Chapter VI

Death of the Princesse de Condé--Question of the prince’s
remarriage--The Maréchale de Saint-André’s bid for
his hand--Rumours of a matrimonial alliance with the
Guises--Catherine de’Medici, alarmed at such a prospect,
resolves to set Mlle. de Limeuil at liberty--Isabelle joins
Condé at Valery--Intense indignation of the Huguenots at
the scandalous conduct of the prince--Quarrel between
Condé and Coligny--The leaders of the party take counsel
together “to find a remedy for so great an evil”--The
deputation of Protestant pastors--Condé declines to
separate from his mistress, but eventually breaks with
her--His marriage with Mlle. de Longueville--Condé
persuaded by his wife to demand the return of the
presents he has given his mistress--Revenge of
Isabelle--Her marriage--Renewal of the civil war--Battle
of Saint-Denis--Peace of Longjumeau--Flight of Condé to
La Rochelle--Third War of Religion breaks out--Battle of
Jarnac--Death of Condé 70–91

CHAPTER VII

Henri I. de Bourbon, Prince de Condé--His personal
appearance and character--Jeanne d’Albret presents
Henri of Navarre and Condé to the army--The “Admiral’s
pages”--The “Journey of the Princes”--Battle of
Arnay-le-Duc--Condé at La Rochelle--Henri of Navarre is
betrothed to Marguerite de Valois, and Condé to Marie de
Clèves--An awkward lover--Marriage of Condé--Massacre
of Saint-Bartholomew--The King of Navarre and Condé
are ordered to abjure their religion--Firmness of the
latter, who, however, at length yields--Humiliating
position of Condé--Intrigue between his wife and the Duc
d’Anjou--Condé at the siege of La Rochelle--Anjou elected
King of Poland--He offers the hand of his discarded
mistress, Mlle. de Châteauneuf, to Nantouillet, provost of
Paris--Unpleasant consequences of the provost’s refusal of
this honour 92–107

CHAPTER VIII

Departure of Anjou for Poland--Condé, compromised in the
conspiracy of the “Politiques,” escapes to Strasbourg,
where he reverts to the Protestant faith--Death of Charles
IX., who is succeeded by the King of Poland--Flight of the
new King from Cracow--Death of the Princesse de Condé:
extravagant grief of Henry III.--Condé invades France at
the head of an army of German mercenaries--The “_Paix de
Monsieur_”--Condé endeavours to establish himself in the
West of France--Formation of the League and renewal of the
civil war--Condé refuses the hand of Mlle. de Vaudémont,
Henry III.’s sister-in-law--His second Odyssey--He commands
the Huguenot forces in Poitou and Saintonge--He proposes
for the hand of Charlotte Catherine de la Trémoille--Letter
of Mlle. de la Trémoille to the prince--He visits her at
the Château of Taillebourg--Disastrous expedition of Condé
against Angers--He is obliged to take refuge in Guernsey 108–124