. The last of the Valois and accession of Henry of Navarre, 1559-1589. hfulwife, placed him wholly in the power of theGuises, by whom Mary herself was guided andgoverned. By flattery they gained his confidence,and, having conducted him and his queen from thePalais des Tournelles to the Louvre on the an-nouncement of Henris death, they there in fullcouncil induced him to announce that he desiredto be assisted in governing his kingdom by theexperience and counsels of his uncles. He hadtherefore committed the command of his armiesto the Due de Guise, and the charge of thefinances to the Cardinal
. The last of the Valois and accession of Henry of Navarre, 1559-1589. hfulwife, placed him wholly in the power of theGuises, by whom Mary herself was guided andgoverned. By flattery they gained his confidence,and, having conducted him and his queen from thePalais des Tournelles to the Louvre on the an-nouncement of Henris death, they there in fullcouncil induced him to announce that he desiredto be assisted in governing his kingdom by theexperience and counsels of his uncles. He hadtherefore committed the command of his armiesto the Due de Guise, and the charge of thefinances to the Cardinal de Lorraine, Archbishopof Rheims. The queen-mother soon perceived that shecould not reckon on the obedience of a son socompletely under the spell of his wifes fascina-tions. That wife was her own apt pupil. ButCatherine detested her, for it was painfully evi-dent to her that as she had bowed to the yoke ofthe elderly waitress e-en-titre, she must again dis-semble for awhile, and submit to that of a wife ofseventeen. Francois II. Photo-etching from painting by THE KINGS UNCLES II On the former she had hoped for the satisfac-tion of being revenged, but here the Guises oncemore thwarted her. Originally they had mainlyowed their elevation to the Duchesse de Valen-tinois, but now they were independent of herfavour, needing not her good offices, and, but thatthese six brothers furthered each others interestsin every way, would have cared little how deeplyshe was humiliated. One of their number, theDue dAumale, had, however, married the duch-esss second daughter; consequently, he was oneof her heirs. They were unwilling, therefore,that estates, which eventually, in part, if notwholly, would come into their family, should belost to them by confiscation. A prudent attemptat conciliation had also been made by Dianesoffer to Catherine of her chateau and domain ofChenonceaux-sur-Cher, which she had long desiredto possess, and had compelled Diane to pay for,having, in her indignatio
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