or his biography in Anstis's Collections on the heralds, at the
College of Arms, but containing no evidence either to prove Commines's
assertion, or Hall's denial, of his being a native of Normandy.

[45] The constable of France, Jacques de Luxembourg, comte de St. Pol.
After temporising between Burgundy and France at this crisis, he paid the
penalty for his vacillation, the duke surrendering him to Louis, by whom he
was decapitated before the end of the year (Dec. 19, 1475).

[46] Jacqueline duchess of Bedford, the mother of the queen of England, was
one of the constable's sisters. The constable was also connected by
marriage with king Louis, who called him "brother" from their having
married two sisters. The relationship of all the principal actors in the
transactions described in the text is shown in the following table:--

Pierre Louis Charles VII. Richard
Comte de St. Pol Duke of Savoy. King of France. Duke of York.
= = = =
| | | |
+-----+ +-----+-----+ +-----+-+ +-----+
| | | | | | | |
| Louis Comte=Mary of Charlotte=Louis Katharine=Charles=Margaret |
| de St. Pol, Savoy. of Savoy. XI. of Duke of of York.|
| the Constable. France. Burgundy. |
| |
Jacqueline = Richard |
Duchess of | Earl |
Bedford. | Rivers. |
+-+------------------------------------+ +-------+
| | |
Anthony Lord Scales, Elizabeth Wydville.=King Edward
and Earl Rivers. the Fourth.

[47] Afterwards the first duke of Norfolk and earl of Derby of their
respective families.

[48] The narrative is continued on the authority of Commines.

[49] See the extracts from the register of the Burgundian _maistres
d'hostel_ already given in p. xxiii. The English camp is described as near
Fauquemberghe on the 22d of July, and near Aichen on th