Marchioness of Pompadour, Arrogance of, 464
MARIA ANTOINETTE, history of, 487.
letter of Maria Theresa to, 488.
MARIA THERESA (of Spain), marriage of to Louis XIV., 314.
MARIA THERESA (of Austria), character of, 395.
her attachment for the Duke of Lorraine, 395.
marriage of, 398.
ascends the Austrian throne, 415.
solicitations of to foreign powers, 417.
her apparent doom, 421.
consents to part with Glogau, 424.
a son born to her, 426.
desire of that her husband should obtain the imperial crown, 427.
her coronation at Presburg, 429.
address of to the diet, 431.
reinforcements of, 436.
ambitious dreams of, 439.
forbids the conference for the relief of Prague, 440.
attempt of to evade her promise to Sardinia, 446.
arrogance of excites indignation of the other powers, 449.
rouses the Hungarians, 450.
recovers Bohemia, 450.
interview of the English ambassador with, 454.
signs the treaty of Dresden, 458.
indignation of at peace being signed by England, 460.
chagrin of, 461.
her energetic discipline, 462.
secures the friendship of the Marchioness of Pompadour, 465
reproaches towards England, 466.
her diplomatic fib, 468.
victories of, 475.
loses Russia and Sweden, 480.
recovers the coöperation of Russia, 481.
children of, 486.
letter of to Maria Antoinette, 488.
letter to Frederic desiring peace, 489.
charge to her son, 490.
death of, 491.
fate of her children, 491.
MARY ANNE (of Spain) affianced to the dauphin of France, 372.
insulting rejection of, 373.
MARGARET (of Bohemia), engagement of, 46.
marriage and flight of, 49.
divorce of, 49.
Margaret, celebration of the nuptials of, 314.
MARK OF BRANDENBURG, taken possession of by Gustavus Adolphus, 281.
MARTINETS thrown from the palace by the mob, 328.
MASSACRE, the, of St. Bartholomew, 171.
MATHEW HENRY (Count of Thurn), leader of the Protestants, 234.
convention called by, 236.
MATTHIAS (of Hungary), invasion of Austria by, 75.
death of, 79.
MATTHIAS, character of, 201.
chosen leader of the revolters in the Netherlands, 202.
increasing popularity of, 203.
announces his determination to depose Rhodolph III., 204.
his demand that Rhodolph should abdicate, 205.
distrust of by the Protestants, 205.
arrest of the Lord of Inzendorf by, 206.
reluctance of to sign the conditions, 207.
elected king, 207.
haughtiness of towards the Austrians, 208.
political reconciliation between Rhodolph III. and, 219.
march of against Leopold, 221.
limitations affixed to the offer of the crown to, 222.
coronation of, 224.
marriage of, 225.
suspicions of the Catholics against, 229.
elected Emperor of Germany, 229.
thwarted in his attempts to levy an army, 230.
concludes a truce with Turkey, 231.
his revival of the ban against the Protestants, 231.
efforts of to secure the crown of Germany for Ferdinand, 232.
opposed by the Protestants, 233.
defiant reply of to the congress at Prague, 236.
disposition of to favor toleration, 239.
death of, 344.
MAURICE (of Saxony), Protestant principles of, 131.
treaty of with the King of France, 132
capture of the Tyrol by, 133.
demands of from Charles V., 135
death of, 137.
MAXIMILIAN I., ambition of, 84.
efforts of to rouse the Italians, 88.
efforts to secure the Swiss estates, 89.
defeat of at the diet of Worms, 87.
roused to new efforts, 92.
superstitious fraud of, 93.
drawn into a war with Bavaria, 94.
league formed by against the Venetians, 95.
abandoned by his allies, 97.
perseverance of rewarded, 98.
confident of success against Italy, 99.
letter of to his daughter, 99.
success beginning to attend, 100.
plans of to secure the crowns of Hungary and Bohemia, 101.
contempt of for the pope, 103.
peculiarities of exhibited, 103.
death of, 104.
accomplishments of, 105.
MAXIMILIAN II. allowed to assume the title of emperor elect, 161.
character of, 169.
his letter to the Elector Palatine, 170.
profession of the Catholic faith, 170.
address of to Henry of Valois, 172.
liberal toleration maintained by, 172.
answer of to the complaints of the diet, 173.
offer of to pay tribute to the Turks, 174.
elected King of Poland, 180.
death of, 181.
character and acquirements of, 182.
tribute of honor by the ambassadors to, 183.
wife of, 183.
fate of his children, 184.
MAXIMILIAN (brother of Matthias), the candidate of the Protestants, 229.
MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH, ascends the throne of Bavaria, 451.
MEINHARD, legitimate rights of, 50.
death of, 50.
MELANCTHON, character of, 119.
MENTZ, taunts of the Elector of, 38.
METTERNICH, his theory of social order, 506.
METZ, siege of, 137.
MILAN, captured by Louis XII., 90.
Louis XII. created Duke of, 90.
MINISTER (see the countries for which the minister acted).
MOHATZ, battle of, 146.
MOLNITZ, the court of Frederic established at, 421.
MONTECUCULI (Prince), commander of the troops of Leopold, 311.
MONTSERRAT, shrine of the holy Virgin at, 355.
MORAVIA, to be held five years by Rhodolph, 81.
the province of, 208.
triumphal march of Count Thurn into, 247.
MOSES TZEKELI crowned Prince of Transylvania, 196.
MULHEIM, the fortifications of demolished, 232.
MUNICH captured by Frederic, 449.
MURCHFIELD, meeting of the armies on the field of, 29.
NAPLES, subjugation of, 84.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, similarity of the plans of Henry IV. and, 216.
remark of verified, 262.
remark of concerning Russia, 399.
NETHERLANDS, revolt in the, 201.
Marlborough in possession of the, 339.
NEUPERG (General), imprudence and insult of, 408.
arrested by Charles, 413.
NEUSTADT, the emperor’s remains to be deposited at, 104.
NICHOLAS (Count of Zrini), heroic defense of Zigeth by, 175.
NISSA, capture of, 402.
NOBLES, the, of Bohemia banished, 271.
NOVARRA, defense of the citadel of, 90.
NUREMBURG, congress at, 227.
request of, that Rhodolph should abdicate, 228.
battle of, 290.
famine in the city of, 290.
OFFICERS, ignorance of the Austrian, 389.
ORLEANS (Duke of), matrimonial arrangements of the, 369.
death of the, 378.
ORSOVA captured by the Turks, 405.
surrendered to the Turks, 408.
OTHO marries Hedwige, of Hapsburg, 25.
harmonious rule of, 46.
OTTOCAR (of Bohemia), candidate for crown of Germany, 23.
opposition of Rhodolph, 24.
command of the diet to, 24.
message of, to Rhodolph, 24.
power of, 25.
his contempt for Rhodolph, 25.
his excommunication by the pope, 26.
his performance of feudal homage, 27.
violates his oath, 28.
the body of found after battle, 30.
OXENSTIERN (Chancellor), appointed commander of the Swedish army, 297.
PALATINATE, territory of the, 250.
PAPPENHEIM (General), death of, 293.
PASSAU, diet at, 187.
PATMOS, Luther’s, 113.
PAUL III. (of Russia), alliance of with Prussia, 480.
assassination of, 480.
PAUL IV. (Pope), death of, 162.
Peace of Passarovitz, 364
PEOPLE, contempt for the, 95.
PEST taken by the Turks, 147.
PETER THE GREAT, ambition of, 399.
death of, 399.
PETERWARDEIN, strength of, 406.
PHILIP (of Burgundy), obtains the dukedom of Burgundy, 84.
PHILIP III. institutes the order of the Golden Fleece, 372.
PHILIP IV. (of Spain) obtains renunciation of succession in favor of Margaret, 314.
resolve of, to maintain his throne, 341.
supported by his subjects, 342.
flight of, from Catalona, 343.
PHILIP V. despondency of, 369.
abdication of, 370.
resumes his crown, 371.
PILGRAM, diet at, 66.
PIUS IV. elected pope, 162.
PODIEBRAD (George), assumes regal authority, 66.
intrusted with the regency of Bohemia, 68.
elected King of Bohemia, 73.
POLAND, conditions affixed to the throne of, 180.
Stephen Barthori chosen king of, by the minority, 181.
attempts of France to place Stanislaus on the throne of, 383.
Count Poniatowski secures the crown of, 484.
to be carved out, 485.
annihilation of, 486.
POMERANIA, seizure of, by Ferdinand, 269.
POMPADOUR (Marchioness of), arrogance of the, 464.
PONIATOWSZI (Count), elected King of Poland, 484.
POPE, the, letter of Rhodolph to, 24.
character of Pope Gregory N., 24.
indignation of the, 38.
capitulation of the, 84.
(Alexander VI.) bribery of, 89.
(Julius II.) the, bought over, 92.
bull of the, deposing the King of Naples, 93.
demands of the, as booty, 95.
infamy of, 95.
infamous acquisitions of, 98.
proclamation against the, by Maximilian, 98.
death of, 100.
