↑ Heer: The Holy Roman Empire, 228. This was a clear infringement of taboo which Louis could not tolerate. Other reasons are also speculated. François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Louis' secretary of State for War, detested Eugene's mother after she had rejected a proposed marriage between her daughter and his son.
↑ Heer states Eugene's departure date was 21 July.
↑ Childs: Warfare in the Seventeenth Century, 133. Childs puts the number at 100,000; John Wolf, as high as 200,000.
