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rosettes
fastened to the hair in such a way as to make one almost fancy that the
ears were being dragged out by their enormous pendants and had to be
nailed up by the rosettes.
Marie
Louise lived but a few years to enjoy the love of her husband and the
splendor of her rank. It was said that she died of a broken heart
caused by the torments of court jealousies and intrigues against which
the King, her husband, in vain tried to shield her.
Charles
H. died in 1705, and being childless he bequeathed his crown to Philip
of Anjou, grandson of Louis xiv. and cousin to the wife of his youth
whose memory was still dear to him. Of course other claimants arose to
grasp so splendid an inheritance, so that the funeral torches of
Charles may be said to have set fire to Europe. At all events,
a vast conflagration soon burst forth known as the War of the Spanish
Succession, which included ere long within its fiery embrace Spain,
France, England. Austria, Italy, Germany and Holland. After all
