LOUIS XIV., King of France; his triumphant entry into Paris with his mother and Turenne, 15; his attention drawn to the wit and capacity of Madame des Ursins, 134; acts of violence against his Protestant subjects, 136; endeavours to bend Spain to his own designs, 151; recommends to his grandson an implacable war against Spanish Court etiquette, 163; the long train of disasters which brought Louis to the brink of an abyss, 168; the succession of Philip V. threatens to endanger the very existence of the French monarchy, 168; desires to recall Madame des Ursins, but finds his hand arrested, 175; writes to the Abbé d'Estrées touching the complaints against Madame des Ursins, 179; his letters to the King and Queen of Spain, 183; his insuperable objection to a government of Prime Ministers, and still more of women, 187; in his restoration of the Princess des Ursins his sagacity triumphs over his repugnance, 188; represented in Spain by his nephew, the Duke of Orleans, 254; secretly assists the party in Spain of _fara da se_, 261; his displeasure at Madame des Ursins delaying the signature of the Treaty of Utrecht, 282; his tart letter to his grandson, 283; limits Philip's choice of a consort to three princesses, 287.
LOUVILLE, Marquis de, the duel with Madame des Ursins, 171; his fall: recalled from Madrid, 172; accuses Madame des Ursins of being "hair-brained in her conduct," 177.
MAINTENON, Françoise d'Aubigny, Marquise de, her star rises slowly above the political horizon, 114; the secret of Madame des Ursins' appointment first broached in her cabinet, 143; favours that candidature, 145; the dazzling aspect of her laurels in Madame des Ursins' eyes, 148; her letters reveal the policy of Louis XIV. with regard to Spain, 151; her favourable intervention in behalf of the exiled Madame des Ursins, 185, 186; her motives for supporting the Princess, 186; dwells upon her equanimity, 193; changes the tone of her letters to a cold and sometimes ironic vein, 257; opposes the design of her old friend for a "sovereignty," 269; she divines the concealed project of Madame des Ursins, 277.
MANCINI, Hortensia, Duchess de Mazarin, cuts to the quick Charles II. of England, 114.