in may 1564, charles robert de la marck, count de maulevrier, made a statement about isabelle de limeuil, claiming that she had offered to ally with him to poison their common enemy, charles, prince of la roche-sur-yon. he claimed that limeuil felt persecuted by the prince, whom she alleged pressured his wife to control and oppress the ladies-in-waiting: "the said princess, at the behest of the said prince her husband, aside from the pains that she gave to all the maids of the queen, seemed to have a particular animosity towards her and tried to verify whether she was pregnant, often tormenting her in front of the queen on this matter and others."