CHAPTER V.

Story of Anne de Graville--Illness of Claude--Court of Anne de Bretagne--Italian war--Marriage of Marguérite d’Angoulême-- Dress and customs at Court--Birth of Renée de France--The Prince de Chalais--The Queen ill--Birth and death of a son-- League of Cambrai--Sea-fight--Death of the Queen 353

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Amboise _Frontispiece_ PAGE Jeanne de Bourbon 6 Meaux 25 French Noble, Fourteenth Century 56 Lady of French Court, Fourteenth Century 67 The Bastille 80 Meeting of the Queen and her Mother 86 Shield of Jeanne de Bourbon 105 Isabeau de Bavière 117 Nevers 186 The Prioress of Poissy 190 Bedroom of the Fifteenth Century 197 Old Paris 202 The Louvre, from the Hôtel de Nesle 207 Hôtel Barbette 237 Bourges 257 Man in Armour, Fifteenth Century 273 Map of English Possessions in France, 1380-1422 287 Shield of Isabeau de Bavière 298 Marie d’Anjou 299 Shield of Marie d’Anjou 300 Charlotte de Savoie 301 Shield of Charlotte de Savoie 302 Anne de Bretagne 310 Trumpeter 316 Tour d’Amboise 323 Louis XII. 330 Bourges 333 Lady of Fifteenth Century 339 Blois 342 Loches 349 Shield of Anne de Bretagne 364

PICTURES OF THE OLD FRENCH COURT

_REIGN OF CHARLES V. AND JEANNE DE BOURBON_