ned by her
death. Olhagaray represents him when deprived of Margaret as no longer
showing the same firm purpose of life, but as sad, discontented, and
altering his plans at every trifle.(2) He gave orders that Margaret's
remains should be interred in the Cathedral of Lescar, some four and a
half miles from the Chateau of Pau, with which it is said to have
been at that time connected by a subterranean passage. Several of the
Navarrese sovereigns had already been buried there, for the See was a
kind of primacy, the Bishops being _ex-officio_ presidents of the States
of Beam.(3)

1 M. Lalanne, in his edition of Brantome's works, maintains
that Margaret did not die at Odos, near Tarbes, but at
Audaux, near Orthez, basing this contention on the fact that
Brantome calls the castle "Audos in Beam," and that Odos is
in Bigorre. Tradition, however, has always pointed to the
latter locality, though, on the other hand, it is stated
that less than half a century after Margaret's death Odos
was nothing but a ruin, and had long been in that condition.
In 1596 Henry IV. gave the property to John de Lassalle, by
whose descendants the chateau was restored (Bascle de
Lagreze's _Chateau de Pau, &c._).

2 _Histoire de Foix et de Bearn, &c._, p. 506.

3 Lescar having ceased to be a bishopric since 1790, its
church, which still exists, no longer ranks as a cathedral.

It was in this quaint old cathedral church, dating, so archaeologists
assert, from the eleventh century, that Margaret's remains were interred
with all due pomp and ceremony. The Duchess of Estouteville headed the
procession, followed by the Duke of Montpensier, the Duke of Nevers,
the Duke of Aumale, the Duke of Etampes, the Marquis of Maine, and M. de
Rohan. Then came the _grands deuils_ or chief mourners, led by the Duke
of Vendome, and three lords carrying the crown, sceptre, and hand of
justice. The Viscount of Lavedan officiated as grand master of the
ceremonies, and special seats were assigned to the States of Navarre,
Foix, Beam, and Bigorre, and to the chancellor, counsellors, and barons
of the country; whilst on a platform surrounded by lighted tapers
there was displayed an effigy of the Queen robed in black.(1) After the
ceremony a banquet was served in accordance with Bearnese custom, the
chief mourners being invited to the Duke of Vendome's table, whilst the
others were served in differen