He distinguished himself so greatly by his mental and moral qualities as to secure the confidence and regard of Henri IV, who, in 1598, obtained for him a cardinal's hat; and in the following year he was created Archbishop of Bordeaux, in which city he died in 1628.
[122] Cayet, p.

191.
[123] L'Etoile, vol.ii.p.

546.
[124] Bassompierre, _Mem_.p.

25.
[125] L'Etoile, vol.ii.p.

549.
[126] Jerome (or Albert) de Gondy, peer of France, knight of the King's Orders, and first gentleman of the bedchamber, occupied the mansion which was subsequently known as the Hotel de Conde.