Helvétius, Anne Catherine (née Ligneville), 85
Hénencourt (château), near Amiens, 73, 80
Hénin, Adélaïde-Félicité-Henriette, Princesse d’ (Frédéric’s aunt): Lucie lives with, 14, 80; background and character, 71–3; and Lucie’s marriage, 75; and Lucie’s presentation at court, 76–7; and Comte d’Artois, 79; chaperones Lucie, 81; and Lucie’s flight from Paris, 99–100; and outbreak of Revolution, 101; and attack on Versailles, 113; helps Lucie entertain, 114; and Lucie’s place at court, 120; leaves for Switzerland, 123–4; and Lally-Tollendal’s marriage, 125–6; and army mutiny at Nancy, 128; sends letters of introduction to Lucie and Frédéric in America, 201; stays with Mme de Poix, 235; Lucie warns of suppression of monarchist plot, 246; exile in England, 255–6; house in Richmond, 264–5; manner, 266; makes way back to Paris, 277; entertains in Paris, 281; joins Lucie at Le Bouilh, 288–9; on Napoleon’s invasion of Spain, 302; sends surgeon to attend Frédéric, 329; at Château de Mouchy, 341; and Lally-Tollendal’s elevation to Académie Française, 367; death and legacy, 391, 411
Hénin, Prince d’, 72, 81–2, 175
Henriette-Lucy (ship), 59
Hézecques, Comte de, 114
Holland: Frédéric and Lucie in, 143–4, 146–7; peace treaty with France, 237; incorporated into France, 332; union with Belgium, 373
Holy Alliance, 369
Hookman’s Library, London, 270
Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, 299, 315, 326, 356, 359, 397
Huart (dancing master), 77
Hugo, Victor, 410, 424, 433; Hernani, 406–7
Hume, David, 20, 84
incroyables, 241
Insurrectionary Commune, 152
Iroquois (Indians), 205–6, 214–15
Isabey, Jean-Baptiste, 297, 434
Italy: French domination, 292; unrest in, 379; unification movement, 384–6
Jacob Frères (cabinet makers), 286
Jacobins, 117, 131, 133, 135–7, 148, 168, 172, 176–7
Jallays, family de, 291
James II, King of England, 6, 24
Jansenists, 44
Jay Treaty (1794), 215
Jefferson, Thomas, 31, 84, 86, 150, 212, 222–3
Jeffries (balloonist), 57
Jemappes, Battle of (1792), 310
Jerningham, Charlotte, 27, 75, 370, 389
Jerningham, Chevalier, 251, 267
Jerningham, Edward, 267, 269, 349
Jerningham, Frances, Lady, 24, 52, 55, 73, 75, 119, 251, 254–9, 271, 273, 274, 295, 299, 368, 370, 389
Jerningham, Sir William, 24, 75, 257–8
Jesuits, 44
Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of Napoleon I: friendship with Lucie, 2; social circle, 131; Mme de Montesson acknowledges, 280; occupies Tuileries and Malmaison, 283, 287; accompanies Napoleon, 295–6; coronation, 297; court life, 298; Lucie attends in Bordeaux, 303; Napoleon divorces, 304, 325; and Queen Maria Luisa, 305; acquisitiveness, 318, 325; style, 319; at Fanny-Bertrand wedding, 321; maintains popularity after Bourbon Restoration, 353; pneumonia and death, 353
Journal de la Mode et du Goût, 116
Journal de Lyon, 240
Journal de Paris, 244
Journal des Dames et des Modes, 240–1, 287, 316, 359
Journal Universel, Le, 362
Judith (American slave), 213–14, 227
Jullien, Marc-Antoine, 190, 192
Juniper Hall, Surrey, 265
Kalm, Peter, 252
Kenmare, Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of, 255
Kersaint, Admiral de, 270
Kléber, General Jean-Baptiste, 273
Knox, Henry, 215
Koblenz, 146–7, 149
Kotzebue, August von, 286, 294
Kourakin, Prince, 327
Kralio, Louise de, 139
Laborne, Mme de, 129
Laclos, Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de: Les Liaisons dangereuses, 3, 60
Lacombe, Jean-Baptiste, 178–9, 186
