Mesdames, the title Madame (used alone) or Madame Royale

was given to the elle;: caughter of the king. Madame is also applied to the daughter of the dauphin (crown prince) and to the ■ ife of Monsieur (the king's brother). More freely used, it mav apply to any princess of the ruling house (usually with a baptismal name. or in the plural Mesdames de France).

4. M. de Calonne, minister of finance under Louis XVI. a few years before the Révolution.