of Elbeuf and Anne-Elizabeth of Lannoy de la Boissiere Widow of Henry of Plessis of Liancourt Count de la Recheguyon his first Wife 2. The Daughter is Anne-Elizabeth Legitimated of Lorain Wife to Francis-Marie of Lorain Count of l' Isle-bone who was Born the 6th of August 1649. The late Prince named Francis-Nicholas of Lorain who died at Nancy the 26th of January 1670. was Brother to the said Duke Charles and likewise Married his Cousin-German Claudia of Lorain younger Sister of the abovesaid Dutchess Nicole by whom he left an only Son who is Charles-Leopold-Nicolas-Sixtus of Lorain the present Duke of Lorain in Title though as yet he has no possession of it as having refused to be included in the late Treaty of Nimguen His Titles are Duke of Lorain Marchis Calabria Bar and Gueldres Marquess of Pont-a-Mousson and of Nomeny Count of Provence and of Vaudemont Blamont Zutphen Sarwerden and Salm He was Born at Vienna the 3d of April 1643. On the 15th of February 1678. He Married the Princess Eleonor-Marie of Austria Sister to the Emperour and Queen Dowager of Poland He has for several Years been Generalissimo of the Imerial Forces He took Philipsburg from the French and has done very noble things against the Turks in Hungary at the relief of Vienna the Battel of Gran and the two Sieges of Buda c. The late Duke Charles had likewise two Sisters 1. Margaret of Lorain called Madame Dowager as being Widow of the late Monsieur Gaston Duke of Orleans Brother to the last and Uncle to the present King of whose Children we have spoken she died the 3d of April 1672. 2. Henriette of Lorain the younger Sister Married to her first Husband Lewis of Lorain Prince of Phalzburg Of the second Branch which is of Guise The late Duke of Joyeuse Lewis of Lorain left a Son and two Daughters by his Wife Margaret of Valois only Daughter and Heir of the Duke of Angouleme and of Henriette de la Guiâ—he Lady de la Palisse 1. The Son was named Lewis-Joseph of Lorain Duke of Guise he died the 30th of July 1671. on the 15th of May 1667. he Married Madamoiselle d' Alençon Isabelle of Orleans to whom he left a Son called Francis-Joseph of Lorain Duke of Alençon of Guise c. who died the 16th of March 1675. 2. Madamoiselle of Guise named Marie of Lorain Dutchess of Guise and Joyeuse c. Born in 1615. and 3. Francise-Renée of Lorain of Guise Abbess of Montmarire Born in 1621. and died the 5th of December 1682. Of the third Branch which is of Chevreuse The late Duke of Chevreuse was named Claudius of Lorain Son of Henry of Lorain Duke of Guise he died in his Palace at Paris the 24th of January 1657. and of three Daughters he had by the Lady Marie of Rohan who was Widow of the Constable of Luyne there is none left but Henriette of Lorain of Chevreuse Abbess of Joüare who was Born in 1631. Of the fourth Branch which is of Elbeuf The late Duke of Elbeuf who died the 8th of December 1657. left four lawful Children by Catherine-Henriette Legitimated of France Sister to the late Caesar Duke of Vendome and Daughter of King Henry the Great and of Gabriele d' Etrées Dutchess of Beaufort I. The Eldest who is at present the head of the House of Lorain in France is Charles Duke of Elbeuf c. and Governour for his Majesty in Picardy of the Country and County of Artois of Hainaut and the particular Governour of the Town and Cittadel of Montreuil on the Sea in the said Province of Picardy He was Born 1620. and Married to his first Wife on the 7th of March 1648. Anne-Elizabeth de Lannoy Daughter of the Count of Lazzon and Widow of Henry du Plessis Count de la Rocheguyon and to his second Wife in the Month of May 1656. Elizabeth de la Tour d' Auvergne Sister to the Duke of Boüillon who died the 23d of October 1680. And to his third Wife on the 25th of August 1684. Francise de Montaut de Navailles Daughter of the Marshal Duke of that Name By his first Wife he has two Children Charles of Lorain Prince of Elbeuf Knight of Malta who was Born the 2d of November 1650. and Anne-Elizabeth of Lorain who was Born the 6th of August 1649. and Married to charles-Charles-Henry Legitimated of Lorain Prince of Vaudemont at Bar-le-Duc the 27th of April 1669. By his second Wife he has four Children 1. Marie-Eleanor of Lorain who was Born the 24th of February 1658. 2. Francise-Marie of Lorain who was Born the 5th of May 1659. She is a Nun at the Nunnery of St. Marie in the Fauxbourg St. Jaqu's 3. Henry of Lorain Prince of Elbeuf who has the Reversion of the Government of Picardie he was Born the 7th of August 1661. and Married to Madamoiselle de Vivonne Named Charlotte de Rochechoüart de Mortemart the 30th of January 1677. by whom he has one Son called the Abbot of Lorain whose name is Lewis of Lorain he was Born the 8th of September 1662. and is Abbot of Orcamp 4. Prince Emanuel of Lorain II. Charles of Lorain Count of Harcourt c. was Born in 1623. He Married in the year 1645. Anne of Ornano Niece to the Marshal of that Name by whom he had three Sons and three Daughters viz. 1. Alphonso-Henry-Charles of Lorain Prince of Harcourt Count of Montlaur c. who about the end of February 1667. Married Marie Francise de Brancas Daughter of the Count de Brancas Lady of Honour or of the Palace to the Queen Their Children are 1. Anne-Marie-Joseph of Lorain-Harcourt Count of Montlaur Born the last of April 1679. 2. Suson of Lorain-Harcourt 3. Francis of Lorain-Harcourt The Prince and Princess of Harcourt had the honourable Office of Conducting into