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert de Motier, Marquis de: friendship with Lucie, 2; in America, 32; returns to France, 55; on proposed tax reforms, 91; elected to Estates General, 94; commands Garde Nationale, 101, 108; liberal views, 106; kept prisoner by own troops, 111; and women’s attack on Versailles, 113; revolutionary aims, 118; and revolutionary ceremonies, 122; and army indiscipline, 127; and attack on Hôtel de Castries, 135; attends Assembly, 136; opposes abolition of slavery, 137; deserts to Austrians, 154; Lucie criticises, 221; fall, 223; in Holland, 277; in July Revolution (1830), 408
Lage de Volude, Marquise de, 186
Lally-Tollendal, Elisa (later d’Aux), 289, 300–1, 305
Lally-Tollendal, Trophime-Gérard, 106, 113–14, 123–5, 152, 153, 256, 265, 281, 301, 341–3, 361–2, 367; Défense des Emigrés, 266
Lamartine, Alphonse de, 433
Lamballe, Marie Thérèse, Princesse de, 152–3
La Mesangère, Professor, 240–1
Lameth, Alexandre de, 73–5, 83, 86, 92, 94, 118, 135, 184, 235
Lameth, Alfred de, 75, 83, 86, 92, 94, 235, 286, 302, 306
Lameth, Marquis Augustin de, 73–5, 80, 83, 86, 92, 94, 106, 134–5, 143, 234–5, 274, 277, 339
Lameth, Marquise Cécile de, 73, 80, 105, 107, 109, 113, 134–5, 141, 143, 150, 157, 167, 232
Lameth, Charles de, 73–5, 83, 86, 92, 94, 135, 235
Lameth, Théodore de, 34
La Motte Valois, Jeanne de, 60–1
Landor, Walter Savage, 253n
Langton, Mr (English merchant in Cadiz), 229
Languedoc: administration, 50
Lanning, Henry, 213
Lansdowne, William Petty, 1st Marquess of, 223
La Revéllière-Lépaux, Louis-Marie, 238, 246
La Rochefoucault, François, Duc de, 85, 160
Larousse (Girondin), 175
La Touche, Alexandre, 51–2, 254
La Touche, Elizabeth (Betsy), 51–2
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Aymar, Marquis de (Lucie’s son): birth, 300; in Brussels, 309, 324; in Amiens, 339, 341; education, 355, 383; survives pleurisy, 356–7; and brother Humbert’s duel, 372; travels to Turin with
Lucie, 381; survives, 390; bequest from Princesse d’Hénin, 391; diplomatic career, 394, 398; visits Rome, 396, 398; marriage prospects, 403; supports Vendée monarchist plot, 414–16, 419; escapes to Jersey, 417, 420; and parents’ imprisonment, 418–19; condemned to death in absentia, 420, 422; reunited with parents in Nice, 421; banned from France and Piedmont, 424; in Lausanne, 427, 430; moves to Pisa with mother, 431–2; childless marriage, 435
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Cécile (Lucie’s daughter): and sister Charlotte’s wedding, 36; birth, 276–7; in Brussels, 312; Lucie teaches, 324; in Amiens, 339, 341; qualities, 341; presents flowers to Duchesse d’Angoulême, 349; death, 374, 389; engagement to Mercy-Argenteau, 374; legacy used up, 391
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Cécile, Marquise de (Frédéric’s mother), 71, 279
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Charlotte (Lucie’s daughter) see Liederkerke, Charlotte
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Edward (Lucie’s son): birth and death, 267–8
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Frédéric-Séraphim, Marquis de (earlier Comte de Gouvernet): career, 2; as prospective husband for Lucie, 52–3, 59, 70; background and character, 71, 309; engagement, 71, 73–4; marriage, 75, 79; returns to regiment, 80; influenced by American ideals, 85–6; dislikes Palais-Royal world, 88; disputes with Mme de Rothe, 88; and Estates General, 92, 94–5; liberal views, 92, 205; absence from Paris, 98, 100; takes leave to be with Lucie, 102–3; gives up property and privileges, 106; serves in Garde Nationale, 109; defends Versailles against mob, 110–13; revolutionary aims, 118; as Minister for Holland, 120, 134, 137, 140, 157; organises revolutionary celebrations, 121; posted to Nancy, 127–8; plans army reorganisation, 134; and rescue of royal family, 141; leaves for Holland, 143–4; dismissed from Holland post, 147; reunited with Lucie after Holland, 158; and execution of Louis XVI, 165–6; leaves Paris
