1626-1696.
1626. Birth of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal 214
Account of this noble Family 214
1627. Her Father, Baron de Chantal, slain at the Isle of Rhé 215
Account of the De Coulanges Family 215
The Breton Race described 216
1644. Ætat. 18. Mademoiselle de Rabutin-Chantal marries Henry
Marquis de Sévigné 216
Cardinal de Retz and the Fronde 217
Count de Bussy-Rabutin, Cousin of Madame de Sévigné 217
Ninon de l'Enclos 217
Marquis de Sévigné falls in a Duel with the Chevalier d'Albret 218
The Prince de Conti 219
Hôtel de Rambouillet 220
Cardinal de Retz imprisoned, and escapes 220
Disgrace and Trial of Fouquet, Minister of Finance 222
Letters of Madame de Sévigné 224
1664. Fêtes at Versailles 225
Louis XIV. takes a Part in the Tournament and Jousts 225
His Affection for Mademoiselle de la Vallière 225
Benserade, the Court Poet 226
Mademoiselle de Sévigné appears in the Ballets at Court 226
1669. Her Marriage with the Count de Grignan 227
Correspondence of the Marchioness de Sévigné addressed to her
Daughter, Madame de Grignan 227
Count and Countess de Grignan repair to Provence, of which he
is Lieutenant-Governor 228
Ninon de l'Enclos again the Cause of Affliction 230
Countess de la Fayette 231
Monsieur and Madame de Coulanges, Cousins of Madame de
Sévigné 232
Dialogue, Supposititious, of M. de Coulanges and M. de
Bussy-Rabutin 232
Celebrity for Talent of Madame de Coulanges 234
Poetry of that Lady's Husband 235
M. Corbinelli 236
Madame de Maintenon 237
D'Argenson and Corbinelli, amusing Anecdote of 237
1675. Death of Turenne 238
1676. Madame de Sévigné attacked with Rheumatism 244
1677. Ætat 51. Visited by her Daughter, who falls ill also 245
Their Residence in Paris 246
Account of the Chevalier de Grignan 246
1680. Ætat. 54. Madame de Sévigné visits her Estate of Aux Rochers,
in Britany 248, 252
Marriage of the Marquis de Sévigné, Son of Madame de
Sévigné 249
Further Letters to Madame de Grignan 251
James II. established at St. Germain 251
Duke and Duchess de Chaulnes 252
1690. Ætat. 64. Marchioness of Sévigné resides with Madame de
Grignan in Provence 254
The Family of de Grignan 254
1695. Pauline de Grignan married to the Marquis de Simiane 248, 254
1696. Ætat. 70. Death of Madame de Sévigné 248, 254
Count de Bussy-Rabutin's Character of his celebrated
Cousin 248, 254
Countess de la Fayette's Portrait of her 255
Voltaire's opinion of her Taste 256
Her Character 253
Madame de Sévigné was a Jansenist 257
The Dragonnades against the Protestants of France 257
No Posterity existent of the Family of de Sévigné 258