Montmorency
a river of Quebec, a tributary of the St. Lawrence, famous for its beautiful falls, 8 miles N. E. of Quebec. Here the stream is 100 feet wide, and the falls have a sheer descent of 250 feet.
MONTMORENCY (mông-mō-rong-sē), the name of one of the oldest and most illustrious of French families, the founder of which was BOUCHARD, one of the great feudatories of the 10th century.
Of its members are: MATHIEU, grand constable 1130, regent during the crusade 1147, died in 1160. MATHIEU, grandson of the latter, called the "Great Constable," served in the crusade against the Albigenses, died in 1230. CHARLES, Marshal of France, and Governor of Normandy, died in 1381. ANNE, Constable of France, born in 1493, companion-inarms and in captivity of Francis I., 1525-1526, gained the battle of Dreux against the Calvinists, 1562, and that of St. Denis, where he fell in 1567. HENRI I., second son of Anne, born 1544, fought with his father, and was created Marshal of France in Piedmont, 1566. Henry IV. made him constable, 1593; died in 1614.
HENRI II., son of the latter, born in 1595, was named admiral by Louis XII., and distinguished himself against the Calvinists. He was beheaded, after opposing Richelieu, in 1632. His sister, CHAR- LOTTE MARGUERITE, became wife of the second Henri, Prince de Condé, and mother of the great Condé; died in 1650.