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INDEX
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abortion
Albret, César Phébus, Maréchal d’
Albuquerque, Rosalie de La Cueva, Duchess of
alchemy
Aligre, Chancellor d’
Alluye, Bénigne, Marquise d’ (née de Fouilloux)
Alluye, Paul d’Escoubleau, Marquis d’
Amy, M. d’
Angoulême, Françoise, Duchesse d’
Anjou, Philippe, Duc d’ (Louis XIV’s son)
Anne of Austria, Queen of Louis XIII
Antin, Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin, Duc d’
Aquin, Dr Antoine d’
Argenson, René Voyer, Comte d’
Argenton, Comte d’
aristocracy: accused of poisonings; and Louis’s court
Armagnac, Louis de Lorraine, Comte d’
Arsenal see Chambre Ardente
Arvieux, Chevalie
r d’
astrology
Attorney-General see Harlay, Achille de
Aubray, Antoine d’ (Mme de Brinvilliers’ elder brother)
Aubray, François d’ (Mme de Brinvilliers’ younger brother)
Aumale, Marie-Jeanne
Bachimont, Marie, Mme de
Bachimont, Robert, Seigneur de
Bade, Louise Chrétienne, Princesse de
Barenton, Mathurin
Barthominat, Jean see La Chaboissière
basset (game)
Bazin, Louis see Bezons, Seigneur de
Beaumont, Marquis de
Bellefonds, Bernardin Gigault, Maréchal de
Belleguise (Pennautier’s clerk)
Bellière, la (divineress)
Belot, François
Bendrode (alchemist)
Bergerot, Martine
Bertrand, M. (Romani’s friend)
Bessola (Dauphine’s servant)
Beuvron, Charles d’Harcourt, Comte de
Bezons, Louis Bazin, Seigneur de: joins La Reynie as rapporteur; Louis summons to audience; and Racine’s proposed arrest; and case against Luxembourg; and Princesse de Tingry; and Duchesse de Bouillon; questions Maréchale de La Ferté; interrogates Mme du Roure; resented; questions Mme Montvoisin; at interrogation of la Filastre; interrogates Maillard; questions Cadelan
Biron, François de Gontaut, Marquis de
black mass and black magic ceremonies
Blessis, Denis Poculot, Sieur de
Blois, Mlle de (Louis/La Vallière’s daughter) see Conti, Marie-Anne, Princesse de
Blois, Mlle de (Louis/Mme de Montespan’s daughter) see Chartres, Françoise-Marie, Duchesse de
Bodin, Jean
Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas
Bonnard, Pierre
Bosse, Marie: arrested and interrogated; and Mme de Poulaillon; enmity with la Voisin; on killing of M. Brunet; helps de Prade; tried, sentenced and burnt alive; on abortion; uses poison; and Mme de Dreux; clients; Lesage denounces; and la Voisin’s visits to Saint-Germain; accuses Feuquières; Feuquières and Luxembourg consult; Feuquières denies knowing; Mme de Dreux requests poison from; implicates Mme de Montespan
Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne: attacks court; attacks divination; preaches on immorality before Louis; on influencing princes; intervenes over Mme de La Vallière’s decision to enter convent; advises Louis to moderate passions; Louis asks to support Mme de Montespan; belief in devil
Bouchard, François see ‘Montemayor, Vicomte de’
Boucher, Dr (obstetrician)
Boucher, M.: Lesage denounces
Boucherat, Louis
Bouchet, Mme de
Boudin, Dr Philbert
Bouffet, Marie
Bouillon family
Bouillon, Catherine
Bouillon, Emmanuel Théodose de la Tour d’Auvergne, Cardinal de
Bouillon, Frédéric-Jules de la Tour d’Auvergne, Chevalier de
Bouillon, Godefroy, Duc de
Bouillon, Marie-Anne, Duchesse de: quarrel with Princesse de Bade; behaviour during gambling; La Reynie’s treatment of; Lesage claims as client; served with summons; interrogated; marriage and infidelities; departure from and return to Paris; la Voisin names
Bourdaloue, Louis, Père
Bourgogne, Louis de France, Duc de
Bourgogne, Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, Duchesse de
Boyer (fortune-teller)
Brayer, M.
