Bretagne, Brittany

9. les Capets, the descendants of Hugh Capet, who reigned from 987 to 996. The Bourbons were a younger branch which followed the Valois Une in 1589 with Henry IV. Louis XVI., condemned under the name of Louis Capet, was a Bourbon.

10. sang des Valois. Jeanne de Saint-Remi de Valois de la Motte, bom 1756, the chief actress in this narrative, was descended from King Henry II. of Valois by a branch which had fallen into poverty and disgrâce.

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