Caesar arrives at the Court of his brother-in-law, the King of Navarre--D’Albret’s danger--The Agramont and Beaumont factions--Beaumont holds Viana--War is declared between D’Albret and Beaumont--Caesar is appointed commander of the troops of the King of Navarre--Viana--The chronicler Moret--Caesar is killed--The body is buried in Santa Maria de Viana--His epitaph--Removal of the body and destruction of the tomb--The news of Caesar’s death reaches Italy--The feeling in the Peninsula--Caesar’s wife Charlotte D’Albret and their descendants--His illegitimate children--Death of Caesar’s mother, Vannozza de’ Catanei--Conclusion 297 INDEX 313 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CAESAR BORGIA _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE POPE CALIXTUS III. 32 POPE ALEXANDER VI. 52 FACSIMILE OF LETTER OF CAESAR BORGIA 80 ORVIETO 98 LOUIS XII. OF FRANCE 122 LUDOVICO SFORZA 136 MAP OF CAESAR’S CAMPAIGNS IN ROMAGNA _Page_ 141 PESARO 166 GIOVANNI BENTIVOGLIO 172 RIMINI 176 FREDERIC II. OF NAPLES 184 LUCRETIA BORGIA 188 URBINO 198 VITELLOZZO VITELLI 220 PROSPERO COLONNA 244 GONSALVO DE CORDOVA 280 BIBLIOGRAPHY The writer desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the authorities named below, especially to Alvisi for the details of the campaigns in the Romagna, and to Yriarte for genealogical data and particulars regarding Caesar’s life after his seizure by Gonsalvo de Cordova. Yriarte appears finally to have settled the mooted question of the descent of Rodrigo Borgia, Alexander VI.; and to have proved that he was a Borgia on both the maternal and paternal sides, and not merely on his mother’s; that he was Borja y Borja and not Llançol y Borja; and that he never had the name of Lenzo,[2] consequently did not relinquish it and assume that of his mother’s brother.