Briancourt, Jean-Baptiste
Bribach, Mlle de
Brinvilliers, Antoine Gobelin, Marquis de
Brinvilliers, Marie Madeleine Gobelin, Marquise de: executed; poisons father and brothers; family and background; affair with and children by Sainte-Croix; on Sainte-Croix’s source of poison supply; and Glaser’s poisons; finances; considers poisoning sister; demands Sainte-Croix’s casket; flees country; and interrogation of La Chausée; arrested in Liege and returned to Paris; confession; denies guilt; affair with Briancourt; interrogated and found guilty; sees religious confessor; suffers water torture; admits to crimes; Pennautier’s dealings with; effect of case on France; and witchcraft; effect of case on La Reynie; sexual misconduct
Brissac, Albert de Grillet, Marquis de
Brissac, Henri-Albert de Cossé, Duc de
Brissart, Marie, Duchesse de
brodequins (torture instrument)
Broglio, M. de
Brunet, M. (first husband of Mme Philbert)
Brunet, Mme see Philbert, Mme
Bussy, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de: as source; and court debauchery; on Louis; on Louis’ relations with Mme de Montespan; hostility to Mme de Montespan; on Louis’ prejudices; expects downfall of Mme de Montespan; and Mme de Ludres; on rivalry between Mme de Montespan and Mlle de Fontanges; on Louis’ declining interest in Mlle de Fontanges; on Mme de Maintenon’s relations with Louis; and belief in witchcraft; and arrests of poison suspects; on death of Princesse de Monaco; on Louis’ treatment of Mme de Polignac; disbelieves Louis’ remark on Duchesse de Bouillon; laments arrest of members of court; on Mme de Grondeuse; on lenient treatment of Chevalier Colbert and friends; on trial of Mme Leféron; on Mme de Dreux’s trial; on acquittal of Luxembourg; on Louis’ forgiving Luxembourg; on withdrawal to convents of Louis’ mistresses; on lack of trust following poison accusations
Cadelan, Pierre
Canilhac, Charles Timoléon de Beaufort-Montboissier, Marquis de
Canilhac, Marie, Marquise de (later Mme de Broglie)
Carada, Anne
Carignan, Marie de Bourbon-Soissons, Princesse de
Carré, Mme
Cato (Mme de Montespan’s servant)
Caylus, Marthe-Marguerite le Valois de Vilette de Marçay, Comtesse de
Cesar, Père
Cessac, Louis de Guilhem de Castelnau, Marquis de
Chambelan (Breton)
Chambre Ardente (Chambre d’Arsenal): special commission sits in; first session (10 April 1679); Mme Desmaretz attends; and la Voisin trial; Maréchal de La Ferté at; Mme de Sévigné on; Louis orders continuation of; activities and achievements; and Luxembourg investigation; suspended; Colbert considers dissolving; and Louis’ orders to end enquiries; reassembles and passes judgements; and further death plot against Louis; disbanded; records burned; reconvened (1689); effect on France’s international reputation; Louvois dominates; Louis supports
Chamillart, Michel de
Champmesle, Marie
Chanfrain, Jeanne
Chapelain, Magdelaine: Mme de Montespan meets; Boucher works with; arrested; and la Filastre; background and career; accuses Duchesse de Vivonne; allegedly works for Mme de Montespan; and murder plot against Mme de Fontanges; imprisoned for life; death
Chapelle, Abbé
Chapon, Mathurin
Charles I, King of England
Charles II, King of Spain
Charpy, Abbé
Chartres, Duc de see Orléans, Philippe II, Duc d’
Chartres, Françoise-Marie, Duchesse de (earlier Mlle de Blois; Louis/Mme de Montespan’s daughter)
Chasteuil, François-Galaup de (‘the author’)
Chelle, Abbess of see Rousselle, Catherine de
Cheron, Anne
child sacrifice see infanticide
Choisy, François Timoléon, Abbé de
Christina, Queen of Sweden
Clagny, near Versailles
Clairambault, Louise Françoise Bouthillier de Chavigny, Maréchale de
Clermont, Charles Henri, Comte de
Clermont-Tonnerre, François de, Bishop of Noyon
Coislin, Pierre de, Bishop of Orléans
Colbert, Antoine-Martin, Chevalier
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste: supports Pennautier; as Controller-General of Finance; encourages building; on Louis XIV’s insistence on knowing all; and La Vallière’s child by Louis; and Mortemart’s appointment as Governor of Paris; Louis requests to help Mme de Montespan; attempts to reconcile Louis and Mme de Montespan; and Louis’ support for police; rivalry with Lou
vois; and rumours of alchemy; protests to Louis over Luxembourg’s exclusion; and Rouen witchcraft case; and trial of Mme de La Grange; and case of Mmes Vigoreux and Bosse; Luxembourg’s relations with; death threats against; disbelieves Marie Montvoisin; dossier on Mme de Montespan and Mme de Vivonne sent to; forms marriage alliance with Mme de Montespan; scepticism over poison plot; proposes dissolving Chambre Ardente; Louis seeks advice from; and Louis’ view of Mme de Montespan’s guilt; examines records of Chambre Ardente; and damaging effect of Chambre Ardente
Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de (‘Grand Condé’)
Conti, Louis Armand I de Bourbon, Prince de
Conti, Marie-Anne, Princesse de (earlier Mlle de Blois; Louis/La Vallière’s daughter)
Corneille, Pierre
Corneille, Thomas, and Donneau de Visé: The Divineress (play)
Cottard, Mme
Cotton, Jacques Joseph
Coulanges, Marie Angélique Du Gué, Mme de
court (royal) see Louis XIV; Versailles
Courville (client of la Chapelain)
Cousserans, Vicomte de
Coventry, Henry
Créqui, Charles III, Duc de
Créqui, François de Blanchefort de Bonne, Maréchal de
currency and coinage
Dalibert (business partner of Saint-Laurens)
Dalmas, P.
Dangeau, Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis de
Dauphin see Louis, Dauphin
Dauphine see Marie-Anne of Bavaria
Davot, Gilles
Debray, Étienne
Delabarre, Perrine
Delaporte, Marguerite: profession; arrested; Lesage denounces; and la Voisin; imprisoned for life
Deschault, Jacques
Deslauriers, la
Desloges, Louison
Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean
Desmaretz, Mme (client of Lesage)
Desnoyers, Étienne
devil, the: belief in
divination see fortune-telling
divineress: as term
Dreux d’Aubray, Antoine (Mme de Brinvilliers’ father)
Dreux, Mme Françoise de; tried and admonished; Mme Joly denounces as poisoner; tried in absence and banished; as potential poisoner
Dreux, Philippe de
Drodelot, Aymée
Duchamp, Père
Duparc (lawyer)
Du Parc, Thérèse
Dupin (businessman)
Duplessis, Claude
Dusoulcye, Louise
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