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family
    Bouillon, Catherine
    Bouillon, Emmanuel Théodose de la Tour d’Auvergne, Cardinal de
    Bouillon, Frédéric-Jules de la Tour d’Auvergne, Chevalier de
    Bouillon, Godefroy, Duc de
    Bouillon, Marie-Anne, Duchesse de: quarrel with Princesse de Bade; behaviour during gambling; La Reynie’s treatment of; Lesage claims as client; served with summons; interrogated; marriage and infidelities; departure from and return to Paris; la Voisin names
    Bourdaloue, Louis, Père
    Bourgogne, Louis de France, Duc de
    Bourgogne, Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, Duchesse de
    Boyer (fortune-teller)
    Brayer, M.
    Briancourt, Jean-Baptiste
    Bribach, Mlle de
    Brinvilliers, Antoine Gobelin, Marquis de
    Brinvilliers, Marie Madeleine Gobelin, Marquise de: executed; poisons father and brothers; family and background; affair with and children by Sainte-Croix; on Sainte-Croix’s source of poison supply; and Glaser’s poisons; finances; considers poisoning sister; demands Sainte-Croix’s casket; flees country; and interrogation of La Chausée; arrested in Liege and returned to Paris; confession; denies guilt; affair with Briancourt; interrogated and found guilty; sees religious confessor; suffers water torture; admits to crimes; Pennautier’s dealings with; effect of case on France; and witchcraft; effect of case on La Reynie; sexual misconduct
    Brissac, Albert de Grillet, Marquis de
    Brissac, Henri-Albert de Cossé, Duc de
    Brissart, Marie, Duchesse de
    brodequins (torture instrument)
    Broglio, M. de
    Brunet, M. (first husband of Mme Philbert)
    Brunet, Mme see Philbert, Mme
    Bussy, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de: as source; and court debauchery; on Louis; on Louis’ relations with Mme de Montespan; hostility to Mme de Montespan; on Louis’ prejudices; expects downfall of Mme de Montespan; and Mme de Ludres; on rivalry between Mme de Montespan and Mlle de Fontanges; on Louis’ declining interest in Mlle de Fontanges; on Mme de Maintenon’s relations with Louis; and belief in witchcraft; and arrests of poison suspects; on death of Princesse de Monaco; on Louis’ treatment of Mme de Polignac; disbelieves Louis’ remark on Duchesse de Bouillon; laments arrest of members of court; on Mme de Grondeuse; on lenient treatment of Chevalier Colbert and friends; on trial of Mme Leféron; on Mme de Dreux’s trial; on acquittal of Luxembourg; on Louis’ forgiving Luxembourg; on withdrawal to convents of Louis’ mistresses; on lack of trust following poison accusations
    Cadelan, Pierre
    Canilhac, Charles Timoléon de Beaufort-Montboissier, Marquis de
    Canilhac, Marie, Marquise de ( later Mme de Broglie)
    Carada, Anne
    Carignan, Marie de Bourbon-Soissons, Princesse de
    Carré, Mme
    Cato (Mme de Montespan’s servant)
    Caylus, Marthe-Marguerite le Valois de Vilette de Marçay, Comtesse de
    Cesar, Père
    Cessac, Louis de Guilhem de Castelnau, Marquis de
    Chambelan (Breton)
    Chambre Ardente ( Chambre d’Arsenal ): special commission sits in; first session (10 April 1679); Mme Desmaretz attends; and la Voisin trial; Maréchal de La Ferté at; Mme de Sévigné on; Louis orders continuation of; activities and achievements; and Luxembourg investigation; suspended; Colbert considers dissolving; and Louis’ orders to end enquiries; reassembles and passes judgements; and further death plot against Louis; disbanded; records burned; reconvened (1689); effect on France’s international reputation; Louvois dominates; Louis supports
    Chamillart, Michel de
    Champmesle, Marie
    Chanfrain, Jeanne
    Chapelain, Magdelaine: Mme de Montespan meets; Boucher works with; arrested; and la Filastre; background and career; accuses Duchesse de Vivonne; allegedly works for Mme de Montespan; and murder plot against Mme de Fontanges; imprisoned for life; death
    Chapelle, Abbé
    Chapon, Mathurin
    Charles I, King of England
    Charles II, King of Spain
    Charpy, Abbé
    Chartres, Duc de see Orléans, Philippe II, Duc d’
    Chartres, Françoise-Marie, Duchesse de ( earlier Mlle de Blois; Louis/Mme