John of Medici elected as, 100.
(Leo X.), command of the, to Luther to repair to Rome, 102.
Maximilian’s contempt for the, 103.
bull of the, against Luther, 108.
bull of the, burned by Luther, 109.
death of Leo X., the, 113.
(Adrian), accession of, as, 113.
(Clement VII.) succeeds Adrian, 116.
offer of pardon by the, for those who assist in enforcing the Council of Trent, 125.
disgust of the, against Charles V., 129.
(Julius III.) elected as, 130.
indignation of the, at the toleration of the diet at Passau, 138.
the, allows Maximilian to assume the title of emperor elect, 161.
intolerant pride of, 161.
(Pius IV.) elected as, 162.
dependence on the, dispensed with, 163.
refusal of the, to reform abuses, 165.
attempts of the, to influence Maximilian II., 174.
aid extended to Leopold by the, 311.
embassage from Charles II. to the, 329.
alarm of the, at the innovations of Joseph II., 494.
PRAGMATIC SANCTION, the, 364.
the, supported by various powers, 461.
PRAGUE, Ferdinand crushes the revolt in. 156.
diet at, 158.
seizure of, by Leopold, 221.
archbishop of, expelled from the city, 239.
indignation of the inhabitants of, against Frederic, 262.
surrender of, to Ferdinand, 262.
surrender of, to the Austrians, 443.
suffering in, on account of the siege, 472.
PRAUNSTEIN (Lord of), reasons for the, declaring war, 80.
PRECOCITY, not a modern innovation, 108.
PRESBURG, diet at, 309.
PRESS, success of the, in diffusing intelligence, 102.
PRINTING, the influence of, beginning to be felt, 83.
PRIVILEGES confined to the nobles, 187.
PROTEST of the minority at the diet of Spires, 116.
PROTESTANTISM, spread of, in Europe, 163.
its working for liberty, 264.
PROTESTANTS, assembly of, at Smalkalde, 121.
refusal of the, to assist Charles V, 122.
contributions of the, to expel the Turks, 122.
increase of the, 123.
the, reject the council of Trent, 124.
ruin of the army of the, by Charles V., 126.
party of the, predominant in Germany, 183.
shameful quarreling among the, 190.
union of, at Aschhausen, 194.
opposition of the, to Matthias, 206.
their demands on Matthias, 207.
reasonable demands of, 211.
forces of the, vanquished at Pritznitz, 259.
secret combinations of the, for the rising of the, 267.
concessions to, revoked by Ferdinand, 276.
the, prefer the Duke of Bavaria to any of the family of Ferdinand, 279.
loss of the, in the death of Gustavus, 296.
pleasure of the, at the entry of Frederic into Silesia, 419.
PRUSSIA, inhabited by a pagan race, 20.
alliance of, with Austria, 459.
alliance of, with England, 466.
a subsidy voted to, by England, 475.
formidable preparations against, 470.
PRUSSIANS, the, driven from Bohemia, 450.
RAAB taken by the Turks, 147.
RAGOTSKY (Francis), leader of the rebellion, 333.
assembles a diet, 349.
chosen dux, or leader, 350.
outlawed, and escape of, 351.
RATISBON, diet at, in 1629, 275.
refusal of, to accept Ferdinand’s word, 276.
REFORMATION, commencement of the, 103.
RELIGION, remarkable solicitude for the reputation of, 98.
REWARD offered for the head of Rhodolph, 30.
RHODOLPH (of Hapsburg), at the time of his father’s death, 18.
presentation of, by the emperor for baptism, 19,
his incursions, 19.
marriage, 19.
excommunication of, 20.
engaged in Prussian crusade, 20.
a monument reared to, by the city of Strasburg, 21.
principles of honor, 21.
chosen chief of Uri, Schweitz, and Underwalden, 21.
chosen mayor of Zurich, 21.
elected Emperor of Germany, 23.
power of, as emperor, 25.
family of, 25.
gathering clouds around, 28.
address of the citizens of Vienna to, 28.
death of, 35.
RHODOLPH II., character and court of, 48.
ostentatious titles of, 51.
death of, 51.
RHODOLPH III, crowned King of Hungary, 178.
obtains the imperial throne, 180.
bigotry of, 187.
his infringement of the rights of the burghers, 188.
his blows against Protestantism, 189.
intolerance of in Bohemia, 193.
superstition of, 200.
his favor to Ferdinand; 204.
demands of the Protestants on, 205.
his encouragement of filibustering expeditions, 208.
remarkable pliancy of, 210.
his terror at the chance of assassination, 212.
political reconciliation between Matthias and, 219.
his plot with Leopold, 220.
