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eality to conclude the treaty, 108; France gives three million of livres for Charles's conversion to Popery, and three for the Dutch war, 108; creates Louise Querouaille _Duchess of Portsmouth_, 110; creates his son by her Duke of Richmond, 111; Madame de Sevigne's amusing account of Charles's duplicate amours, 111; his fatal seizure, 115; declares his wish to be admitted into the Church of Rome, 117; receives the offices of Father Huddlestone, 118; in his last moments commends the Duchess of Portsmouth to the care of his brother James, 118; the alleged poisoning of Charles II., 119. CHARLES II., King of SPAIN, secretly consults Pope Innocent XII. on the succession, 128; declares Philip d'Anjou absolute heir to his crown, 129; consults the mortal remains of his father, mother, and wife upon the sacred obligations of the will, and dies, 129. CHATILLON, Isabelle Angelique de Montmorency-Bouteville, Duchess de, visits Nemours when wounded under various disguises, 4; Conde not the only rival Nemours had to contend with, 4; her condescension towards Cambiac, an intriguing, licentious priest, 4; procures her an enormous legacy from the Princess-Dowager de Conde, 4; Vineuil makes himself very agreeable to her, 5; meeting her after the combat of St. Antoine, Conde shows by his countenance how much he despises her, 12; is unable longer to counterbalance the counsels and influence of Madame de Chevreuse, 14; her shameful league with La Rochefoucauld against Madame de Longueville, 38. CHEVREUSE, Marie de Rohan, Duchess de. She ultimately becomes resigned to Mazarin, 19; warmly welcomes the return of the cardinal, 20; summary of her political career, 49; her elevated position side by side with Richelieu and Mazarin, 49; her "marriage of conscience" with the Marquis de Laigues, 50; marries her grandson, the Duke de Chevreuse, to Colbert's daughter, 52; survives all whom she had either loved or hated, 52; dies in obscurity at Gagny, 53. CHOISY, Count de, enamoured of Madame de Chatillon, is bent on fighting a duel about her with the Marquis de la Boulay, 5. CHURCHILL, Arabella, mistress of the Duke of York, obtains her brother John (afterwards Duke of Marlborough) a pair of colours in the Guards, 208. CLEVEL
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