de Montpensier, the late Duke of Montpensier's daughter, and the richest heiress in France.
The young prince did not like it.

Madame de Chevreuse, it was said, seeing the king an invalid and childless, was already anticipating his death, and the possibility of marrying his widowed queen to his successor.

"I should gain too little by the change," said Anne of Austria one day, irritated by the accusations of which she was the object.

Divers secret or avowed motives had formed about the Duke of Anjou what was called the "aversion" party, who were opposed to his marriage; but the arrest of Colonel Ornano dismayed the accomplices for a while.

The Duke of Anjou protested his fidelity to his brother, and promised the cardinal to place in the king's hands a written undertaking to submit his wishes and affections to him.