◆Béatrix was the daughter of Count Guillaume de Tenda; to her second husband, Phillipe Marie Visconti, she brought all the wealth of her first husband, Facino Cane. In spite of her ripe years, Béatrix was suspected of adultery with Michel Orombelli, and Phillipe Marie had them both killed. As a matter of fact this was a convenient way of appropriating Facino Cane’s wealth. ◆Collenuccio, liv. IV., anno 1194. ◆Filippo Maria Visconti; born 1391, died 1447. Last Duke of Milan of the house of Visconti, the sovereignty passing at his death to the Sforzas. ◆Facino (Bonifacio) Cane, the famous _condottiere_ and despot of Alessandria, was born of a noble family about 1360. The principality he eventually acquired in N. Italy embraced, besides Alessandria, Pavia, Vercelli, Tortona, Varese, and all the shores of the Lago Maggiore. Died 1412. ◆Mother of Frederick II. ◆Pandolfo Collenuccio, famous as author, historian and juris-consult towards the end of the XIVth century. Born at Pesaro, where he spent most of his life, and where he was executed (1500) by order of Giovanni Sforza, in consequence of his intrigues with Cæsar Borgia, who was anxious to acquire the sovereignty of that city. [160] P. 302: ◆Daughter of Bernardin de Clermont, Vicomte de Tallard. ◆Brantôme undoubtedly aims here at Marguerite de Clermont. [161] P. 303: ◆Jean de Bourdeille. ◆Renée, daughter of Louis XII., married to the Duke of Ferraro. She was ungainly but very learned. [162] P. 304: ◆Marguerite d’Angoulème. [163] P. 312: ◆Meung-sur-Loire, dep. Loiret, on right bank of the Loire, eleven miles below Orléans. ◆Eclaron, dép. Maute-Marne. ◆Leonor, Duke de Longueville. ◆François de Lorraine, Duke de Guise. [164] P. 313: ◆Louis I., Prince de Condé. ◆Captain Averet, died at Orléans in 1562. ◆_Compère_ was the name King Henri II. gave the Constable de Montmorency. [165] P. 316: ◆_Octavius_ is translated _Octavie_ by Brantôme. _Cf._ Suetonius, _Caligula_, XXXVI., and _Octavius Augustus_, LXIX. ◆Suetonius, _Nero_, XXXIV. [166] P. 318: ◆Brantôme undoubtedly refers to Henri III. and to the Duke d’Alençon, his brother. [167] P. 319: ◆Plutarch names this woman _Aspasia_ and makes her a priestess of Diana. _Cf._ _Artaxerxes-Mnemon_, Chap. XXVI. ◆Collenuccio, liv. V., p. 208. ◆Artaxerxes I. (Longimanus), King of Persia for forty years, B. C. 465 to 425; he succeeded his father Xerxes, having put to death his brother Darius. [168] P. 320: ◆Wife of François d’Orléans. ◆Diane died at the age of 66, April 22, 1566; she was born in 1499. ◆Jacqueline de Rohan-Gié, married to François d’Orléans, Marquis de Rothelin. [169] P. 321: ◆François Robertet, widow of Jean Babou, whose second husband was Field Marshal d’Aumont. ◆Catherine de Clermont, wife of Guy de Mareuil, grandmother of the Duke du Montpensier, François, surnamed the _Prince-Dauphin_.