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Die de Vauchoux. who had served IN Pc
hand az the time when Stanisias was king
and had remained his friend A portrait.
painted by Colbert who stopped at Wis
sembourg on his way 70 Saverue where
be- had 90 execute some work for Carii-
nal DE- Rohan sealed the fate Of Marie
q produced the most favorable impress
sion on N. D. Duo and bis mistress. srriv-
lng al tho moment when they were try
INK 70 INA a wife for Louis XIV They
saw in her q harmless person. who would
boz no obstacle 10 their ambitions. The
real triumph was Tor Madame de Prie;
az one stroke she adjourned indefinitely
the marriage Of her lover and she gave
herself a Queen whom she could maintain
in subsection" Louis Ky. saw the por-
trait and gave his consent.
when the courier. bearing the letters Of
The French court. reached Wissembourg
Stan.sias. after having read the letter. en-
tered the room where his daughter was
WAITING MY child" said he. "let us
kneel and thank God When she asked
her father n ne had been recalled 70 the
throne OF Poland. Heaven" said he, has
been much more favorable 20 us. you ara
Queen o. France" The King declared the
marriage on Sunday morning az his
petlt-lever The assonshment was great.
and the memoirs 81 the time show how
great was the disappointment % the
Court Maurepaa qualified the union as
monstrous. the word mesalllance was pro-
nounced by the Duchess Of Lorraine. III
tho new Queen vas 90 exhibit on the
throne an example Of an the virtues. she
had not tho qualities necessary 90 capti-
vate long her husband" says NJ Nandsl.
in his Louis Ky and Elizabeth de Rus
sie' Catharine Of Russia never forgavc
France for having preferred to the blood
81 Peter the Cireas that OF a dispossessed
King Of Poland.
The choice OF the persons who were 20
form tho young Queens household was a
great affair Madame De Prize wished to
be dame dhonneur IAN Office which con-
ferred many privileges and larEe pat
rouaee) NJ H. Due did not. however. ac-
cede 40 her wish. her nomination wouh
nave hecu too great a scandal. Madame dc
Ruuffiers was designated for her rare
virtues" though she was In reality noto-
riously ill-hehaved. The Countess de
Mallly obtained the lucrative post Of dame
datours fu ait ihs household % the
| queen was composed OF as many as one
hundred ana twenty eight persons The
/ choice OF her confessor was reserved,
stanisias desired that his daughter should
| keep the c0nfessor she had az Wigsem-
bourg The marriage by proxy took place
! at StruusburE a. Wissembourg was not
| considered a sufficiently important place.
I me tNfmIIifIfr winch NflfNfaftA Atlf fENN-
mon ywere endless. The ambassadors cN-
| traordinnry sent 10 Strasbours for the oc-
caslon. the Duke d'Antin and VI. De Beau
| vau. arrived in great style. ana offered
| stanlsas on behalf Of the King, the order
/ OF the Holy Spirit and at the same time
presented magnificent Jewels 10 the future
Queen. The ceremony took place az the
cathedral The Princess Marie, giving
her hand to her father and mother. was
/ received az the door by the Cardinal. She
was announced by the Duke dOrlcans and
/ hv the two ambassadors extraordinary.
1 The Princess after. leaving Strasbuorg
stopped at Ssverene, at the Cardinal De
Rohans palace. she made her journey by
I way OF Sarrebourg Aiczieres. Vic. and
/ Metz (where she had n great reception.
/ Nerdum. Chulous- Marine. Provins.
Moret II was al this last place that
she saw Louis Ky. The King was hunt
/ ing in the neighborhood and waited for
/ her there. As soon az her carriage was
seen. a carpet was spread on the ground.
The Queen" says Barber "ieft her car
riage and would have knelt. but the King
did not allow her TO do so he kissed her
| on both cheeks with a vivaclty which he
had never shown Ills effusivcness sur
prised the Witnesses, as he had hitherto
always shown much shyness In the pres
ence OF ladies'"