mest supporters of his greatness, 20;
his good fortune opens the eyes of every one to his merit, 31;
his solemn reception by the King and Queen not an idle pageant or
empty ceremony, 32.

MEDINA-COELI, Duke de, head of the purely political Spanish
system, 169;
his double character, 196;
is arrested by Madame des Ursins, and ends his days in prison, 256.

MEILLERAYE, Marshal la, advances against the Princess de Conde at
Montrond, 83.

MELGAR, Admiral Count de, plots the downfall of Philip V. and the
elevation of the Archduke, 170;
traitorously joins the Portuguese and their allies, 170;
his death from an insult, 171.

MERCOEUR, Duke de (eldest son of Caesar, Duke de Vendome), married to
the amiable and virtuous Laura Mancini, 21;
made Governor of Provence, 21.

MONTBAZON, Marie d'Avangour, Duchess de, one of those who made most
noise at Anne of Austria's Court, 61;
summary of her character, 61;
a list of all her lovers, titled and untitled, not to be
attempted, 61;
very nearly the cause of a duel at the door of the king's
apartments, 62;
often used as an instrument by Madame de Chevreuse, 62;
a dangerous rival to Madame de Guemene, 62;
instigates the Count de Soissons to add outrage to desertion of
Madame de Guemene, 62;
her long exercised influence over Beaufort useful to the Court, 62;
wanting in all the better qualities of a political woman, 62;
proposes to enter into a treaty of alliance with De Retz, 63;
very mercenary both in love and politics, 64;
tricked out of 100,000 crowns by Conde and the Princess Palatine, 64;
returns to Court after an exile of five years, 65;
Madame de Motteville's description of her well-preserved beauty, 65;
dies of the measles--three hours only accorded to her to prepare for
death, 66;
looked back with horror on her past life, 66;
little regretted by any one save De Rance, 66;
the sight of her sudden death determines De Rance to withdraw from
the world, 67;
Laroque's version of the catastrophe, 67.

MONTPENSIER, Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, called _La Grande
Mademoiselle_ Duchess de, mingles in all the intrigues of the
Fronde, 6;
adopts unwise means to force herself as a bride upon the young
king, 6;
by her noble conduct in the struggle at the Faubourg St. Antoine,