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pvuspe~oa~ d,d Rr-,ons h~coms during hts
psssu ,hs, N va said ~v~r Tho pesssnts ate
sps ~ silver vessels. whns cf,~n ,hs r,ch
bnhshissnts n tho sespors would sleep on
silver couchs- He wss twice msrried,
avss 90 his c"usin. Marguerite ~ Brittany.
~ whom h~ had q arm VIM died soon after
~ birth In it5I he marriei for he seccnd
vife Marguerite. sister ~ the Comte de
Yois, NV who,n he had two children the
sldess ~ whcm. Anne. vas horn IN ths castle
a Nantes on January ~. iTs Anne's edu-
sssicn vas n,r,ssted ,o the care ~ ons ~
he greatest adiea ~ the duciy. Francois
q Dinan, ~ the House 70 Albret Dame
- Chateaubriand ard Laval. The Laval
family had made alliances With many
crowned hesds and In Itsi. at the Assembly
g the estates ~ the province, had claimed
precedcsce over that of Rohan
That Nine de Dinan did her duty by her
youns charge Ia evident from the fact that
bsfore she was nine years old Anne was
lDcked upon NJ a most accomplished princess
and when Louis d dOrleans. frst Prince 81
the blood who was to he her second hus-
hand. came 20 Brittany in lass he was aston
lnhsd ut the precocity % her mind. When
- years old Anne wrote with her own hand
end ssnt TO Maximilan, King Of the Romans,
q narrative Of the events which had lately
taken place in Brittany. including a de-
ecription of the battle Of Saint -Aubain. after
the loss of which her father signed a treaty
By which he gave up to France a number Of
towns and also agreed not 20 marry his
daughter without tho French Kings con-
sent The latter agreement was broken In
the same year. on the death of Duke Francis,
and In i<oO Anne. having attained her four
teenth year. was advised by the lords of her
council To contract a matrimonial alliance
with Maximilian. She was iattered at the
idsa OF being n Queen and Of wearing one
day the imperial crown. Negotiations for
her marriage were conducted with the ut
most secrecy in March. i&eO. and her be-
erothal by proxy to Maximilian was actually
performed. in accordance with the curious
German custom.
The French were naturally incensed when
Ne beerothal became known, and the Bre-
tons themselves resented the secrecy OF tho
affair. Charles VIII. at the head OF an
army overran Brittany. and Ammo was ulti-
Ootely compelled to renounoe her engage
ment to Maximilian and consent to be bo-
trothed 10 the French King. Notwithstanding
hs himself had previously been betrothed
% Maximilian's daughter. Margaret OF
Austria. who although a child had been
treated ~ Queen. until Charles put an end
10 tho prospect Of her union with him by
marrying A nne. The Pope on granting q
dispsnsation required for the marriage de-
clsrsd that he would only confirm II on re-
celving assurance that IL was not preceded
By q violent seizure Of Anne's person. In
The end the objections Of the Austrian court
eams TO nothing, because the young Duchess
hsrself declared before an ecclesiastical
court that she had suffered no violence but
bad married Charles VIII. Of her own free
viii and pleasure. The public nuptials OF
Anne and Charles VIII, took place on De-
oembsr Q. 1901, at tho Castle Of Langeais.
Lady de Ia War; recalls that -her we'd
ding dress was made Of cloth OF gold,
overlaid with designs In high relief. ono
yard Of which cost 1850 francs. Originally
0hls over robe had been edged with fine skins
Of the black lamb Of Lombardy. but this fur,
not being considered rich enough, was
changed for sable The entire dress did
not cost less than e5.?50. Subsequently the
youthful queen was crowned at Saint-D Denis,
after which she made solemn entry into
Paris.
A. Anne by her beauty soon gained an
asccndenoy over Charles. 1t may be we'll
at this point TO note what is said in a final
chapter about her personal appearance.
In portrait in oils which has come down
10 us. and which probably was painted