CLISSON, (JANE DE BELLEVILLE, Wife of Oliver III. Lord of),
Philip de Valois, king of France, having caused her husband to be beheaded, in 1343, on an unauthenticated suspicion of intelligence with England, Jane, burning with revenge, sent her son, but twelve years of age, secretly to London; and, having no more to fear for him, sold her jewels, armed three vessels, and with them assailed all the French that she met with. The new corsair made descents in Normandy, took their castles; and the inhabitants of the villages saw frequently one of the most beautiful women in Europe with a sword in one hand, and a flambeau in the other, enforce, with inhuman pleasure, the horrors of her cruel and misplaced revenge.
CLIVE, (CATHERINE) a celebrated Actress in Comedy. Born 1711.
In 1739, she married a gentleman in the law, brother to lord Clive, from whom she was separated soon after. In 1769, she quitted the stage, and lived a retired life at Twickenham, where she died, 1785. Her character wag regular and exemplary.
CLOTILDA, Queen of France, married in 491, to Clovis; died 548,
Niece of Gondebald, king of the Burgundians, a woman of extraordinary beauty, sense, and virtue. Her
