Lauzun: courtier and adventurer : the life of a friend of Louis XIV . venteen, care for the little eleven-year-old cousin, and instead of leading her out todance, went up to Madame de Mercoeur, one ofCardinal Mazarins nieces. To quote from Madamede Motteville,^ who tells the story, The Queen,surprised at this mistake, got up hastily from herchair, went over to take him away from Madamede Mercoeur, and told him in a whisper to askthe English Princess to dance. The Queen ofEngland (Henrietta Maria), seeing the Queensanger, ran after her and said to her in a low voicethat she begged her not to co
Lauzun: courtier and adventurer : the life of a friend of Louis XIV . venteen, care for the little eleven-year-old cousin, and instead of leading her out todance, went up to Madame de Mercoeur, one ofCardinal Mazarins nieces. To quote from Madamede Motteville,^ who tells the story, The Queen,surprised at this mistake, got up hastily from herchair, went over to take him away from Madamede Mercoeur, and told him in a whisper to askthe English Princess to dance. The Queen ofEngland (Henrietta Maria), seeing the Queensanger, ran after her and said to her in a low voicethat she begged her not to coerce the King ; thather daughter had hurt her foot and could notdance. The Queen (who was evidently extremelyangry) replied that if the Princess did not dance,neither should the King. So, not to cause confusion,the Queen of England allowed her daughter todance, and was in her heart annoyed with the was again scolded in private by his mother inthe evening, and replied that he did not like littlegirls. ? Motteville M6moires, Petitot coll., vol. xxxix. p. Anne, daxtkichi: Royne Ri??NTi: UE FkANTE DE NaNARKE. l-rom an engraving after OK AUSTRIA, QUEEN-REGENT OF FRANCE AND NAVAKKK. The Exiled Stuarts 55 Later on—when her anger had evaporated—Anne of Austria felt that it had been injudicious torebuke the King before witnesses, and remarkedthat she had been too hasty with such a good son,but that she had been so horrified at his want ofcourtesy to the English Princess that she had notbeen able to contain herself. The presence at the French Court of the exiledStuarts—first, of Henrietta Maria and her daughter ;the Prince of Wales—afterwards Charles II.—andthe Duke of York, who became James II,; andlater, of James II., Mary of Modena, and thePretender—caused many complications; and theGrande Mademoiselle, who was daughter to GastondOrleans, Louis only brother, and thereforefirst cousin to Louis XIV. and niece to HenriettaMaria, did no
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