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 371. line 14. _Duke and Duchess of Savoy._] Lewis, duke of Savoy,
(son of Amadeus the first duke) and Anne de Lusignan, daughter of
James, king of Cyprus. The prince of Piedmont was their son, Amadeus
afterwards duke of Savoy, the second duke, and ninth count, of the
name. By this marriage with Yolande of France, he had a numerous issue,
but no descendants in the third generation.
Page 371. line 5 from the bottom. _Duchy of Nemours._] This claim of
Charles of Navarre, prince of Viana to the duchy of Nemours, must have
been grounded on a grant made by king Charles VII. to his grandfather
Charles the noble, king of Navarre; which grant was held to have been
only personal, and to have terminated with the death of the donee. The
prince was therefore unsuccessful in his application.
Page 371. line 2 from the bottom. _St Vincent._] This saint is not
the ancient deacon and martyr of that name, but St Vincent Ferrier a
Dominican, of Valencia in Spain, and a great converter of Saracens and
worker of miracles. He died in 1419, and was canonized by order of pope
Calixtus in 1455. He was buried at Vannes; the place of his death, and
the miracles which were _attested_ to have been wrought on his tomb,
were the occasion of the distinguished honours conferred on him.
Page 375. line 3 from the bottom. _Duke of Gueldres._] Arnold of Egmont
duke of Gueldres, was married to Catherine, daughter of Adolphus, duke
of Cleves, by Mary, a sister of the duke of Burgundy. In the note to
p. 355. a sufficient reason will be found for his hostility, of which,
however, Heuterus takes no notice, saying only, that the matters in
dispute with the Deventrians and Frieslanders were settled through the
intervention of the duke of Cleves.
Page 378. last line. _John Corvin._] If so, then le Chevalier Blanc
could not mean Huniades, since he is already disposed of in p. 362. The
truth is, that nothing can exceed the confusion and misrepresentation
with which Monstrelet's accounts from these distant countries abound;
and it is labour lost to attempt at finding a meaning where there
probably never was any. Capistran, who is mentioned in the next page,
died also immediately after, or very soon upon his friend Huniades. I
rather suspect that this is a mere repetition of the preceding account,
as the reader will find the relation of the embassy in chapter LXIX.
repeated again in chapter LXXI. Probably towards the conclusion of his
history Monstrelet set down events without order or method, as he heard
them in conversation or otherwise, and did not live to arrange the
unconnected notes.
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