this Family still maintain a Rank comformable to their Extraction as they formerly did enjoying the same Honours and Prerogatives as the fore-mentioned Families This Family has had several Alliances with our Kings with the Emperours and with the Kings of England Scotland Spain Arragon and Navarre and if Anne the Heiress of Brittany who was afterward Queen of France and Wife both to Charles the VIII and Lewis the XII had died without Children there was no Family nearer to succeed to that Dutchy than this But the better to particularize in Order those which at present remain of this Illustrious Family we shall make this Observation That they descend all from these three following Heads or Chiefs 1. From the late Henry Duke of Rohan 2. From the late Peter Prince of Guémené 3. From his late Brother Hercules of Rohan Duke of Montbazon 1. The late Henry Duke of Rohan Prince of Leon left by Margaret of Leon his Wife Daughter to the late Duke of Suilly Margaret of Rohan his only Heiress who died the 9th of April 1684. In her the Dutchy of Rohan as well as the Vicounty of Leon fell to the Distaffe as they call it in France She Married Henry Chabot Lord of St. Aulaye the last in Rank of the Barons of Jornac and Grand-Child to Admiral Chabot and died the 27th of February 1655. by whom she had a Son and three Daughters viz. 1. Lewis de Rohan-Chabot Peer of France of whom we shall speak among the Dukes and Peers 2. Anne Chabot de Rohan Married the 16th of April 1663. to Francis of Rohan Prince of Soubize 3. Margaret Chabot of Rohan Widow of the Marquiss of Coëtquen Governour of St. Malo who died the 24th of April 1679. 4. Joan-Pelagia Chabot of Rohan called Madamoiselle of Leon She was Married to the Prince d' Epinoy the 11th of April 1668. II. The late Peter of Rohan Prince of Guémené Count of Montauban Elder Brother of the late Duke of Montauban Married Magdalene of Rieux Daughter to the Lord of Chateau-neuf by whom he had Anne of Rohan who was Married to the late Lewis of Rohan her Cousin-German as we shall show further in due place III. The late Hercules of Rohan Duke of Montbazon Count of Rochefort Knight of the Kings Orders Peer and Great Huntsman of France Governour of the City of Paris and Gentleman-Usher to Queen Marie of Medicis who died in the year 1654. Married to his first Wife Magdalene of Lenoncourt Daughter and sole Heir of Henry of Lenoncourt and the Lady Francise Laval and to his second in the year 1628. Marie of Brittany Daughter of the Count of Vertus By both which he had the Children following His Children by the first Wife were 1. Lewis of Rohan the Seventh of that Name Prince of Guémené Duke of Montbazon Peer and Great Huntsman of France Knight of the Kings Orders who died the 19th of February 1667. in the 68th year of his Age He Married Anne de Rohan Princess of Guémené his Cousin-German above-mentioned who died the 14th of March 1685. by whom he had one Son viz. Charles de Rohan Duke of Montbazon Peer of France Count of Rochefort and of Montauban who Married Joan Armanda of Schomberg Daughter and Sister of the two late Counts and Marshals of that Name by whom he has these following Children 1. Charles of Rohan Prince of Guémené Duke of Montbazon who Married to his first Wife Madamoiselle de Luyne Marie-Anne d' Albret who died the 21st of August 1679. and to his second on the 2d of December the same year Charlotte-Elizabeth de Cochefilet called Madamoiselle de Vauvineux 2. John-Baptist-Armandus of Rohan called The Abbot of Rohan 3. John of Rohan called the Prince of Montauban who in 1682. Married N .... de Bautru Nogent Widow of the Marquiss of Ranes Lieutenant General of the Kings Armies 4. Anne of Rohan called Madamoiselle of Guémené 5. Elizabeth of Rohan called Madamoiselle of Montbazon Born the 25th of March 1643. 6. And Madamoiselle of Montauban 2. The late Marie de Rohan Dutchess Dowager of Chevreuse who died the 13th of August 1679. was Daughter to the same late Hercules of Rohan by the same Wife She was first Married to Charles D' Albot Duke of Luyne Peer Constable and Great Falconer of France Knight of the Kings Orders Principal Gentleman of the Kings Bed-Chamber and Governour of Picardie who died in 1621. By whom she had Lewis-Charles d' Albert Duke of Luyne who was first Married to Lewise-Marie Seguier Daughter of the Marquisse d' O by whom he had several Children and since to the abovesaid Madamoiselle of Montbazon The same Marie of Rohan after the Death of the said Constable of Luyne was Married again as we have said to Claudius of Lorain Duke of Chevreuse and had by him three Daughters of whom there remains only Henriette of Lorain Abbess of Joüare The Children of the said late Hercules of Rohan by his second Wife were one Son and two Daughters viz. I. Francis of Rohan Prince of Soubize Count of Rochefort in Iveline Lieutenant-Captain of a Company of the Kings Gens d' armes Governour of Berry and Lieutenant General of the Kings Armies who on the 16th of April 1663. Married his Cousin Madamoiselle de Rohan Lady of Honour to the Queen By whom he has had several Children the Eldest of which is 1. Lewis of Rohan of Soubize who was Baptized at the Royal Chappel at St. Germains en Laye the 16th of February 1675. Their Majesties being pleased to stand for his Godfather and Godmother 2. Hercules-Meriadec of Rohan Abbot of St. Taurin of Evreux called the Abbot of Rohan 3. Anne-Margaret of Rohan of Soubize who is a Nun in the Convent of the Benedictin Nuns of Nostre Dame de Consolation in the Street called the Rue de Chasse-midy in the Suburbs of St. Germain at Paris 4. Madamoiselle de Frontenay N. ◠de Rohan 5 6. Two Boys more II. Constance Emilia of Rohan who was Married by Proxy on the 18th of May 1683. to Don Joseph Rodrigo de Camara Son of Don Miguel de Camara Count de Ribeyra-grande Grandee of Portugal This Don Joseph-Rodrigo de Camara is of the Privy Council to the present King of Portugal Governour and Captain-General and Lord of the Island of St. Michael and of the Town de Poule-Delgade The Ceremony of the Espousals was performed the day before at Versailles in the Kings Great Cabinet in Presence of their Majesties of my Lord the Dauphin and my Lady Dauphiness of Monsieur and Madame and of all the Princes and Princesses and principal Lords of the Court She arrived in Portugal in the Month of October 1683. Of the Family of Tremoille I. The late Prince of Tarente Charle-Henry de la Tremoille Duke of Thoüars Peer of France Knight of the Order of the Garter bore Arms in Holland and was General of the Cavalry of the States of the United Provinces and Governour of Bois le
