The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV by Anne Somerset Page B

Vivonne’s supposed poison attempt on; and la Filastre; and plot against Mlle de Fontanges; Marie Montvoisin testifies against; Guibourg recounts alleged pact by; as client of la Voisin; Lesage and Mariette implicate; and Mlle des Oeillets’ poison plot against Louis; Louis makes money gift to; unaware of allegations; breach with Louvois over proposed marriage alliance; Colbert doubts part in poison plot; Louis decides to end enquiries against; blamed for death of Mlle de Fontanges; and Mme Vertemart; Louis’ treatment of after affair; puts on weight; and Louis’ marriage to Mme de Maintenon; temper; life in retirement; withdraws from court; charitable gifts and acts; death; fear of dark; posthumous reputation; enmity with Louvois
    Montespan, Louis-Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin, Marquis de
    Montglas, Elizabeth Hurault de Chiverny, Marquise de
    Montigny, Mme
    Montmorency, Marie-Anne de
    Montmort, Mme de
    Montpensier, Anne-Marie d’Orléans, Duchesse de: consults Primi Visconti; on Versailles court; on Queen Marie-Thérèse; and Mme de Montespan; on Marquis de Montespan; on Mme de La Vallière’s return to Louis; on Henriette-Anne’s decline; engagement with Comte de Lauzun; Mme de Montespan hopes for benefaction for son from; memoirs avoid mention of poison trials
    Montvoisin, Antoine
    Montvoisin, Catherine see Voisin, Mme
    Montvoisin, Marie Marguerite (la Voisin’s daughter): background and character; testimony to La Reynie; accuses Mlle des Oeillets; confrontation with Guibourg; identifies Mlle des Oeillets; La Reynie considers evidence; Colbert suspects motives; Colbert suggests prosecuting for slander; interrogated without torture; and Louis’ ending of enquiry; allegations not made public; testimony; cell mates placed in convents; imprisoned in Bellisle; accuses Romani; fate unknown; names mother’s clients; describes child sacrifice
    Moreau, Christophe
    Moreau, Dr Jean
    Mortemart, Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duc de
    Nail, Abbé: arrested, tried and hanged
    Nantes, Louise Françoise de (Louis/Mme de Montespan’s daughter)
    Navailles, Suzanne, Duchesse de
    Nesle (client of la Voisin)
    Nevers, Philippe Julien Mancini-Mazzarini, Duc de
    Nivelle, Maître
    Noailles, Anne, Duc de
    Noailles, Anne Jules, Duc de (son of above)
    Noailles, Marie-Françoise, Duchesse de
    Norton, Thomas: Ordinal of Alchemy
    Novion, M. (First President of Paris Parlement )
    Noyon, Bishop of see Clermont-Tonnerre, François de
    Nymwegen, Treaty of (1678)
    Oeillets, Claude de Vin des: on Louis’ melancholy; background and relations with Louis; relations with la Voisin; Louvois disbelieves guilty of wrongdoing; la Voisin denies knowing; confesses to Romani’s brother; Marie Montvoisin implicates; Romani and; and supposed poison plot against Louis; La Reynie investigates; Guibourg accuses; Louvois questions; admits knowing la Voisin; identified by Lesage and others; subsequent life and death
    Olonne, Catherine Henriette d’Angennes, Comtesse d’
    Orléans, Bishop of see Coislin, Pierre de
    Orléans, Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d’ (Duc Philippe’s second wife; ‘Madame’): complains of dirty habits at Versailles; on court intrigues and backbiting; on infidelities at court; on Mme de Montespan; marriage; on belief in witches; believes Henriette-Anne poisoned; believes Comtesse de Soissons innocent; and rumours of Mme de Montespan poisoning Mlle de Fontanges; suspects later deaths by poisoning; on lack of religious conviction; loose behaviour; on homosexuality at court
    Orléans, Henriette-Anne, Duchesse d’ (Duc Philippe’s first wife; ‘Madame’): letters; on Louvois; on Louis’ qualities; and Mme de La Vallière; on Mme de Montespan; death; Comtesse de Soissons falls out with
    Orléans, Philippe I, Duc d’ (Louis XIV’s brother; ‘Monsieur’): and Glaser; gambling; consults Primi Visconti; homosexuality; and Mme de Montespan; on Mme de Ludres’ retirement to convent; daughter marries King of Spain; gives ball for Louis;