See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS DE See also:

• FRANCOIS DE BASSOMPIERRE (1579-1646)

BASSOMPIERRE (1579-1646)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French courtier, son of Christophe de See also:

• BASSOMPIERRE, FRANCOIS DE (1579-1646)

Bassompierre (1547-1596), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Harrouel in See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine . He was descended from an old See also:

• FAMILY

family which had for generations served the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy and Lorraine, and after being educated with his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers in See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, was introduced to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV. in 1598 . He became a See also:

• GREAT

great favourite of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king and shared to the full in the dissipations of court See also:

• LIFE

life . In 1600 he took See also:

• PART

part in the brief See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign in See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy, and in 1603 fought in See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary for the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor against the See also:

• TURKS

Turks . In 1614 he assisted See also:

• MARIE

Marie de' See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici in her struggle against the nobles, but upon her failure in 1617 remainedloyal to the King See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIII. and assisted the royalists when they routed Marie's supporters at Ponts-de-Ce in 162o . His services during the Huguenot rising of 1621-22 won for him the dignity of See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He was with the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of the king during the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of La Rochelle in 1628, and in 1629 distinguished himself in the campaign against the rebels of See also:

• LANGUEDOC

Languedoc . In 1615 Bassompierre had See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased from See also:

• HENRI

Henri, duc de See also:

• ROHAN
• ROHAN, HENRI
• ROHAN, LOUIS RENE EDOUARD, CARDINAL DE (1734-1803)

Rohan (1579-1638), the coveted position of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the Swiss and See also:

• GRISONS (Ger. Graubunden)

Grisons; on this See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account he was sent to raise troops in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland when Louis XIII. marched against Savoy in 1629, and after a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short campaign in Italy his military career ended . As a diplomatist his career was a failure . In 1621 he went to See also:

• MADRID

Madrid as See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy extraordinary to arrange the dispute concerning the seizure of the Valteline forts by See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and signed the fruitless treaty of Madrid . In 1625 he was sent into Switzerland on an equally futile See also:

• MISSION

mission, and in 1626 to See also:

• LONDON

London to secure the retention of the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic ecclesiastics and attendants of Henrietta Maria, wife of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I . The See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Henry IV. had deterred Bassompierre from a See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte de See also:

• MONTMORENCY
• MONTMORENCY, ANNE
• MONTMORENCY, MATHIEU JEAN FELICITE DE

Montmorency, daughter of the See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

constable Montmorency, afterwards princesse de See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde, and between 1614 and 163o he was secretly married to See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise See also:

• MARGUERITE

Marguerite, widow of See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince de See also:

• CONTI, NICOLO
• CONTI, PRINCES OF

Conti, and through her became implicated in the See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot to overthrow See also:

• RICHELIEU, ARMAND EMMANUEL SOPHIE SEPTEMANIE DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, LOUIS FRANCOIS ARMAND DU PLESSIS

Richelieu on the " See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day of Dupes " 163o .

His See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share was only a slight one, but his wife was an intimate friend of Marie de' Medici, and her hostility to the See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal aroused his suspicions . By Richelieu's orders, Bassompierre was arrested at Senlis on the 25th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1631, and put into the See also:

• BASTILLE (from Fr. bastir, now bdtir, to build)

Bastille, where he remained until Richelieu's See also:

• DEATH

death in 1643 . On his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release his offices were restored to him, and he passed most of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time at the castle of Tillieres in See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, until his death on the 12th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1646 . He See also:

• LEFT

left a son, Francois de la Tour, by the princesse de Conti, and an illegitimate son, Louis de Bassompierre, afterwards See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• SAINTES

Saintes . His Memoires, which are an important source for the See also:

• HISTORY

history of his time, were first published at See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne in 1665 . He also left an incomplete account of his embassies to Spain, Switzerland and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England (Cologne, 1668) and a number of discourses upon various subjects . The best edition of the Memoires is that issued by the Societe de 1'Histoire de France (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1877) ; see also G . See also:

• TALLEMANT, GEDEON, SIEUR DES REAUX (1619—1692)

Tallemant See also:

• DES

des Reaux, Historiettes de la princesse de Conti, et du marechal de Bassompierre (Paris, 1854-186o) .