The Marriages of the Bourbons, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Marriages of the Bourbons, Vol. 2 of 2 The poor Marquis would have been more to be pitied, while driving about at the foot of the Pyrenees with all the trappings of woe, if he had not accepted £8000 from the co-respondent to pay his debts. Father Annat, the king's confessor, exhibited more firmness. He had shown himself indulgent on the subject of the criminal intercourse between his Majesty and Mademoiselle de la Valliere, which constituted the more venial crime Of simple adultery. But he could not tolerate double adultery, and in order that the king should be able to obtain absolution, and to receive the sacraments, his most Christian Majesty had to change his confessor, taking first Father Ferrier and then Father La Chaise, who were less severe. It was in 1670 that the liaison of Louis XIV. With the Marquise dc Montespan became public. During a voyage taken by the Court to see Madame off to England on a mission to her brother Charles II., the Marquise rode part of the way with the queen in the king's carriage, and when she rode in her own carriage she was escorted by four of the body-guard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.