from all parts of the Kingdom to plead The Provinces out of which Causes are at present brought to Paris are The Isle of France La Beausse Higher and Lower Sologne Berry Auvergne Lyonois Forets the Countries of Aunis and Rochel Anjou Angoumois Maine Perche Picardie Champain Brie Tourain Nivernois Bourbonnois and Maconnois and Tournay with the Adjacent Country The Lands also Erected into Dutchies and Peerages are also obliged to Answer at the Parliament of Paris which is the Court of the Peers The Chief President of this Parliament is M. Nicholas Potier de Novion 2. That of Toulouze Instituted by Philip the Fair in the year 1302. and made Sedentary by Charles the Seventh in 1443. This Parliaments Jurisdiction extends over High and Low Languedoc High and Low Vivarais Velay Gevaudan And the Countries of Albigeois Rouergue Laurageois Quercy Foix and a part of the Lower Gascony The first or Chief President is M. Gaspard de Fieubet 3. Roüen which is the Sovereign Court of Normandie was Established under the name of an Exchequer by Philip the Fair in 1302. and was made perpetual by Lewis the Twelfth in 1499. though it bore not the name of a Parliament till the Reign of Francis the First in the year 1515. It extends to all the whole Province of Normandy The Chief President is M. N .... d' Amfreville 4. Grenoble Instituted by Charles the Seventh in 1452. and at the same time made Sedentary It comprehends Dauphiné or the Dauphinate The Chief President is M. Nicholas de Prunier 5. Bourdeaux which sits at present at Marmande Instituted in 1462. by Lewis the Eleventh and at the same time made Sedentary This Parliament has under it the Countries of Bourdeaux Medoc Saintonge Perigord Limosin Basadois Agenois Condomois Albret Landes Upper Gascony and part of Biscay The Chief President is named M. Charles-Denys d'Olide 6. Dijon Instituted in the year 1476. by Lewis the Eleventh and made Sedentary at the same time It is only for the Dutchy of Burgundy The Chief President is M. Nicholas Brulard des Bordes 7. Aix Established by Lewis the Twelfth in 1501. and made Sedentary at the same time This Parliament is for all Provence by which name it is also called The Chief President is M. Arnold Marin 1. Rennes held at present at Vannes by Henry the Second and made Sedentary at the same time in the year 1553. It was removed to Vannes in October 1675. This Parliament is called the Parliament of Brittany because there is no other Provence under its Jurisdiction It is Semestral i e. One half of the Counsellers serve the first six Months and the other half the last six Months The Chief President is M. Lewis Philipeaux de Pontchartrain 9. Pau Instituted and made Sedentary in 1519. by Henry the First King of Navarre and Prince of Bearn Great Grandfather to Henry the Great King of France and Navarre It comprehends the Bishopricks of Lescars and Oleron The Chief President is M. N. Dalon 10. Mets Instituted by Lewis the Thirteenth in the year 1633. and made Sedentary at the same time It is for the Country of Messin and the three Imperial Towns of Mets Toul and Verdun The Chief President is M. William de Sêve 11. Besançon the present King re-established the Parliament for the County of Burgundy or Franche Comté first at Dole the 17th of June 1674. and since that removed it to Besançon The Chief President is M .... Jobelot The Parliament of Rouen was for a time made Semestral or six Monthly after the Rebellion that happened in Normandy in 1640. But since that that Alteration was abolished and the Parliament restored to the State it was in before The Parliament of Aix was once likewise made Semestral To the Parliaments may be added the other Sovereign Councils which though they are not dignified with the Title of Parliaments yet give Sentence without Appeal which are 1. The Council of Rousillon the Counsellers of which wear Scarlet Robes The Chief President there is M. de Sagare who is likewise Keeper of the Kings Seal there Commissary of the Crown Lands and Judge of the General Captainry or Government 2. The Council at Arras which is Soveraign in Civil Causes 3. That of Tournay 4. That of Pignerol 5. That of Alsatia transferred from Ensisheim to Brisac the 23d of September 1675. CHAP. XXXI Of the Parliament of Paris called by way of Excellence The Parliament THE Court of Parliament of Paris is composed of ten Chambers viz. The Grand Chamber The Tournelle-Civil the Tournelle-Criminal Five Chambers of Inquests and two Chambers of the Requests of the Palace The Presidents au Mortier or of the Mortar-Cap so called from the Fashion of the Caps they wear which are made in the Form of a Mortar when they give Audience and the Counsellers when they march in Ceremony or Assemble about publick Affairs in presence of the King are Clothed in Scarlet with Facings of Black-Velvet which was wont to be practised at the pronouncing of the solemn Sentences four times a year viz. The Day before Christmass Eve the Tuesday before Easter the Day before the Eve of Whitsunday and the 7th of September At their return from giving Audience the Chief President and the Presidents au Mortier are Reconducted by the Ushers in Waiting with their Wands in their hands to the Higher Holy Chappel The Officers of the Parliament and other Officers of Judicature are habited all alike viz. In Cassocks or long Close-Bodied Coats and Square-Caps At the first Institution of the Parliament one Moyety of the Counsellers were of the Short Robe and the other Moyety of the Long but at present they are all of the Long. The particular solemn Ceremonial Habits of the Court of Parliament are for the Presidents Scarlet Mantles Furred with their Mortar-Fashioned Caps The Chief President wears two gold Galoons upon his Mortar-Cap by way of distinction from the other Presidents who have but one Galoon The Counsellers and the Advocates and Proctors General wear Scarlet Robes red Chaperons or little Hats Furred with Ermines The Chief Recorder or Registrer a Scarlet Robe with its Epitoge or small Cloak and the Register or Recorder of the Presentations and the four Notaries and Secretaries of the Court wear also Scarlet Robes and the Chief Usher a Scarlet Gown with a Cap of Cloth of gold Formerly All the Bishops of France had ordinarily Place and Voice in Parliament They still use the Title of Councellours to the King in his Councils The Archbishop of Paris and the Abbot of St. Denis in France are Counsellers by their Places in this Parliament where they place in ordinary and a deliberative Voice Four of the Masters of Requests have likewise the same Priviledge as also the Honorary Counsellours of this Parliament The Parliament of Paris has this particular preeminence above the rest that it alone is called the Court of the Peers where the Dukes and Peers of France ought to be sworn