Rhodolph taken prisoner, 221.
his abdication, 222.
required to absolve his subjects from their oath of allegiance, 223.
retains the crown of Germany, 225.
supplication of to the congress at Rothemberg, 226.
a congress at Nuremberg summoned by, 227.
death of, 228.
RHODOLPH (of Bohemia), death of, 39.
RHINE, separating Basle from Rhodolph, 23.
RICHELIEU, motives influencing, 267.
ambassadors of urge the Duke of Bavaria as candidate for the imperial crown, 279.
RIPPERDA (Baron), the secret agent of the Queen of Spain at Vienna, 373.
rise and fall of, 375.
escape of to England, 376.
ROBINSON (Sir Thomas), interview of with Maria Theresa, 454.
ROTHENBURG, congress at, 226.
RUSSIA, growing power of, 399.
succession of the crown of, 399.
instrumental in placing Augustus II on the throne, 400.
SARAGOSSA, battle of, 343.
SAXONY, defeat of the Elector of, 128.
nobility of, 128.
degradation of, 129.
power of, 132.
the electorate of, passes to Augustus, 137.
SCHARTLIN (General), the Protestants march under, 125.
SCHWEITZ, Rhodolph of Hapsburg chosen chief of, 21.
SCLAVONIA, marriage of the Duke of to the daughter of Rhodolph, 25.
SECKENDORF, (General), the Austrian army intrusted to, 400.
his plans of campaign broken up by Charles, 402.
capture of Nissa by, 402.
condemned to the dungeon, 402.
SECRET ARTICLES of the treaty with Austria, 376.
SEGEBERG, league at, 267.
SCHMETTAU (General), the retreat of Wallis arrested by, 407.
compelled to yield Belgrade, 409.
SELIM succeeds Solyman, 177.
SEMENDRIA, defense of, 64.
its capture, 65.
SEMPACH, battle of, 55.
SERFS emancipated by Joseph II., 494.
his plan for seizing Bavaria frustrated, 495.
SEVEN YEARS’ WAR, termination of the, 481.
SICILY, subjugated and attached to the Neapolitan crown, 388.
SIGISMOND (Francis, Duke of Tyrol), his alliance with Rhodolph, 195.
representation in the diet introduced by, 308.
death of, 314.
SIGISMOND (of Bohemia), power of, 60.
address of to the diet at Znaim, 61.
death of, 62.
SILESIA sold to Rhodolph, 195.
taken possession of by Frederic, 418.
SISECK, Turks routed at, 195.
SLAVATA thrown from the palace by the mob, 238.
SMALKALDE, assembly of the Protestants at, 121.
SOLYMAN (the Magnificent), victories of, 146.
reply of to the demand made by Ferdinand, 147.
his method of overcoming difficulties, 149.
his attack upon Guntz, 150.
his price of peace with Hungary, 153.
death of from rage, 176.
SPAIN decreed by the will of Charles II. to succeed to France, 331.
espouses the cause of Ferdinand II., 256.
assistance furnished Leopold by, 311.
invasion of by the British and Charles III., 354.
treaty between Austria and, 373.
the Austrians forbidden to trade in, 380.
invasion of Italy by, 388.
SPANIARDS, the, routed at Catalonia, 343.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW, massacre of, 171.
ST. GOTHARD, troops stationed at, 311.
battle of, 312.
ST. ILDEFONSO, the palace of, 370.
ST. JUSTUS, convent of, 140.
ST. PETERSBURG, rearing of the city of, 399.
STANHOPE (General), bearing of, 342.
desperate position of, 347.
STANISLAUS LECZINSKI, career of, 382.
daughter of married to Louis XV., 382.
receives a pension from France, 383.
elected King of Poland, 383.
his marvelous journey through Germany, 384.
STAREMBERG (General), bearing of, 342.
STATE, the independence of each German, 18.
STEPHEN, crowning of the infant as king, 152.
STEPHEN BOTSKOI, indignity offered to, 197.
his manifesto, 198.
proclaimed King of Hungary, 199.
STETTIN captured by Gustavus Adolphus, 281.
STETZIM, diet at, 349.
STRALSUND, defense of, 269.
STRICKLAND sent to London to overthrow the cabinet, 392.
STYRIA traversed by the Turks, 311.
SWEDEN roused by Gustavus Adolphus
against Ferdinand II., 280.
prudent conduct of on death of Gustavus, 297.