for Le Bouilh, 167, 170; flees from Le Bouilh, 181; warrant for arrest issued, 181; sends messages to Lucie in hiding, 184; in hiding in Bordeaux, 187–90; escape to America, 190–2, 194–5, 197–9; inherits title on father’s death, 204n; settles in America, 206–8, 211–12; meets George Washington in Philadelphia, 221, 224; and daughter Séraphine’s death, 225; returns to Europe from America, 227–31; sequestered property restored, 227; questioned by President of Department, 231–2; inspects family properties, 234; travels to Paris to arrange family affairs, 234, 238; second exile in England, 247–8, 250–1; money problems in England, 263, 268–9; moves to Richmond, 265; tour of England, 272; returns to Europe from England, 274–6; social life in Paris, 281; buys distillery, 288; reads aloud to household, 289; attends Napoleon’s coronation, 296–7; meets Josephine, 301–2, 304; financial difficulties, 303, 391, 410; appointed Prefect of Brussels, 306, 308–9; receives Napoleon and Marie-Louise in Brussels, 327–9; and British invasion of Belgium, 329–30; tumour renoved from ankle, 329; differences with Paris over administration of Belgium, 332–4; dismissed from Brussels post, 336; appointed to post in Amiens, 337–9; resists royalist movement, 340–1; and restoration of Bourbons, 344–5, 348, 350–2; awarded marquessate, 351; as ambassador to The Hague, 352, 370, 373–5; as delegate at Congress of Vienna, 354–5, 360; travels to Toulon on Napoleon’s escape from Elba, 360–1; reunited with family in Brussels, 363; loyalty to Louis XVIII, 368–9; votes for death of Ney, 368; and Humbert’s duel and death, 372–3; negotiates treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 376, 378; named Ambassador Extraordinary to Spain, 379; as Ambassador to Turin, 380–3, 386–7, 394–5, 398; on unrest in Italy, 385–6; marriage relations, 391; visit to Rome, 396–8; seventieth birthday, 403; revisits Paris (1830), 404–6; retires, 407; and abdication of Charles X, 409; banished from Chamber of Peers, 410; supports Bourbons against Orléanists, 410, 412; and arrest of son Aymar, 415; defends Aymar’s part in Vendée rebellion, 417, 419; jailed in Fort du Hâ, 417–20; chest infection, 421; final illnesss and death, 425–6; letters to grandson Hadelin, 425–6; family dies out, 435
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Humbert-Frédéric (Lucie’s son): birth and childhood, 120, 129, 157; leaves Holland, 158; leaves Paris with mother, 167; in hiding with mother, 182; on voyage to America, 197–8; childhood in America, 217, 219, 225–6; returns to Europe, 228, 230; thrives in France, 234; exile in England, 250, 255, 267–8, 271; inoculated against smallpox, 259; returns to Europe from England, 275; travels to Le Bouilh, 288; as secretary to M. Malouet, 298, 301; studies for Council of State, 313; studiousness, 324; escorts Napoleon in Brussels, 327; Napoleon appoints to sub-prefecture of Florence, 329–30; transferred to Sens, 336; at sub-prefecture of Würtemberg, 341; escapes from Würtemberg to Paris, 344; Talleyrand’s advice to, 344, 348; as lieutenant in Black Musketeers, 354, 361, 363; and death of niece, 356; as aide-decamp to Maréchal Victor, 370; killed in duel, 371–3
