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See also:PORTSMOUTH, See also:LOUISE DE K$ROUALLE, DUCHESS of (1649-1734), See also:mistress of the See also:English See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king See also:Charles II., was the daughter of See also:Guillaume de Penancourt and his wife See also:Marie de Plaeuc de Timeur. The name of Keroualle was derived from an heiress whom her ancestor See also:Francois de Penhoet had married in 1330. The See also:family were nobles in See also:Brittany, and their name was so spelt by themselves. But the See also:form Querouailles was commonly used in See also:England, where it was corrupted into Carwell or Carewell, perhaps with an ironic reference to the care which the duchess took to fill her See also:pocket. In See also:France it was variously spelt Queroul, Keroual and Keroel. The exact date of her See also:birth is apparently unknown. Louise was placed See also:early in See also:life in the See also:household of Henriette, duchess of See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, See also:sister of Charles II. See also:Saint-See also:Simon asserts that her family threw her in the way of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. in the See also:hope that she would be promoted to the See also:place of royal mistress. In 167o she accompanied the duchess of Orleans on a visit to Charles II. at See also:Dover. The sudden See also:death of the duchess, attributed on dubious See also:evidence to See also:poison, See also:left her unprovided for, but the king placed her among the ladies in waiting of his own See also:queen. It was said in after times that she had been selected by the See also:French See also:court to fascinate the king of England, but for this there seems to be no evidence. Yet when there appeared a prospect that the king would show her favour, the intrigue was vigorously pushed by the French See also:ambassador, See also:Colbert de Croissy, aided by the secretary of See also:state, See also:Lord See also:Arlington, and his wife. Louise, who concealed See also:great cleverness and a strong will under an See also:appearance of languor and a rather childish beauty (See also:Evelyn the diarist speaks of her " baby See also:face "), yielded only when she had already established a strong hold on the king's affections and See also:character. Her son, ancestor of the See also:dukes of See also:Richmond, was See also:born in 1672.
The support she received from the French See also:envoy was given on the understanding that she should serve the interests of her native See also:sovereign. The bargain was confirmed by gifts and honours from Louis XIV. and was loyally carried out by Louise. The hatred openly avowed for her in England was due as much to her own activity in the See also:interest of France as to her notorious rapacity. The titles of Baroness See also:Petersfield, countess of See also:Fareham and duchess of Portsmouth were granted her for life on the 19th of See also:August 1673. Her See also:pensions and See also:money allowances of various kinds were enormous. In 1677 alone she received £27,300. The French court gave her frequent presents, and in See also:December 1673 conferred upon her the ducal See also:fief of Aubigny at the See also:request of Charles II. Her thorough understanding of the king's character enabled her to retain her hold on him to the end. She contrived to See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape uninjured during the crisis of the Popish See also:Plot in 1678. She was strong enough to maintain her position during a See also:long illness in 1677, and a visit to France in 1682. In See also:February 1685 she took See also:measures to see that the king, who was secretly a See also:Roman See also:Catholic, did not See also:die without See also:confession and See also:absolution. Soon after the king's death she retired to France, where, except for one See also:short visit to England during the reign of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II., she remained. Her pensions and an outrageous See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant on the Irish See also:revenue given her by
Charles II. were lost either in the reign of James II. or at the Revolution of 1688. During her last years she lived at Aubigny, and was harassed by See also:debt. The French king, Louis XIV., and after his death the See also:regent Orleans, gave her a See also:pension, and protected her against her creditors. She died at See also:Paris on the 14th of See also:November 1734.
See H. Forneron, Louise de Keroualle (Paris, 1886) ; and Mrs Colquhoun Grant, From Brittany to See also:Whitehall (See also:London, 1909).
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