The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 09 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de
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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 09 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Page 360. line 3. _Kingdom._] This battle is called by the English
historians the first battle of St Alban's, and was fought on the 22d of
May 1455. Besides Edmund Beaufort, duke of Somerset, and Henry Percy,
earl of Northumberland, there were slain, on the king's side two lords,
five knights, and many gentlemen of good account. Humphrey duke of
Buckingham, and his son Humphrey earl of Stafford were wounded besides
the king. The victory, as appears by the text, was decisive in favour
of opposition.
The duke of Somerset left issue (by his wife Eleanor, daughter of
Richard Beauchamp earl of Warwick) Henry duke of Somerset, beheaded
in May 1464; Edward duke of Somerset after the death of his brother,
also beheaded 1472, and John, killed at Tewkesbury, but none of these
left any legitimate descendants. Henry alone left an illegitimate son,
Charles Somerset, who was afterwards created earl of Worcester, and is
the ancestor of the present duke of Beaufort.
Page 362. line 9. _Season._] The relation which follows, is evidently
that of the famous siege of Belgrade; at which Huniades commanded,
and Capistranus acted as his lieutenant. The soldan of Persia here
mentioned, may very possibly mean the bashaw of Asia Minor (Basseus
Asiaticus) who is spoken of by Bonfinius as having a high command in
the Turkish army. He was killed in the siege. Huniades was attacked
by a fever, the consequence of his exertions, and with difficulty
removed as far as Semlin, where he died on the 4th of September
1456. His faithful companion, Johannes Capistranus, attended at his
bed-side during his last illness, and supported him at the moment of
his dissolution. His affection followed him beyond the tomb, for from
that hour he was never seen to smile; and, not many weeks after, was
summoned from the world himself. The great Huniades left two sons,
Ladislaus and Matthias Corvinus. The first, though deserving of a
better fate, became the victim of state intrigues, and perished on a
scaffold. The second was elected king of Hungary in 1458.
Page 365. line 16. _Battle._] This does not appear to have been the
case. Bonfinius calls his disorder a fever brought on by excessive
fatigue. See before.
Page 368. line 2. _Laurentino._ _Q._] Perhaps Larina, the name of a
town in the Molise.
Page 368. line 8 from the bottom. _Ancona. 2._] This is hardly
probable, for all the others are names of places in the Molise or one
of the Principati. _Macchia_ has the nearest resemblance in sound of
any town in this neighbourhood.
Page 368. line 2 from the bottom. _Sanguine. 2._] Castel del Sangro, in
Abruzzo? The river on which it stands is also called the Sanguine.
Page 369. line 10 from the bottom. _Sermone. 2._] Isernia, a bishopric
in the Molise? or Sulmona, another city in Abruzzo?
Page 369. line 9. _Oliveto. 2._] Alifi, in the Terra di Lavoro?
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