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Jean-Frédéric, Marquis de (Frédéric’s father): appearance, 74; Lucie meets, 74; elected to Estates General, 94; on fall of Bastille, 101; appointed Minister of War, 105–6, 114, 128; offers carriages to Louis XVI, 111; sends food to Lucie, 122; and army disaffection, 128, 133; escapes to England, 152; returns to Paris, 157; in hiding, 158; arrested and imprisoned, 167, 171, 192–3; builds Le Bouilh, 169–70; property sequestrated, 171; testifies at trial of Marie Antoinette, 173; reveals whereabouts of son, 181; executed, 203
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Louis, 420
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Lucie-Henriette, Marquise de: appearance and dress, 1, 29, 50, 53, 69, 73, 395, 430; writes memoirs, 1–3, 380, 383, 426, 428, 431–2; birth and family, 2, 5, 7; letters, 2; life and character, 2–3; shyness, 7, 69; childhood and upbringing, 15–18, 21–2; reading, 16, 23, 46; social milieu, 21; at Hautefontaine, 23–5; breaks leg hunting, 23–4; religious scepticism, 23; education, 27; musical talents, 28, 86, 89, 183, 389; attendance at court, 36–8, 63, 79, 88; and mother’s health decline and death, 42–3; grandmother tyrannises, 45, 47, 53, 69; practical skills, 46; accompanies Archbishop on trips to south, 47–50, 58; knowledge of English, 49, 55, 86, 89, 200; studies physics, 49; and father’s second marriage, 51–2; marriage prospects and suitors, 52, 59, 68–70, 173; betrothal, 70–1, 73–4; Marie Antoinette meets after engagement, 74–5; marriage, 75–6; presentation at court, 76–7; pregnancies (including miscarriages), 80, 88–9, 145, 156, 167, 178, 226, 229–30, 259, 272, 275, 299; social-intellectual circle, 82–3, 87; and American ideas, 86; studies under Mme de Genlis, 87; at Versailles for Estates General meeting, 95–7; attempts flight to Berny, 99–100; fears serious unrest, 99; takes break in Normandy, 102; takes charge of Ministry for War household, 105; devotion to Frédéric, 107, 324; third pregnancy and birth of son, 107, 120; and court life at Tuileries, 115; leaves for Switzerland, 123–7; riding, 134; with Frédéric in Holland, 143–5, 147–8, 156–7; returns from The Hague, 157–8; and execution of Louis XVI, 165–6; leaves Paris for Le Bouilh, 167, 169; at Canoles, 171, 177–8, 180, 182; birth of daughter (Séraphine), 179; Bonie offers refuge, 182; meets Tallien, 188; organises escape to America, 190–2, 194–9; in Boston, 199–200; moves to Albany, 202, 206; sells possessions in America, 202; settles and farms in America, 211–16, 219, 225–6; acquires slaves, 213–14; malarial attacks, 218–19; visit to New York and Philadelphia, 219–21, 224; leaves New York, 224; and daughter Séraphine’s death, 225; returns to France from America, 227–8, 231; sequestered property restored, 227; gives birth to Charlotte, 233; visit to Paris, 234, 238–41; second exile in England, 247–8, 250–1; visits Mme de Rothe in England, 255; legacy from M. Combes, 263–4; money problems in England, 263, 268–9; moves to Richmond, 264–6; returns to Europe from England, 264–7, 279; and birth and death of son Edward, 267–8; proposed trip to Paris abandoned, 272; travels in England, 272; and birth of daughter Cécile, 276–7; resumes social life in Paris, 281; declines post as lady-in-waiting to Josephine, 298; and birth of Aymar, 300; and Humbert’s leaving home, 301; meets Napoleon, 302–3, 316; financial difficulties, 303, 391, 410, 415, 420–2; attends Maria Louisa of Spain, 305–6; moves to Brussels with Frédéric, 306–7; social and official life in Brussels, 311–13, 324; at Fanny’s wedding with Bertrand, 314–15; friendship with and advice to Claire de Duras, 320–4; devotion to children, 324; receives Napoleon and Marie-Louise in Brussels, 327–8; and birth of Napoleon’s son, 331; offends Archbishop of Malines, 333; seeks to advance