The funeral of the Queen at St. Denis was of more than usual magnificence, and when her coffin was lowered into the tomb there stepped forward Champagne King-at-arms who, after calling three times for silence, said, “King-at-arms of the Bretons, do your duty.” Then Bretagne King-at-arms in his coat of mail stepped forward and proclaimed, “The most Christian Queen and Duchess, our sovereign Lady and Mistress, is dead? The Queen is dead! The Queen is dead!” The _Chevalier d’honneur_ with the hand of justice, the _Grand Maître de Bretagne_ (brother of the Queen) with the sceptre, and the _grand écuyer_ with the crown advanced, kissed them, and gave them to the Bretagne King-at-arms, who laid them on the coffin.[348]
In France, to which she had given a great province, Anne de Bretagne was soon forgotten; but, in the land she loved and ruled so well four hundred years ago, her name and her memory are still honoured and cherished by her own people.
Albret, Alain de: wishes to marry Anne de Bretagne, 307; she consents to betrothal, 308; she refuses to marry him, 310, 311; his rebellion, 313, 314; marriage of his daughter, 340
Albret, Armand de: married Marguérite de Bourbon, 69
Albret, Charles de: commanded at battle of Azincourt, 271
Amadeo VI., Count of Savoy (called Green Count), 4, 5, 13, 14, 85
Amadeo VII., Count of Savoy (called Red Count), 85
Amboise, George, Cardinal de, 332, 340, 351, 360
Amboise, Château de, 301, 322, 324, 326, 343, 347, 351
Amiens, Jacquerie, 22; fair of, 113-115; conference, 158
Anjou, Louis, Duc de, second son of Jean, King of France: knighted, 8; hostage in England, 46; breaks parole, 50; bad government, 98; disputed precedence with Burgundy, 131; death, 131
Anné de Beaujeu, daughter of Louis XI., Regent of France, 302, 318, 322
Anne, Duchesse de Bretagne, wife of Charles VIII. and Louis XII.: birth and childhood, 302-308; refuses Albret, 308; succeeds to duchy, 308; first council, 309; war with France, 312; marriage with King of the Romans, 314; besieged at Rennes, 316; betrothed to Charles VIII., 318; marriage, 320; coronation, 321; birth of Dauphin, 322; Italian war, 323; return of King and death of Dauphin, 324; birth and death of other children, 325; death of Charles VIII., 327; Queen goes to Paris, 329; betrothed to Louis XII., 331; returns to Bretagne, 331; marries Louis XII., 335; birth of Claude de France, 337; hôtel des Tournelles, 338; maids of honour, 338; gardens, court, pursuits, and dress, 343; betrothal of Claude de France to the Duke of Luxemburg, 345; birth and death of a son, 345; quarrel with Gié, 346; pilgrimage to Bretagne after King’s illness, 348; betrothal of Claude de France to François Duc de Valois, 351, 352; birth of Renée de France, 352; love of music, 359; gives a bell to cathedral of Chartres, 359; anger with Chalais, 360; dangerous illness, 361; birth of another son, his death, 361; death of the Queen, 362; her funeral, 363