de Starembourg Vassenar Ambassador Extraordinary 5. From Malta the Bayliff de Hauteville c. Ambassador from the Grand Master of Malta Envoys according to the Order of their arrival in France 1. From Portugal Dom Salvador Taborda Envoy Extraordinary 2. From Sweden M. Liliencroot 3. From Denmark M. Meyercroon 4. From Spain M. Delval 5. From the Emperour Count Cobkowitz Envoy Extraordinary 6. From England Mr. Skelton Envoy Extraordinary Other Envoys and Residents are 1. The Resident of the Elector of Cologne and States of Liége M. Waldorf 2. An Envoy Extraordinary from the Elector of Brandenburg M. Spanheim 3. From the Duke of Mantua the Count Balliani 4. The Envoy of Modena is the Abbot Rizini 5. The Envoy Extraordinary of Genoa is the Marquiss Girardo Spinola The Agents are 1. An Auditor of the Nunciature the Abbot Laury 2. The Agent for the Elector Palatine and other Princes of the Empire is M. John le Breton 3. And for the Elector of Brandenburg the Hans Towns and Landgraviate of Hessen M. Bek And for the Dukes of Weymar M ..... When one Ambassador is relieved or succeeded by another at the arrival of the new they both go together to Court whereas they are going to their Audience he that is relieved still takes the upper hand of the new one but when they come back from their Audience the new Comer or Successour takes place of the other But if an Ambassador only in Ordinary be sent to relieve one that is Ambassador Extraordinary the Extraordinary Ambassador takes the upper hand both in going to and coming from Audience FINIS THE TABLE A. ACademy of France Page 510 Admiral of France 371 Admiralty of France 482 Administration of Justice 451 Aids 496 Air of France 5 Almoner of France Great 61 Almoner of France First c. 66 Ambassadors of France 513 in France 515 Antichamber 134 Apothecaries Kings 141 Arch-Bishopricks 404 Arch-Bishops 406 Arquebuse or Fire-Arms Carrier 120 Attire 17 B. BAilywick of the Palace 483 Bastile 170 Birds of the Chamber 132 Bishopricks 404 Bishops 406 Buildings 10 C. CAmp-Master 356 Captains of the Guards 234 of the Guides 184 Carver 80 Castle of Blois 172 of Chambor ibid. of Compiegne 169 of Monceaux 171 of Plessis le Tours 173 of Vincennes 170 Cavalry of France 357 Ceremonies c. 151 Chamber of Accounts 461 of the Treasury 473 Chamberlain of France 107 Chancery of France 397 Chatelet or Castle of Paris 484 Children of France 24 Chyrurgions Kings 140 Clergy of Kings Houshold 73 Climate of France 2 Cloak-Carriers 118 Closet of Antiquities 131 of Arms ibid. of Books 130 of Dispatches ibid. Commodities of France 5 Common Buttry 99 Fruitery 101 Kitchin 100 Pantry 99 Complexion of the French 15 Comptrollers of the Counting-House 90 of the Privy-Purse 129 Computation 18 Constable of France 348 Constablry 478 Councils of the King 379 of Dispatches 380 of Finances or Revenues 383 call'd the Grand-Council 393 of State 388 of War 379 Counsellors and Secretaries of the Finances or Revenues of France 396 Counties and Baronies c. reunited to the Crown 331 Counting-House 89 Court of Aids 466 of Bazoche 484 of Monies or Coynage 468 of Masonry 483 Cupbearer 80 D. DAuphin of France 24 his Houshold 272 his Childrens Servants 292 Dauphiness 25 her Houshold 280 Diet of the French 16 Dimensions of France 2 Division of France ibid. Dogs of the Kings Chamber 133 Dukes and Peers 315 Dukes and Peers with the Names of their Dukedoms and the date of their Verification 320 Dukes and Peers whose Patents are not yet verified 323 Dutchies or Dutchies and Peerages not verified at Paris 322 Dutchies and Peerages Extinct and not Extinct 324 E. ELection of Paris 487 F. FAculty of Arts 505 of Divinity 502 of Law 504 of Physick ibid. Family of de la Tour d' Auvergne of which was the Famous Godfrey of Bouillon 49 Family of Grimaldi de Mourgues or of the Prince of Monaco in Italy 51 Family of Rohan 52 Family of Tremoille 56 Fewel or Wood-Office 101 Flight of the Magpie 133 Foot-Guards 265 Fountainbleau 164 G. GAbels 496 Genealogy of the Royal Branch of Bourbon 21 General of the Gallies 375 Generalities of France 491 Gens d' Armes or Men at Arms of the Kings-Guard 261 357 Gentlemen-Waiters 81 Gentlemen of the Bed-Chamber 111 Gentlemen of the Kings-Houshold 137 Gentlemen Pensioners 271 Goblet or Kings own Buttry 93 Governments in France 417 Granary of Salt at Paris 488 Greyhounds of the Chamber 132 Guards de la Manche or of the Sleeve 230 of the Gate 252 of the great Provost of the Houshold 259 without the Gate 261 Guildhall or Townhouse of Paris 489 H. HArbingers or Fouriers 58 Hawking 203 Heralds at Arms 152 Historiographers of France 508 House of Longueville 38 of Lorrain 39 of Savoy setled in France 46 Hunting 198 I. INfantry 357 Inhabitants 11 Introductor of Ambassadors 194 Institution of Parliaments in France 451 452 Judges Consuls 490 K. KIng now Reigning 9 Kings Houshold 61 Kings Pleasures 197 Kitchin of the Mouth 96 Knights of the Holy Ghost 337 Knights of the Order of St. Michael of Mont Carmel and of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem 343 L. LAnguage of France 14 Laws 11 Legitimated Children of Henry the Great and