Humbert’s career, 336; persuades Napoleon to transfer Frédéric to Amiens, 337; moves to Amiens, 339–41; strong-mindedness, 339–40; depressions, 341; and restoration of Bourbons, 344–5, 348–50, 352; death of granddaughter Marie, 356; leaves for Brussels on Napoleon’s return from Elba, 361, 364–5; on Waterloo defeat, 365; and Humbert’s death in duel, 373; and death of daughter Cécile, 374; travels to Turin, 381–2; life in Turin, 383, 387–8, 389, 394–5; and daughter Charlotte’s death, 390–1; happy marriage relations, 391; rheumatism in knee, 394; on women’s political intriguing, 394; visit to Rome, 396–8; lacks close friends, 398–9; on Claire Duras’s fiction, 399–400; prefers rule by noble families, 403; returns to Paris and Versailles (1830), 403–4, 406–7; treated with leeches and bled, 403; sixtieth birthday, 404; and July revolution (1830), 408; learns to cook, 411; life at Le Bouilh during Frédéric’s retirement, 411; and Vendée monarchist plot, 415; stays with Frédéric in Fort du Hâ prison, 418–20; revisits Paris in later years, 422–3; moves to Lausanne, 425; and Frédéric’s death, 426; widowhood in Lausanne, 426–9; attends granddaughter Cécile’s wedding, 428; moves to Pisa, 430–1; death and burial, 434; letters and papers, 435
La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, Séraphine (Lucie’s daughter): born, 179; in hiding with mother, 182, 191; on voyage to America, 196; in Boston, 199; childhood in America, 219, 225; death, 225
Laudebaudière, Château de, 412, 414–15
Launey, Bernard-René de, 101
Lausanne, 425–6, 428
Lauzun, Amélie, Duchesse de, 24, 65, 81, 265–6
Lauzun, Armand
Louis, Duc de, 24, 31, 45, 62, 74, 82, 92, 175, 249
Laval, Maréchal de, 70
Laval, Marquis Adrien de, 68, 70, 395
Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent, 293
Lavoisier, Mme, 293
Law, Mr (former Indian official), 211, 219–21, 224, 227
Lebrun, Charles-François, 274, 296
Leipzig, Battle of (1813), 344
L’Enfant, Major Pierre Charles, 222
Le Nôtre, André, 38–9, 80
Leo XII, Pope, 397
Leopold, Holy Roman Emperor, 149
Le Tourneur de la Marche, Charles, 238
Liancourt, François, Duc de, 101
libelle literature, 93
Liederkerke, Charlotte (Lucie’s daughter): birth, 233; childhood, 233, 247; exile in England, 248, 250, 267; inoculated against smallpox, 259; returns to Europe from England, 275; and Elisa Lally-Tollendal’s wedding, 301; and Humbert’s departure to work for Malouet, 301; sees Napoleon, 302; moves to Brussels with parents, 307, 309, 312; Lucie teaches, 324; Auguste de Liederkerke courts and marries, 336, 338; moves to Amiens, 339; pregnancies and children, 341, 344, 354–5; death of daughter, 356; in Brussels before Waterloo, 361, 364; and mother’s loss of son and daughter, 374–5; birth of daughter Cécile, 376; in Berne, 381; Lucie writes to from Turin, 383; visits Lucie in Turin, 389; health decline and death, 390
Liederkerke-Beaufort, Auguste de, 313, 327, 336, 338–9, 354, 362, 364, 381, 390, 396, 419–22, 424, 428
Liederkerke-Beaufort, Aymar-Marie-Ferdinand, 435
Liederkerke-Beaufort, Cécile (Charlotte’s daughter), 376, 389–91, 394, 403, 407, 411, 420–2, 424, 426–9; engagement and marriage, 428; death, 434
Liederkerke-Beaufort, Comte de, 313
Liederkerke-Beaufort, Comtesse de (Auguste’s mother), 403
Liederkerke-Beaufort, Hadelin (Charlotte’s son), 389–91, 411, 419, 421, 426, 428, 432, 435
Ligne, Charles Joseph, Prince de, 14
Ligne, Princesse de, 21
Loménie de Brienne, Cardinal Étienne Charles de, Archbishop of Toulouse, 91
London: character and conditions, 251–3, 261, 267; French émigrés in, 262
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