. The romance of Monaco and its rulers . e way, andwrote a letter for the purpose. It was in self-defence that I stabbed my uncle. That was theplea. Lucien had insulted him—which would sur-prise no one who was familiar with the Lord ofMonacos naturally choleric disposition ; and thereason for the insult had been that chivalrousBartolommeo had declared that the Grimaldi estatesought to belong to Cousin Marie de Marie, on hearing of this tribute, behavedbadly. She wrote at once to Augustin, repudiatingany connection with the champion of her rights. He fills me with horror, she
. The romance of Monaco and its rulers . e way, andwrote a letter for the purpose. It was in self-defence that I stabbed my uncle. That was theplea. Lucien had insulted him—which would sur-prise no one who was familiar with the Lord ofMonacos naturally choleric disposition ; and thereason for the insult had been that chivalrousBartolommeo had declared that the Grimaldi estatesought to belong to Cousin Marie de Marie, on hearing of this tribute, behavedbadly. She wrote at once to Augustin, repudiatingany connection with the champion of her rights. He fills me with horror, she added, and, inconclusion, denied on her part any shadow of aclaim to the estates. . Augustin was resolvedto pursue unrelentingly the murderer of his brother,and to aid himself in this, he appealed to the twogreat sovereigns who at that time divided continentalEurope between them—namely, Francis I of Franceand Charles V, Emperor of Germany. Louis XII had died in 1515. The last part ofhis reign was a perplexing period. He was still,. A New Years Gift 167 to quote Capefigues quaint phrasing, audibly intears for his beloved second wife, Anne of Brittany,(the widow of his nephew, Charles VIII), who haddied in 1514 ; and yet he was the victim of a senilepassion for the licentious girl of eighteen, MaryTudor, sister of Henry VIII of England, whomhe had married soon after Annes death. She wasbeautiful, selfish, frivolous, and the dissipation intowhich she dragged him broke his health so quicklythat on New Years Day, 1515, three months afterthe marriage, he died, saying to her with his lastbreath, Mignonne, I give you my death as youretrennesy She accepted the melancholy gift,says Larousse, and before her mourning was over,married him who had always been her lover, namely,Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. ^ Mary Tudor was not the only woman to whomLouis death was a welcome New Years years before, an astrologer had drawn a horo-scope for the boy-baby of a brilliant young pr
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