their Descendants 35 Legitimated Children of the present King 33 Life-Guard-Men 237 Light Horse of the Kings Guard 264 Light Horse 357 Lords in France that bear the stile of Princes 59 Louvre 159 M. MAdame and her Family 28 her Houshold 307 Madrid Palace 161 Manners of the French 11 Maritime Forces 371 Marshals of France 351 Marshals of the Lodgings c. 175 Marshalsy of France 478 Master of the Kings Houshold Great 74 Master of the Kings Houshold First 77 Master of the Artillery 368 Master of the Ceremonies 193 Master of the Horse 143 Masters of Requests 388 Measures of the French 8 Military Officers of the Kings Housholds 223 Money 7 Monsieur and his Family 28 his Houshold 294 his Guards 305 Musick of the Kings Chappel 72 of the Chamber 135 Musqueteers on Horseback of the Kings Guards 269 N. NAmes and Surnames 17 Name of France 1 Name of the King 19 Nobility of France 313 Number of the Inhabitants 14 Numbring the French Manner 18 Nursery of Horses or the Haras 151 O. OAth of Allegiance taken by the Bishops 65 Officers under the title of Valet de Chambres 121 124 Officers for Journeys 185 Officers of the Kings Orders 341 Officers whose Incomes are yearly returned into the Exchequer or Treasure Royal 498 Order observ'd when the King dines in publick 83 Order of the Kings March 239 Orders of Knighthood in France 333 Orders of Knighthood call'd the Kings Orders 334 Order of Quartering an Army 182 P. PAntler 80 483 Park 167 Parliament of Paris 455 Peers of France 315 316 Physicians Kings 139 Porters of the Bedchamber 124 Precedence in the Kings Court 256 Prerogative of the King 19 Princes of the Blood 29 Priviledges of the Commoners Tabled in the Kings Houshold 216 of Chyrurgions 221 of the Court Clergy 220 of Lifeguard-Men 222 of all the Kings Officers ibid. Provost of France 186 Punishments in France 14 Q. QUerries 154 R. REcreations 17 Religion 11 Riches of France 6 Royal Houses 159 Royal Housholds 272 S. SEcretary of State 380 of the Housholds 195 Seven Offices 93 Soil of France 5 St. Germains en Laye 162 Stables Kings 148 Stature of the French 15 Stranger-Princes in France 39 Style of the King 20 Suisse Guards 241 Regiment 266 Surveyor of Royal Buildings 158 T. TAxes 493 Taylors Kings 128 Title of the King 21 Trade of France 6 Tradesmen following the Court 213 Treasurers of France 470 Treasury-Royal 499 Troops of the Kings Houshold and Officers 223 357 V. VAlets de Chambre 113 Versailles 171 Virtuosi of France 510 Universities of France 501 Ushers of the Chamber 114 W. WAterservers or Serdeau's 82 Waters and Forests 474 Woolf-Hunting 211 Y. YEomen of the Chamber 123 Climate Bounds Dimensions and Figure Division Air. Soil Commodities Riches and Trade Money and Coins Weights and Measures Buildings Inhabitants Laws Religion Manners Punishments Number Language Stature and Complexion Diet. Attire Recreations Names Computation and Numbring * Sire a Title anciently given to most great Lords who were petty Soveraigns though now only to Kings Wages Prerogative Oath Office * A Box containing the Kings Plates Napkins Knives c. Functions and Prerogatives * The Nave is the Box containing the Kings Plates Napkins Knives c. * Caraffes are large Glasses in form of those used for Vinegar at our Tables Function and Priviledges Their Functions and Priviledges A Stick used in the Pallmall Antiquity of this Office Present Functions and Priviledges Oath 1 * A Security given to save harmless or for the true Title of Lands c. * A sort of Cistercian Monks * A certain Jurisdiction so called * Both Sword-men and Gown-men * The sixth part of a Penny †A Measure being something above half a Bushel * A Denier is the twelfth part of a Penny
him to take both that Name and the Arms belonging to it The same Year a Marriage was treated off between him and Françise of Lorrain of Mercoeur only Daughter and Heiress Apparent of Philip-Emanuel of Lorrain Duke of Mercoeur and of Marie of Luxemburg Princess of Martigues who died the 8th of September 1669. which Marriage was Consummated in 1609. He took the Oath of Duke and Peer in Parliament in 1606. He was Governour and Lieutenant-General for the King in Brittany which Place he Resigned in favour of the Queen Regent in the Month of May 1650. for that of High Admiral of France The Crosses and disgraces this Prince had met withal having nothing abated his Zeal for the service of the King and State He died in his Palace at Paris the 22d of October 1665. leaving three Children behind him 1. Lewis Duke of Vendome and Mercoeur Governour of Provence c. and afterward Cardinal who before he was Cardinal Married in the year 1651. Victoria-Mancini Niece to the Late Cardinal Mazarine who died the 8th of January 1657. And died himself at Aix the 6th of August 1669. leaving two Sons by this Marriage of whom we shall speak below 2. His Brother Francis of Vendome Duke of Beaufort Peer of France Knight of the Kings Orders High Admiral or Grand Master of the Seas Head and Super-intendant General of the Commerce and Navigation of France was Born at Paris in the Month of January 1616. and was in April 1669. declared by his Holiness General of all the Forces of Christendom sent to the Relief of Candia and never could be found or heard of since that unhappy attack given by the French to the Turks the 25th of June 1669. He was never Married 3. Their Sister was named Isabel of Vendome and died in May 1664. being the Widow of the late Duke of Nemours Charles-Amedeus of Savoy by whom she left two Daughters as we shall remark afterward The two Sons of the abovesaid Cardinal Duke of Vendome during his said Marriage are yet living and are 1. Lewis-Joseph of Vendome Duke of Vendome c. Great Senechal and Governour of the Country and County of Provence c. was Born the first of July 1654. He won the prize at running at Heads performed at St. Germains in February 1680. and that at running at the Ring the 2d of May the same year 2. Philip of Vendome Grand Prior of France Knight of St. John of Jerusalem c. was Born the 22d of August 1656. The same Henry the Great had during his second Marriage by the Lady Henriette of Balsac D' Antragues Marchioness of Vernueil a Son and a Daughter being 1. The late Henry of Bourbon Duke of Vernueil c. who on the 29th of October 1668. Married Charlote Seguier Dutchess Dowager of Sully who died without Children the 28th of May 1682. 