| April 2,
Wednesday |
The wife of
Philippe d'Orléans attends
tenebrae at Montmartre, where Mlle de Guise's sister is abbess |
| April 28 |
The court heads for Flanders |
| June |
Assembly of clergy opens at Pontoise. Among those present are Harlay
de Chanvallon and Roquette, bishop of Autun, Mlle de Guise's "Tartuffe" |
| June 11 |
Mme de Guise visits the Carmelites of rue du Bouloir with Queen |
| June 12 |
The court has returned to St. Germain and participates in the Corpus
Christi day procession there |
| June 29 |
"Madame
[d'Orléans] se
meurt!" but Mme de Guise, who is pregnant, does not take part in her
funeral services |
| August 15 |
Marie de Lorraine's birthday and
feast day: Ascension of Virgin |
| September 14 |
Mlle de Guise attends a taking of the veil at the Carmelites of the rue
du Bouloir |
| October 29 |
The queen, Mme de Guise and the Grande Mademoiselle visit the Carmelites
of the rue du Bouloir |
| November 3 |
Feast of St. François Xavier: in the morning the Queen attends
a sung mass at the Noviciate and, in the evening, the eulogy of the saint
at St. Louis |
| November 19 |
Mme de Guise and the Queen go to Poissy, where they are received by Charlotte
d'Albert de Chaulnes, the duke's sister (he was ambassador while Charpentier
was in Rome), who is abbess |
| November 30 |
Mme de Guise and the Queen attend services for the opening of Advent
at the Carmelites of the rue du Bouloir |
| December |
The Assembly of the clergy ends; Harlay and Roquette are back in Paris |
| December 13 |
The Dowager of Orléans (Mme
de Guise's mother) and the other members of the house of Orléans receive
the general of the Franciscans |
| December 26 |
The Abbess of Fontevrault visits the Filles-Dieu, "conduite" by
Mme de Guise, the Abbess of Montmartre (Mlle de Guise's sister) and the Abbess
of Abbaye-aux-Bois |
| December 27 |
The Clarices (Franciscan nuns) of Alençon
celebrate the canonization of St. Pierre d'Alcantara. The octave ends
with a "salut chanté par une excellente musique" (One rarely
finds such comments about provincial fêtes in the Gazette! This
surely is not a mere coincidence, because readers were aware that Alençon
was in the process of being transferred from Mme de Guise and her mother
to the little Duke of Alençon.) |
