Comtesse de Guiche.

Comtesse d'Auvergne.

Comtesse d'Entragues.

Like that of the Comtesse d'Auvergne, her attempt, however, proved abortive, save that Henry accorded to her prayers a mitigation of the rigour with which her husband had hitherto been treated.

Jacqueline de Bueil, subsequently Comtesse de Moret, was the daughter of Claude de Bueil, Seigneur de Courcillon and La Machère, and of Catherine de Monteclu, who both died in 1596.

Marie Touchet, Comtesse d'Entragues, was the daughter of an apothecary at Orleans; who, on the occasion of a visit of Charles IX to that city, obtained permission to see his Majesty dine in public, where her extreme beauty so impressed the Monarch that he inquired her name, and at the close of the repast despatched M. de Latour, the master of his wardrobe, to desire her attendance in his closet.

Mademoiselle de Bueil became Comtesse de Chésy on the 5th of October 1604, and two months later she obtained a divorce.

As he glanced towards the Bastille, the minister attracted his attention to the Comtesse d'Auvergne, who had latterly been permitted to visit her husband, and who was gazing wistfully from one of the narrow casements.

As Henry recognized her, he withdrew his plumed cap, and bent his head with a courtesy and kindness which was remarked and commented upon by those around him; but his most gracious recognition was vouchsafed to the Comtesse de Moret, who was seated at a window in the Rue St. Antoine, surrounded by a bevy of beauties, who only served to render her own loveliness the more conspicuous.

Madame Elisabeth, the elder Princess, being surrounded by the ladies who were privileged to assist at her levée, the outer coverlet of her bed was withdrawn by the Comtesse de Sault and the Comtesse de Guissen; she was then lifted from it by Madame de Lavardin, undressed by Madame de Randan, and robed in her state costume by the Marquise de Montlor.

Madame Elisabeth, the elder Princess, being surrounded by the ladies who were privileged to assist at her levée, the outer coverlet of her bed was withdrawn by the Comtesse de Sault and the Comtesse de Guissen; she was then lifted from it by Madame de Lavardin, undressed by Madame de Randan, and robed in her state costume by the Marquise de Montlor.

Despite the fascination of the wily Marquise, and the charms of the Comtesse de Moret, Henry was by no means insensible to the attractions of the many beautiful women who followed in the suite of the Queen at the august ceremony just described; and, among others, he especially honoured with his notice the Duchesses de Montpensier and de Nevers.

This lady, who was a member of the household of the Comtesse de Beaumont-Harlay, had accompanied her mistress to England, whither M. de Beaumont-Harlay had been accredited as ambassador; and on the return of her patroness to France she appeared in her suite at Court, where she instantly attracted the attention of the dissolute King.

Her reign was happily a short one, and at the close of two years she retired with the title of Comtesse de Romorantin, having previously been privately married to the Archbishop of Rheims.

Comtesse Pierre de Rostang (C); 15Oct57; R201253.

SEE Segur, Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de. LOTZ, ELSA.

Franz Montgomery (A); 4May60; R256651. MONTGON, THERESE GOSSELIN, COMTESSE DE. Napoleon.

SEE Foz, Gertrude Schwetz, Comtesse de. SCHWING, ANNE GABRIELLE DE LA FOUCHARDIERE.

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Palice, nee comtesse Elisabeth de Berlaymont (NK); 14Jun62; R297015. GRANT, FREDERICK CLIFTON, ed. & tr.

SEE Symons, Katharine E. CHAMBRUN, CLARA LONGWORTH, COMTESSE DE. Shadows like myself.

SEE Chambrun, Clara Longworth, Comtesse de. CHAMPION, PIERRE.

SEE Saint Exupery, Marie De Fonscolombe De, Comtesse.

SEE Blatz, William E. DE SAINT EXUPERY, ANTOINE. SEE Saint Exupery, Antoine de. DE SAINT EXUPERY, MARIE DE FONSCOLOMBE, COMTESSE.

SEE Saint Exupery, Marie de Fonscolombe de, Comtesse.