2. The late Gabriele of Bourbon first Wife to the Deceased Duke of Epernon by whom she had the Duke of Candale who died at Lyons and a Daughter who is a Carmelite Nun. By the Lady Jaqueline de Bueil Countess of Moret he had Antony of Bourbon Count of Moret who was killed at the Battel of Castelnau d' Ary in 1632. Lastly By the Lady Charlotte of Essars Countess of Remorantin his fourth Mistress the said King had two Daughters viz. The Lady Joan-Baptist of Bourbon Abbess and Chief of the Order of Fontevrault who was Born in 1608. and died the 16th of January 1669. and the Lady Marie-Henriette of Bourbon Abbess of Chelles who is likewise dead CHAP. IX Of the House of Longueville THE late Henry of that Name Duke of Longueville c. Died at Roan the 11th of May 1663. at the Age of 69 years He Married as we have said the present Prince of Conde's Sister by whom he had two Sons viz. 1. John-Lewis-Charles of Orleans of Longueville called The Abbot of Orleans Duke of Longueville and d' Estouteville Count de Dunois or the Country of Dun c. was Born the 12th of January 1646. and took the Order of Priesthood in 1669. 2. Charles of Orleans Duke of Longueville Count of St. Pauls his Brother was killed at the memorable passage of the Rhine near Tolbuys in Holland the 12th of June 1672. leaving only a natural Son called the Chevalier Longueville who was Legitimated the same year Their Sister by the Fathers side by a former Wise was Anne-Marie of Orleans who was Born the 5th of March 1625. being Widow of Henry of Savoy last Duke of Nemours This Family descended in a direct Male Line from John Natural Son to Lewis of France Duke of Orleans Brother to Charles the Sixth This Count de Dunois did such brave Exploits in the reign of Charles the Seventh against the English under the Names of the Bastard of Orleans and of Count de Dunois That he obtained for his Posterity very singular Priviledges and such as never before or since him were ever granted to any Natural Children but those of the Kings themselves After the Princes of the Blood and those which are Legitimated I thought good to subjoin those Families that the King suffers to enjoy some particular honours which other Dukes and Peers are not allowed which are called Stranger-Princes CHAP. X. Of Stranger-Princes THese Princes though born in France and truly French by Nation yet are called Strangers because they are originally descended from a Foreign House and Principality and bear its Name As those of the House of Lorain Savoy and others of which we shall here speak It is almost impossible to regulate the point of Precedence among the Soveraign Families setled in France and therefore not to meddle with those disputes I shall follow the Order of the time of their respective setling here And since the Branches of the House of Lorain that for these many Ages have been setled in this Kingdom have longer enjoyed the Bank of Princes in France than those of the House of Savoy I hope none will take it ill that I give them the first place for as for the Precedence of some other Houses there being as yet almost nothing determined in France on that subject I shall leave it wholly to the Reader to think of that point what he pleases Of the House of Lorain The better and more distinctly to describe to you all the Princes and Princesses of the House of Lorain that are at present living I shall divide the Family into five Branches and accordingly shall speak first Of the first Branch of Lorain The late Charles the Third of that Name Duke of Lorain who died of a Feaver at Cologne the 17th of September 1675. at the Age of 75 Years Married on the 22d of May 1621. his Cousin-German Nicole of Lorain eldest Daughter of the deceased Henry Duke of Lorain This Charles Duke of Lorain was detained a long time Prisoner in Spain which was the cause that the Princess Nicole Dutchess of Lorain not being willing to fall into the same Misfortune
Savoy-Nemours was Born the 21st of June 1646. and was Married in 1665. to Alphonso the Sixth King of Portugal But afterwards that Marriage being declared void because of the Impotence of that King She was Re-Married to his Brother the Prince Don Pedro then declared Regent of Portugal the 28th of March 1680. and who is now King She died the 27th of December 1683. leaving behind her only one Daughter who was Born the 6th of January 1669. and Baptized the 2d of March following and named Elizabeth-Marie-Lewise-Josephe She is called the Princess or otherwise the Infanta of Portugal The Brother of the said Precedent Duke of Nemours was Born in 1625. and was named Henry of Savoy Duke of Aumale who after he had been brought up to the Exercises worthy of a Prince was promoted to the Archbishoprick of Reims and other Benefices But upon the Death of his said Brother he quitted his Benefices to take up the Sword to endeavour to keep up and make to flourish in his person the Illustrious House of Savoy And so taking the Title of Duke of Nemours he Married on the 22d of May 1657. Madamoiselle Anne-Marie of Orleans Daughter to the Duke of Longueville who is now Dutchess Dowager of Orleans but died without Heirs the 14th of January 1659. In whom the Branch of Nemours after it had subsisted in France about the space of 150 years was extinguished Of the Family de la Tour d' Auvergne of which the famous Godfrey of Boüillon All the Princes of this House have remained in France ever since the late Frederick Maurice de la Tour d' Auvergne made an exchange with the King of his Soveraignty of Sedan in the year 1651. who by Contract gave him in lieu thereof the Dutchies of Albret and of Chateau-Thierry and the Counties