SWEDES, sorrow of the at the death of Gustavus, 294.
SWITZERLAND, divisions of, 40.
THURN (Count) leads the mob to the king’s council, 237.
appointed commander of the Protestants, 338.
invades Austria, 247.
TILLY (Count), the imperial troops intrusted to, 282.
TITIAN, graceful compliment of Charles V to, 144.
TRAUSNITZ, Frederic I. a prisoner at the castle of, 43.
TRANSYLVANIA, rebellion in, 333.
TREASURE abandoned by the Turks, 323.
TREATY of Passau, 136.
TRENT, Council of, 124.
the second council at, 130.
council at in 1562, 164.
declarations of, 166
TRIBUNAL at Eperies, 324.
TRIESTE, arrival of troops at, 94.
TURENNE, the Palatinate devastated by, 315.
challenged by the Elector of Palatinate, 316.
TURIN, the court of bribed, 89.
TURKS, origin and increase of the, 63.
defeat of at Belgrade, 70.
spread of the, 121.
invasion of Hungary by the, 122.
the, driven from Hungary, 122.
treaty of Charles V. with the, 123.
victorious in Hungary, 136.
invasion of Europe by the, 145.
compelled to return home, 148.
the, retire from Hungary, 177.
peace made by Maximilian with the, 178.
invasion of Croatia by the, 195.
union of the with the forces of Botskoi, 199.
truce of Hungary with the, 203.
the, conclude a peace with Austria, 231.
invasion of Hungary by the, 310.
defeat of on the field of St. Gothard, 312.
favorable treaty secured by the, 313.
the invasion of Sclavonia by the, 360.
destruction of the army of the, 363.
the, implore peace, 364.
Orsova besieged by the, 404.
the, routed at Einmik, 499.
TUSCANY, subjugation of by Charles VIII, 84.
aid furnished Leopold by, 311.
death of the Duke of, 398.
TYROL, marriage of Albert to Elizabeth,
daughter of the Count of, 25.
possession of obtained by Rhodolph II., 50.
its power as the key to Italy, 313.
death of the Duke of, 314.
ULADISLAUS obtains the throne of Hungary, 66.
ULM, rendezvous of the Protestants at, 257.
ULRIC, the Protestant Duke of restored to Wirtemberg, 122.
UNDERWALDEN, Rhodolph of Hapsburg chosen chief of, 21.
URI, Rhodolph of Hapsburg chosen chief of, 21.
UTTLEBERG, capture of the castle of by Rhodolph, 22.
VALERIUS BARTHOLOMEW, the king’s confessor, 248.
VALLADOLID, court of Philip established at, 343.
VENDOME (General) joins Philip, 313.
VENICE bribed, 89.
Maximilian bound by truce with, 95.
aid furnished Leopold by, 311.
VICTOR ASMEDEUS, business of, 369.
VIENNA one of the strongest defenses of the empire, 26.
the king’s residence at, 27.
address of the citizens of to Rhodolph, 28.
siege of, 74.
the professors of the university at avow the doctrines of Luther, 114.
assault of, 320.
delivered by Sobieski, 322.
WALLENSTEIN made generalissimo of all the forces, 268.
arrogance of, 273.
matrimonial alliances of, 274.
his dismissal from the army demanded, 276.
he retires from the army 278.
his regal mode of living, 287.
his humiliating exactions from the emperor, 289.
superstition of, 291.
urges Ferdinand to make peace, 297.
traitorous offer to surrender to the Swedes, 298.
his assassination, 299.
WALLIS (Marshal) given the command of the army, 406.
arrested by Charles, 413.
WAR, its debit and credit account, 359.
(see also the various campaigns.)
WATERLOO, its advantage to Austria, 404.
WENCESLAUS acknowledged king, 31.
marriage to Judeth, 31.
death of, 38.
WESTPHALIA, signing of the peace of, 300.
conditions of the treaty of, 301.
WHITE MOUNTAIN, battle of, 259.
WILLIAM (son of Leopold), demand of for the government, 58.
marriage of, 59.
WINKELREID (Arnold), heroism of, 56.
WISMAR, the naval depot of Ferdinand, 268.
WITTEMBERG, procession of the students of, 109.
WORMS, diet at in 1521, 108.
the diet of inveighs Luther, 110.
ZEALAND, encampment of Charles Gustavus in, 306.
ZIGETH, heroic defense of by Nicholas, 176.
noble death of the garrison of, 177.
ZINZENDORF, remark of, 393.
ZNAIM, diet at, 61.
ZURICH, Rhodolph of Hapsburg chosen chief of, 21.