PRINCESS See also:

• DES

DES See also:

• MARIE

MARIE See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

ANNE DE LA TREMOILLE See also:

• PRINCESS DES MARIE ANNE DE LA TREMOILLE URSINS (1642-1722)

URSINS (1642-1722)  , See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish 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, was the daughter of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Noirmontier and his wife Renee Julie Aubri . She was. See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1642, and was married See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young to Adrien Braise de Talleyrand, See also:

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

Prince de Chalais . Her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, having been concerned in the See also:

• DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel of four against four, in which the duke of Beauvilliers was killed in 1663, was compelled to See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . He died soon afterwards in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and his widow established herself in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . In 1675 she married Flavio See also:

• ORSINI
• ORSINI, FELICE (1819-1858)

Orsini, duke of See also:

• BRACCIANO

Bracciano . The See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage was far from harmonious, but her husband See also:

• LEFT

left her his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . It brought her a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of lawsuits and troubles with Livio Odescalchi, who claimed that he had been adopted by the duke . At last the widow sold the See also:

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

title and estates to Odescalchi . She then assumed the title of Princess See also:

• DES

des See also:

• URSINS, MARIE ANNE DE LA TREMOILLE, PRINCESS DES (1642-1722)

Ursins, a corruption of Orsini, and was tacitly allowed to use it, though it had no legal existence . The Princess des Ursins had indulged in a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEAL

deal of unofficial See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy at Rome, more particularly with Neapolitans and Spaniards of See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, whom it was desirable to secure as See also:

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

French partisans in view of the approaching See also:

• DEATH

death 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 II. of Spain, and the plans 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 XIV. for placing his See also:

• FAMILY

family on the Spanish See also:

• THRONE

throne . Her services were rewarded in 1699 by a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension which her spendthrift habits made necessary to her . When See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip, duke of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou, See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of the French 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, was declared See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir by the will of Charles II., the princess took an active See also:

• PART

part in arranging his marriage with a daughter of the duke of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy .

Her ambition was to secure the See also:

• POST

post of Camarera See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

Mayor, or See also:

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

chief of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household to the young See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen, a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere 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 of twelve . By quiet diplomacy, and the help of Madame de See also:

• MAINTENON

Maintenon, she succeeded, and in 1701 she accompanied the young queen to Spain . Till 1714 she was the most powerful See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person in the country . Her functions about the king and queen were almost those of a See also:

• NURSE (a shortened form of the earlier " nourice," adapted through the French from Lat. nutrix, nu/rite, to nourish)

nurse . Her letters show that she had to put them to See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed at See also:

• NIGHT

night, and get them up in the See also:

• MORNING

morning . She gives a most amusing description of her embarrassments when she had to enter the royal bedroom, laden with articles of clothing and See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture . But if the Camarera Mayor did the See also:

• WORK

work of a domestic servant, it was for a serious See also:

• POLITICAL

political purpose . She was expected to look after French interests in the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, and to See also:

• MANAGE

manage the Spanish nobles, many of whom were of the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian party, and who were generally opposed to See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign ways, or to interferences with the absurdly elaborate See also:

• ETIQUETTE

etiquette of the Spanish court . Madame des Ursins was resolved not to be a mere See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent of See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles . During the first See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of her See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office she was in frequent conflict with the French ambassadors, who claimed the right of sitting in the See also:

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

council and of directing the 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 . Madame des Ursins wisely held that the young king should rely as much as possible on his Spanish subjects . In 1704 her enemies at the French court secured her recall .

But she still had the support of Madame de Maintenon, and her own tact enabled her to placate Louis XIV . In 1705 she returned to Spain, with a See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, and with what was practically the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to name her own See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry . During the worst times of the See also:

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

war of the Spanish See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

Succession she was the real See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

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

Bourbon party, and was well aided by the spirited young queen of Philip V . She did not hesitate to See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel even with such powerful personages as the See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop of See also:

• TOLEDO
• TOLEDO, COUNCILS OF (Concilia toletana)

Toledo, See also:

• PORTOCARRERO, LUIS MANUEL FERNANDEZ DE (1635-1709)

Portocarrero, when they proved hostile, but she was so far from offending the See also:

• PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride of the nation, that when in 1709 Louis the XIV., severely pressed by the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies, threatened, or pretended, to See also:

• DESERT

desert the cause of his grandson, she dismissed all Frenchmen from the court and threw the king on the support of the Castilians . Her See also:

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

influence on the sovereigns was so strong that it would probably have lasted all through her See also:

• LIFE

life, but for the death of the queen . Madame des Ursins confesses in her voluminous See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence that she made herself a See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden to the king in her anxiety to exclude him from all other influence . She certainly rendered him ridiculous by watching him as if he were a child . Philip was too weak to break the yoke himself, and could only insist that he should be supplied with a wife . Madame des Ursins was persuaded by See also:

• ALBERONI, GIULIO (1664-1752)

Alberoni to arrange a marriage with See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• FARNESE
• FARNESE, ALEXANDER (1545-1592)
• FARNESE, ELIZABETH (1692-1766)

Farnese of See also:

• PARMA

Parma, hoping to govern the new queen as she had done the old . Elizabeth had, however, stipulated that she should be allowed to dismiss the Camarera Mayor . Madame des Ursins, who had gone to meet the new queen at Quadraque near the frontier, was driven from her presence with insult, and sent out of Spain without being allowed to See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change her court See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, in such See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather that the coachman lost his hand by See also:

• FROSTBITE

frostbite . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short stay in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, she went to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and finally established herself in Rome, where she had the See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction of See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting Alberoni after his fall, and where she died on the 5th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1722 .

Madame des Ursins has the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit of having begun to check the overgrown power of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and the See also:

• INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition in Spain, and of having attempted to bring the finances to See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . A readable life of Madame des Ursins was published in 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 in 1858 by N . F . See also:

• COMBES, [JUSTIN LOUIS] SMILE (1835– )

Combes, and there is an See also:

• ENGLISH

English life by C . See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, The Princess des Ursins in Spain (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1899) . See her Lettres inedites, edited by A . See also:

• GEOFFROY
• GEOFFROY, ETIENNE FRANCOIS (1672-1731)
• GEOFFROY, JULIEN LOUIS (1743-1814)

Geoffroy (Paris, 1859), and her correspondence with Madame de Maintenon (Paris, 1826) .