DUCHESSE DE See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

ANNE See also:

• GENEVIEVE, or GENOVEFA, ST (c. 422-512)

GENEVIEVE See also:

• LONGUEVILLE
• DUCHESSE DE ANNE GENEVIEVE LONGUEVILLE (1619—1679)

LONGUEVILLE (1619—1679)  , was the only daughter of See also:

• HENRI

Henri de See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon, See also:

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

Prince de See also:

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

Conde, and his wife See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte See also:

• MARGUERITE

Marguerite de See also:

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

Montmorency, and the See also:

• SISTER

sister of 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, the See also:

• GREAT

great Conde . She was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 28th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1619, in the See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison of See also:

• VINCENNES

Vincennes, into which her See also:

• FATHER

father and See also:

• MOTHER

mother had been thrown for opposition to See also:

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

Marshal D'Ancre, the favourite of See also:

• MARIE

Marie de' See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici, who was then See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent in the minority of Louis XIII . She was educated with great strictness in the See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of the See also:

• CARMELITES

Carmelites in the See also:

• RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

Rue St Jacques at 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 . Her See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years were clouded by the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of the duc de Montmorency, her mother's only See also:

• BROTHER

brother, for intriguing against See also:

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

Richelieu in 1631, and that of her mother's See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin the See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de Montmorency-Boutteville for duelling in 1635; but her parents made their See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace with Richelieu, and being introduced into society in 1635 she soon became one of the stars of the Hotel See also:

• RAMBOUILLET
• RAMBOUILLET, CATHERINE DE VIVONNE, MARQUISE DE (1588-1665)

Rambouillet, at that 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 the centre of all that was learned, witty and See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . In 1642 she was married to the duc de See also:

• LONGUEVILLE
• LONGUEVILLE, ANNE GENEVIEVE, DUCHESSE DE (1619—1679)

Longueville, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, a widower twice her See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . The See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage was not happy . After Richelieu's See also:

• DEATH

death her father became See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of regency during the minority of Louis XIV., her brother Louis won the great victory of Rocroy in 1643 (see CONDE), and the duchess became of See also:

• POLITICAL

political importance . In 1646 she accompanied her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband to See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster, where he was sent by See also:

• MAZARIN, JULES (1602-1661)

Mazarin as chief See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy, and where she charmed the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German diplomatists who were making the treaty of See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia, and was addressed as the " goddess of peace and See also:

• CONCORD
• CONCORD, BOOK OF (Liber Concordiae)

concord." Onher return she See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in love with the duc de la Rochefoucauld, the author of the See also:

• MAXIMS, LEGAL

Maxims, who made use of her love to obtain See also:

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

influence over her brother, and thus win honours for himself . She was the guiding spirit of the first See also:

• FRONDE, THE

Fronde, when she brought over Armand, Prince de See also:

• CONTI, NICOLO
• CONTI, PRINCES OF

Conti, her second brother, and her husband to the malcontents, but she failed to attract Conde himself, whose. See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty 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 overthrew the first Fronde . It was during the first Fronde that she lived at the Hotel de Ville and took the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Paris as See also:

• GOD

god-mother for the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child born to her there . The peace did not satisfy her, although La Rochefoucauld won the titles he desired . The second Fronde was largely her See also:

• WORK

work, and in it she played the most prominent See also:

• PART

part in attracting to the rebels first Conde and later See also:

• TURENNE, HENRI DE LA TOUR

Turenne .

In the last See also:

• YEAR

year of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war she was accompanied into See also:

• GUIENNE

Guienne by the duc de See also:

• NEMOURS
• NEMOURS, LORDS AND DUKES OF
• NEMOURS, LOUIS CHARLES PHILIPPE RAPHAEL

Nemours, her intimacy with whom gave La Rochefoucauld an excuse for abandoning her, and who himself immediately returned to his old See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress the duchesse de Chevreuse . Thus abandoned, and in disgrace at court, the duchess betook herself to See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . She accompanied her husband to his See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government at See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen, and devoted herself to See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• WORKS

works . She took for her director M . Singlin, famous in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• PORT

Port Royal . She chiefly lived in Normandy till 1663, when her husband died, and she came to Paris . There she became more and more Jansenist in See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion, and her piety and the remembrance of her influence during the disastrous days of the Fronde, and above all the love her brother, the great Conde, See also:

• BORE

bore her, made her conspicuous . 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 pardoned her and in every way showed respect for her . She became the great protectress of the Jansenists; it was in her See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house that See also:

• ARNAULD

Arnauld, See also:

• NICOLE, PIERRE (1625–1695)

Nicole and De See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane were protected; and to her influence must be in great part attributed the See also:

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

release of Lemaistre De Sacy from the See also:

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

Bastille, the introduction of Pomponne into the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry and of Arnauld to the king . Her famous letters to the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope are part of the history of PORT ROYAL (q.v.), and as See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as she lived the nuns of Port Royal See also:

• DES

des Champs were See also:

• LEFT

left in safety . Her See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder son resigned his See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title and estates, and became a Jesuit under the name of the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

Abbe d'See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, while the younger, after leading a debauched See also:

• LIFE

life, was killed leading the attack in the passage of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine in 1673 . As her See also:

• HEALTH

health failed she hardly ever left the convent of the Carmelites in which she had been educated .

On her death in 1679 she was buried with great splendour by her brother Conde, and her See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart, as she had directed, was sent to the nuns of the Port Royal des Champs . The chief authority for Madame de Longueville's life is a little See also:

• BOOK

book in two volumes by Villef ore the Jansenist, published in 1738 . See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor Cousin has devoted four volumes to her, which, though immensely diffuse, give a vivid picture of her time . See also Sainte-Beuve, Portraits des femmes (184o) . Her connexion with Port Royal should be studied in Arnauld's See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs, and in the different histories of that institution .