TAILIEUCHUNG - The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria

Three of the craftiest royal rogues in Christendom strove hard to cozen and outwit each other in the last years of the fifteenth and the earlier years of the sixteenth century. No betrayal was too false, no trick too undignified, no hypocrisy too contemptible for Ferdinand of Aragon, Maximilian of Austria, and Henry Tudor if unfair advantage could be gained by them; and the details of their diplomacy convey to modern students less an impression of serious State negotiations than of the paltry dodges of three hucksters with a strong sense of humour. Of the three, Ferdinand excelled in unscrupulous falsity, Maximilian in bluff effrontery,. | The First Governess of the Netherlands by Eleanor E. Tremayne 1 The First Governess of the Netherlands by Eleanor E. Tremayne The Project Gutenberg EBook of The First Governess of the Netherlands Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The First Governess of the Netherlands Margaret of Austria Author Eleanor E. Tremayne Release Date January 8 2012 EBook 38528 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIRST GOVERNESS The First Governess of the Netherlands by Eleanor E. Tremayne 2 Produced by Juliet Sutherland Hélène de Mink and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Transcriber s note Obvious printer errors have been repaired but spelling has not been standardized. Likely spelling errors in the French poems have not been corrected as the consulted sources have the same. Some Roman numerals followed by superscript representing ancient units of weight used in the godsmith s trade have been marked in curly brackets m stands for marc o stands for once e stands for estelin Letters written with a straight line above are marked x . Number 83 was somehow left out in the French Inventory of Margaret s possessions. ROMANTIC HISTORY General Editor MARTIN HUME . THE FIRST GOVERNESS OF THE NETHERLANDS Illustration MARGARET OF AUSTRIA FROM THE WINDOW IN THE CHAPEL OF THE VIRGIN IN The church of brou ABOUT 1528 THE FIRST GOVERNESS OF THE NETHERLANDS MARGARET OF AUSTRIA BY ELEANOR E. TREMAYNE WITH TWENTY ILLUSTRATIONS NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM S SONS LONDON METHUEN CO. 1908 CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE INTRODUCTION vii I. QUEEN OF FRANCE 1 II. PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS 16 III. DUCHESS OF SAVOY 32 IV. THE BUILDING OF BROU 50 V. REGENT OF THE NETHERLANDS 67 VI. THE LEAGUE OF .

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