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-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-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
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
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
Lodgings are meant those Lords or other Great Persons who are recommended to be lodged in the Town by the Kings express order Note That the same Harbinger that makes the Body very often marks to the Lodgings for the Ranks and abovesaid preferred persons 3. Another Harbinger marks out the Ordinary of the Kings Houshold that is Lodgings for the Officers of it viz. For the first or chief Almoner for the chief Master of the Houshold for the Master of the Houshold in Ordinary for the Captain of the Guards of the Gate for the Lieutenant and Ensigns of the Life-guards and generally for all the other Officers of the Kings Houshold It often happens that besides the Harbinger that marks out the Stables in the Town there is another that takes up Stables in the Neighbouring Villages and provides Lodgings for the Equipages The King generally is prevail'd on with much facility to grant to the Marshals of his Lodgings and his other Harbingers Reversions of their Places in favour not only of their Sons but of their Grand-Sons Sons-in-Law Brother and Nephews He also grants them Briefs impouring them to retain or stop a certain summ to be deducted out of the yearly Revenue of their places and paid by their Successours for their Wives if they have no Children for their Daughters if they have no Sons or if they have neither Wives nor Children for the younger Brethren of their Family At the first Entries made by Kings into any Cities of their Kingdom the Officers of the Town are to pay a certain summ as a Fee to the Marshals and Harbingers of the Kings Lodgings or else the one half of the profits of the Triumphal Arches Porches Tapistries and all the Decorations is to fall to the Marshals and the other to the Harbingers of the said Lodgings The Marshals of the Queens Lodgings and of those of the Dauphiness of Monsieur of Madame and the particular Harbingers of the Princes of the Bloud of the Chancery and of other Bodies as also the Men or Messengers sent by other Princes Dukes and Peers and other great Lords to take up their Lodgings receive their Quarters or Lodgings from the Marshals and Harbingers in Ordinary of the Kings Houshold Whenever Monsieur or Madame happen to be travelling in Company with the Queen or the Dauphiness when the King is not there then the Marshals or Harbingers of the Queen or Dauphinesses Lodgings are to appoint Monsieurs or Madams Harbingers what Lodgings and Quarters they are to take up The Marshals and Harbingers in Ordinary of the Kings Lodgings are reputed to be of the Body of the Kings Gend'armes or Men at Arms as having been formerly drawn out of the antient Companies of the said Gend'armes and the late King Lewis the Thirteenth who under-stood exactly well the original of all the different Offices of his Houshold gave the Marshals of his Lodgings place in and incorporated them into his Company of Gend'armes at the Head of which his Majesty usually fights on a day of Battel or on any other occasion and made the Harbingers serve in his Company of Musketeers at the Siege of Corbie to which service he summoned all his whole Houshold that is the Arrire-ban of his Houshold which he placed by themselves in his Army This said number of Gend'armes detached out of the antient Companies was usually sent before to provide Lodging and Quarters for his Majesty and the Troops that were with him And still to this day the Marshals of the Kings Lodgings both in Town and Country give out the Orders for the quartering of the French Life-guards of the hundred Suissers of the Gend'armes of the light Horse of the Musketeers of the Regiments of the French and Swisse-guards when all the said Troops attend the King in his march And in effect the Marshals of the Lodgings in France are what the Quarter-Masters are in Germany who rise to the Highest Commands in Armies The Marshals and Harbingers of the Kings Lodgings were formerly likewise Marshals or Quarter Masters of the Camps and Armies and the same persons that provided Lodgings for the Kings Houshold always took up Quarters to for the Armies as have done several of them that are still living But some of their Body in the time of the late King Lewis the Thirteenth got themselves made Marshals peculiarly of the Camps and Armies and got Patents of it as of a distinct Office notwithstanding which the Marshals and Harbingers of the Lodgings of the Houshold serve still in the Armies either in the absence of the others who have Patents as is said for being Camp-Marshals or Quarter-Masters or when the number of these others is not sufficient for all the Armies the King has on Foot When the King is in an Army the Marshals of the Lodgings of his Houshold have priviledge to take at least two thirds of the room to lodge his Majesty and all the Officers of the Royal Houses and it was Ordered by the King that the remaining third should be disposed of by the said Marshals of the Lodgings or Quarter-Masters of the Camps and Armies for the general Officers and other Officers in the Army necessary to be near his Majesties Person I say the Marshals of the Kings Lodgings have power to take up at least two thirds for the King because if after they have divided the whole into three equal parts there should remain two or but one Lodging over and above those one or two so over and above or supernumerary are to be taken up likewise for his Majesty and his Court that they may be scanted As for Example It is true that where there is but thirty Lodgings the Marshals of the Lodgings of the Houshold are to take but twenty and the general Officers of the Army are to have the other ten but of fifty Lodgings or Lodgments the Marshals of the Kings Lodgings will take thirty four and the general Officers of the Army will have but sixteen and of forty Lodgments the Kings Marshals will have twenty seven and leave the general Officers but thirteen By the antient Order according to the Rules made for that purpose none but the Kings Harbingers can mark out Lodgings with white Chalk those of the Princes and others being obliged for distinctions sake to mark out theirs with a yellow Crayon with this further difference that the Kings mark only is put upon the Street-Doors and the others only upon the Doors of particular Chambers within side the House The Order observed in Quartering in an Army In an Army where the King is Present the first Quarter is for him or where he is not for the General and the next belongs to a Marshal of France to chuse or if there be two Marshals of France there together then he that Commands that Day or Week is to have the Choice for sometimes they agree to Command by turns one one Day or one Week and another another But if there happen to