of Auvergne and Evreux without pretending any thing to the right of Soveraignty this Family has over Boüillon which then had been long usurped from him The said Prince Frederick-Maurice who died at Pontoise the 19th of August 1652. was the Son of Henry de la Tour-d ' Auvergne Duke of Boüillon Soveraign Prince of Sedan and of Raucourt Vicount of Turenne Count of Monfort and of Negrepelice◠and of Elizabeth of Nassau Daughter of William Prince of Orange He Married Eleonor-Fébronie de Bergh who died the 14th of July 1657. by whom he had Issue as follows 1. Emilia-Eleonor de la Tour-d ' Auvergne who is a Nun at the great Convent of the Carmelitesses at Paris 2. Godfrey-Maurice de la Tour-d ' Auvergne Soveraign Duke of Boüillon c. High Chamberlain of France and Governour of the upper and lower Auvergne The Principality of Boüillon upon the Kings Interposition was restored to him and put into his Possession the 15th of June 1678. On the 19th of April 1662. in Presence of their Majesties in the Chappel of the Louvre he Married the Lady Marie-Anne de Mancini Niece to the late Cardinal Mazarine by whom he has 1. Lewis de la Tour Prince of Turenne Born the 14th of January and Baptized the 18th of April 1665. upon whom the Reversion of his Fathers Office of High Chamberlain was Confirmed the 24th of January 1682. 2. A Daughter stiled Madamoiselle of Boüillon 3. Emanuel-Theodosius Abbot of St. Saviours of Redon now Duke of Albret 4. Madamoiselle d'Albret 5. The Duke of Chateau-Thierry 6. Lewis de la Tour d'Auvergne Count of Evreux 7. A Daughter Born the 26th of November 1679. 3. Frederick-Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne Count of Auvergne Marquiss of Bergopzoom in the Low-Countries Colonel-General of the light-Horse of France Governour and Seneschal of the upper and lower Limosin and Lieutenant-General of the Kings Armies who in the year 1662. Married Henriette-Francise of Zollern only Daughter of the late Iter-Frederick Prince of Zollern of the Electoral House of Brandenburg and of Elizabeth de Berg Princess of Zollern by whom he has 1. Emanuel-Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne Marquiss of Bergh 2. Henry de la Tour called the Abbot of Auvergne 3. Lewis called le Chevalier d' Auvergne 4. Francis Prince of Limeil 5. Elizabeth Eleonor de la Tour. 6. Lewise de la Tour. 7. Marie-Anne de la Tour. 4. Emanuel Theodosius de la Tour d'Auvergne Cardinal of Boüillon Great Almoner of France c. Great Provost of Liege and Doctor of Sorbon 5. Hippolyte de la Tour d'Auvergne who is a Carmelite Nun with her above-named eldest Sister 6. Mauricia-Phobronia de la Tour d'Auvergne called the Princess of Evreux who on the 25th of April 1678. was Married at Chateau-Thierry to Duke Maximilian-Philip of Bavaria Son of Maximilian Elector of Bavaria and of Marie-Anne Arch-Dutchess of Austria Henry de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicount of Turenne and of Castillon Count of Nêgrepêlice their Uncle was Governour and Seneschal of the upper and lower Limosin Colonel-General of the light Horse and Mareschal de Camp General to the Kings Army and was the Most Renowned Captain of this Age But alas on the fatal 27th of July 1675. New stile a Canon shot put an end to the Illustrious Life of that Great Man and to all the vast Projects he was about for the glory of his Majesties Arms. He Commanded then the French Army on the other side the Rhine against the Imperialists under the Command of Count Montecuculi The King in Honour of his Memory caused a solemn service to be said for him in the Church of Nostre Dame at Paris on the 9th of September 1675 at which the Parliament and all the Superiour Companies were present and ordered him a Stately Tomb in the Church of St. Denis in France among the Mausolaeums of his own Royal Predecessors Of the Family of Grimaldi de Mourgues or of the Prince of Monaco in Italy Lewis the first of that Name Soveraign Prince of Monaco c. Duke of Valentinois Peer of France c. and Lord of the Town of St. Remy was Born the 25th of July 1642. on the 30th of March 1660. He Married Catherine Charlotte of Gramont who died the 4th of June 1678. leaving him two Sons and two Daughters 1. Antony de Grimaldi called the Duke of Valentinois who is Colonel of the Regiment of Soissons and was Born the 27th of January 1661. 2. The Chevalier de Monaco Born in 1669. 3. Marie-Charlotte Grimaldi called Madamoiselle of Monaco Born the 14th of January 1662. And 4. N ..... de Monaco who is a Nun. The Prince of Monaco's Sisters are Marie-Hippolyte de Grimaldi Born in 1644. and Married in 1659. to Charles-Emanuel-Philibert de Simiane Marquiss of Pianezz lately first Minister of Savoy 2. Joan-Marie de Grimaldi who was Born in 1645. Widow of N .... Imperiale 3. Devote-Marie-Renée Grimaldi Born in 1646. who is a Nun. And 4. N .... de Grimaldi Born in 1648. Of the Family of Rohan The Family of Rohan being descended from the first Soveraigns of Brittany is one of the most illustrious ones of the Kingdom The Princes of
of Francis the First in 1528. It now belongs to the Duke of Orleans Alençon of an antient County made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1413. It belongs at present to the Dutchess Dowager of Guise Lewis the Twelfth Erected Longueville into a simple Dutchy of which we have spoke already Francis the first Erected Vendome into a Dutchy and Peerage in 1514. It is at present possessed by the Duke of that Name of whom we have spoken among the Princes Chatelleraud of an ancient County made a Dukedom and Peerage in 1514. which was given to and sometime possest by the Hamiltons of Scotland but is now enjoyed by Madamoiselle of Montpensier the Kings Aunt Angoulême made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1515. Extinct Dunois Erected into a Dutchy and Peerage in 1525. by the Queen Regent Mother to Francis the First but not verified in Parliament Guise made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1527. and verified in 1528. It belongs