t of to abdicate the elective crown of Germany to Ferdinand, 160.

CHARLES VI. (see also Charles III. for previous information),
limitations imposed on the power of, 356.
desertion of by his allies, 357.
addition of Wallachia and Servia to the dominion of, 364.
marriage of, 364.
his alteration of the compact established by Leopold, 364.
power of, 365.
involved in duplicity, 377.
insult to, 380.
ambition of to secure the throne of Spain for his daughters, 382.
the loss of Lombardy felt by, 387.
attempt of to force assistance from France, 390.
his first acknowledgment of the people, in his letter to Count Kinsky,
391.
interference of in Poland, 393.
sends Strickland to London to overthrow the cabinet, 391.
troubles of in Italy, 394.
distraction of, 396.
proposal of for a settlement with France, 397.
humbled by loss of empire. 398.
a scrupulous Romanist, 400.
removal of all the Protestants from the army, 404.
fears of for the safety of Maria Theresa, 406.
anguish of at the surrender of Belgrade, 411.
letter of to the Queen of Russia, 412.
death of, 414.

CHARLES VII., death of, 451.

CHARLES VIII. informed of the league against him, 88.
death of, 89.

CHARLES XII. joins the Austrian party, 335.
death of, 368.
conquests of, 382.

CHAZLEAU, battle of, 435.

CHRISTIANA, the succession of Sweden conferred upon, 280.
abdicates in favor of Charles Gustavus, 302.

CHRISTIAN IV. (of Denmark), leader of the Protestants, declares war, 267.
conquered by Ferdinand, 268.

CHURCH, exactions of the, 102.

CILLI, influence of Count over Ladislaus, 68.
driven from the empire, 68.

CLEMENT VII. succeeds Adrian as pope, 116.

CLEVES, duchy of put in sequestration, 213.

COLOGNE, the Archbishop of joins the Protestants, 124.
deposition of the Archbishop of, 126.

CONDUCT, Luther presented with a safe, 110.

CONFESSION OF AUGSBURG, 118.
reading of, 119.

CONGRESS at Rothenburg, 226.
at Hanau, 445.
at Prague, 1618, and letter of to Matthias, 236.
of electors at Frankfort, 35.

CONSPIRACY against Albert, 36.
formed by Albert against Adolphus, 37.

CONSTANTINOPLE, capture of by the Turks, 64.

CONSTITUTION, Charles V. required to sign a, 108.

COUNCIL of Trent, 124.
of Trent in 1562, 164.
of State convened in Spain, 331.

CREMNITZ, resistance of, 148.

CREMONIA to be disposed of as plunder, 89.

CROATIA invaded by the Turk