The Life Of Jeanne D Albret Queen Of Navarre

Excerpt from The Life of Jeanne D'albret: Queen of Navarre, From Numerous Unpublished Sources, Including Ms. Documents in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, and the Archives Espagnoles De Simancas Birth of Jeanne d'Albret - Baptism of the princess - Her sponsors - The baillive de Caen appointed governess to the princess - Her education - Favour shown towards Jeanne by Francis I. - Affection of the princess for her uncle - Departure of the king and queen of Navarre into Bearn - Refusal of Francis to permit the princess Jeanne to accompany her parents - The king's reasons for that act - King Francis announces his intention to betroth the princess Jeanne to the duke of Orleans - Establishment of the princess at Plessis-les - Tours Details respecting her household - Character of Jeanne d'Albret - Illness of the princess - Francoise de Rohan - Melancholy of the princess - Her aversion to Plessis - Arrival of the duke of Cleves at the court of France - Francis designs to wed the princess to the duke - Her disapproval of the project - She quits Plessis - Her haughty reception of the duke of Cleves - Arrival of the princess at Alencon Anger of queen Marguerite at her daughters conduct Francis commands the solemnization of the betrothment Protest of the princess - Jeanne Ceremony of the affiancing performed at Alem;on by the bishop of Seez- Second protest of the princess Arrival of queen Marguerite with the princess Jeanne at Chatellerault, and ceremony of Jeannes marriage with the duke of Cleves - Fetes given on the occasion Jeanne retires with her mother to Pau - Her pursuits Contest of the duke of Cleves with the emperor Charles V. - Issue of the war - Francis prepares to succour the duke - He summons the princess to the camp in order to present her to her consort - Passionate grief evinced by the princess Jeanne at this command - Her arrival at Soissons - The duke of Cleves renounces his alliance with Francis I., and makes peace with the emperor - Terms of his treaty with Charles V. - The journey of the princess arrested by command of the king - She retires to Fontainebleau - Francis decrees the dissolution of the marriage between the duke of Cleves and his niece - Suit made to Rome for the purpose - The duke of Cleves petitions Pope Paul III. to grant a divorce - A third protest made by the princess at Alenon - Her favour with Francis I. - She becomes one of the sponsors of the princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the dauphin Henry - Jeanne quits the court, and repairs to Plessis-les-Tours - Her fourth and final protest against her marriage with the duke of Cleves - Ceremonial observed on the occasion - Dissolution of the marriage between the duke of Cleves and the princess is pronounced by the Dope, and registered by the parliament of Paris. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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