to Madamoiselle de Guise of whom among the Princes Chartres Erected into a simple Dutchy by Francis the First in 1528. together with Montargis and Gisors It belongs to the Duke of Orleans Estouteville a simple Dutchy Erected in 1534. of which already Etampes a simple Dutchy made a County and Peerage in 1326. and afterwards a Dutchy in 1536. It belongs now to the Duke of Vendome given to that House first by Queen Margarite Montpensier made a Dutchy and Peerage in 538. confirmed as to the Peerage in 1608. It belongs to Madamoiselle Anne-Marie Lewise of Orleans the Kings Aunt Beaumont le Sonnois or Beaumont le Vicomte made a simple Dutchy in 1543. It is now reunited to the Crown Henry the Second Erected Aumale into a Dutchy and Peerage in 1547. and verified the next year and confirmed in 1631. Albret Erected in 1556. which was reunited to the Crown but since given to the House of Boüillon by a Contract verified in 1652. Beaupreau a simple Dutchy Erected in 1562. it belongs to the Duke of Brissac Chateau Thierry together with Chatillon sur Marne and that of Epernay Erected in 1566. given likewise to the House of Boüillon without reverting to the Crown for want of Heirs Male Penthiêvre in Britany made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1569. It belongs to the House of Vendome Evreux first a County and Peerage in 1316. and since made a simple Dutchy in 1569. reunited since that to the Crown and lastly given to the House of Boüillon in 1652. Vses of which we have spoken Mayenne formerly a Dutchy and Peerage in 1573. It now belongs to the Duke Mazarin Mercoeur Erected first into a Principality in 1563. and after into a Dutchy and Peerage in 1569. but not verified in the Parliament of Paris in 1676. It belongs now to the Duke of Vendome St. Fargeau made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1569. and Registred in Parliament the same year It belongs now to Madamoiselle of Orleans of Montpensier Henry the Third Erected Loudun into a simple Dutchy in 1589. It belongs to the House of Tremouille Joyeuse made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1581. It belongs to the Dutchess Dowager of Guise Epernon made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1581. and verified in Parliament the same year This Honour is now extinct but the Lands belong to M. John B. de Goth de Rouillac Elbeuf made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1581. and verified in 1582. the present Duke of Elbeuf is mentioned among the Princes Brienne is a simple Dutchy Erected in 1587. but the Patents are not yet verified Montbazon made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1588. and verified the next year It was an ancient Barony It belongs to M. de Montbazon Prince of Guimené at present head of the Eldest Branch of the House of Rohan Ventadour of this we have spoken Henry the Fourth Erected Beaufort into a Dutchy and Peerage in 1578. and after into a Dutchy and Peerage in 1597. It belongs now to the Duke of Vendome Croüy Erected into a Dutchy in 1598. now extinct But the Lands belong to the Descendants of Charles de Croüy Duke of Arscot Thoüars an ancient Vicounty made a Dutchy by Charles the Ninth and a Peerage by Henry the Great in 1595. and verified as such in 1599. It belongs to the House of Tremouille Suilly sur Loire of which we have spoken Lewis the Thirteenth Erected Damville into a Dutchy and Peerage in 1610. the Honour is now extinct but the Lands belong to the Duke of Ventadour Chateau-roux made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1616. It belongs to the Prince of Condé Maillé Luynes of which we have spoken Les diguieres already mentioned Brissac spoken of before Magnelers was made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1587 and 1588. under the name of Halwin and revived in 1611. under the name of Candale It is now Extinct Chaunes of this we have spoken As likewise of Villars Richelieu and Pondevaux La Valette made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1622. and verified as such in 1631. Montmorency made a Dutchy and Peerage in 1551. by Henry the Second together with Ecoüan Chantilly c. and verified in Parliament the same year It belongs to the Prince of Condé Rais a Dutchy and Peerage revived in 1634. by Lewis the Thirteenth verified the same year in favour of Peter de Gondy General of the Gallies upon his Marrying his Cousin Frances de Gondy Heiress of the Dutchy Fronsac a Dutchy and Peerage Erected or rather revived in 1634. and Registred the same year It belongs to the Duke of Richelieu Of the Dutchies of St. Simon La Rochefoucault La Force and Aiguillon we have already spoken Valentinois was a Dutchy and Peerage united to the Crown but given by Lewis the Thirteenth to the Prince of Monaco by Letters Patents verified in Parliament in the year 1642. Rohan is a Dutchy and Peerage Erected first by Henry the Great in 1603. and revived again in 1645. It belongs to Madam de Rohan Widow of Henry de Chabot Nevers is a Dutchy and Peerage revived in 1660. in favour of Cardinal Mazarin and belongs now to M. de Mancini Of Piney Luxemburg we have spoken as likewise of the Dutchy of Carignan Verneuil a Dutchy and Peerage Erected in 1652 and verified in 1663. Extinct Of Etrées and Gramont we have treated already La Meilleraye verified in 1663. It belongs to Duke Mazarin Rethelois Mazarini revived again in favour of Armand de Mazarini and verified in Parliament in 1663. Of Villeroy Mortemar Creqy St. Aignan and Foix-Rendan we have spoken above Liancourt was verified as a Dutchy and Peerage in 1663. but Erected in 1643. It belongs to the Prince of Marsillac Of Tremes or Gevres and of Noailles and Coislin we have treated elsewhere These fourteen last Dukes have all place in the Order abovesaid as if their Patents had all been verified on the 15th of December in 1663. though there be some days difference in the date Of Polizy called otherwise Choiseul and Plessis Prâlin and of the Dutchies of Aumont Senneterre and