Marie de Médicis, the widow of Henry IV. and queenmother

10. la Chevreuse, energetic but unscrupulous lady of the court of Louis XIII.

Page 85. — i. Reims, Rheims, city in eastern France where the kings were formerly consecrated.

2. Palatine, Anne de Gonzague, princess Palatine, sister of Marie de Gonzague, who intrigued with Cinq-Mars.

3. le duc de BouUlon, one of the important gênerais of the reign, brother of the still greater Turenne.