The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 12 [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. 12 [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 100. line 15. _Brother._] Charles III. surnamed the good. Their
younger brother was Philip, who married Charlotte, daughter of Louis,
duke of Longueville, and was created duke of Nemours.
Page 100. line 17. _Duchess of Berry._] Jane daughter of Louis XI. the
repudiated wife of Louis XII. who after her divorce was called duchess
of Berry.
Page 103. line 4. _Lord of Foix._] Germaine de Foix, daughter of John
viscount de Narbonne. See note to vol. x. p. 187.
Page 105. line 12. 1506.] Leaving issue, by Joanna daughter of
Ferdinand and Isabella, 1. Charles, afterwards emperor, and king of
Spain, 2. Eleanor, the wife, first, of Emanuel king of Portugal, 2ndly
of Francis the first, 3. Isabella, the wife of Christian the second
king of Denmark; 4. Ferdinand, King of Hungary, and emperor of Germany
after the death of his brother; 5. Mary, the wife of Lewis the second
king of Hungary; 6. Catherine, the wife of John the third king of
Portugal.
Page 105. line 14. _August._] Anne the wife of Uladislaus king of
Bohemia, who succeeded to the crown of Hungary on the death of
Matthias Corvinus in 1490. By this marriage she had Lewis, afterwards
king of Hungary, and Anne the wife of Ferdinand of Austria, in whose
right he became king of Hungary on the death of Lewis in 1526 without
issue.
Page 106. line 13. _John de Bentivoglio._] John the second of the
name, son of Hannibal, and grandson of John, who made himself master
of Bologna in 1400. See the historians of Bologna, especially the
"historie memorabili" of Gasparo Bombaci who is by far the most
interesting of these writers.
Page 108. line 13. _Trivulces._]
----"_La nudrita Damigella Trivulzia
al sacro speco_".
She was the daughter of Giovanni Trivulzio and Angela di Martinengo,
and is celebrated equally by the historians and poets of the age.
Page 120. line 11 from the bottom. _King._] She was married to Hercules
the second, duke of Ferrara, and died in 1575.
Page 132. line 4. _Pedro de Navarre._] Pedro Navarro, a great commander
in the Spanish army.
Page 132. line 5. _Marquis of Pescara._] Ferdinand d'Avalos, Marquis of
Pescara.
Page 132. line 8. _Betonde._] Betonde--Bitonto.
Page 132. line 12. _Viceroy of Naples._] Don Raymond de Cardona.
Page 132. line 15. _Marquis de la Padulla._] Della Palude. See
Guicciardini Lib. 10. for an account of this great battle.
Page 132. last line. _Utrecht._] More probably Trajetto, Vespasian the
son of Prospero Colonna was called duke of Trajetto, and though I do
not find his name among those present at the battle of Ravenna, it is
not unlikely that he was there under his relation Fabricio Colonna,
duke of Palliano who commanded the Italian forces.
Page 151. line 3 from the bottom. _Duke of Valois._] Francis count
d'Angoulesme the presumptive heir to the crown of France, had lately
been honoured with this title.
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