Alexandrine Bulls
Alfonso I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara (LB’s third husband): and LB’s marriage to Giovanni; father denies marriage to LB; marriage to LB; with Ludovico Sforza; meets LB; character and interests; and LB’s arrival in Ferrara; marriage relations; presented with Pope’s sword and cap; meets Louis ; visits sick LB; hostility to Strozzi; leaves Ferrara during plagues; attitude to Cesare; tour of European courts; and Bembo’s relations with LB; and Francesco Gonzaga; and father’s impending death; returns to Ferrara; succeeds to dukedom; administration and rule; improvements and decoration in Ferrara; seeks Cesare’s release from prison in Spain; LB’s correspondence with; and feud between brothers Giulio and Ippolito; Alberto Pio stirs up trouble with Francesco Gonzaga; absence on pilgrimage; and Congiura conspiracy rebuffed by Venice; syphilis; submits to Julius ; blames LB for miscarriage; alliance with Louis XII; on Cesare’s death; keeps birth of son Ercole secret from Gonzaga; and murder of Ercole Strozzi; defends Ferrara against Julius II’s forces; appointed Gonfalonier of Church; Julius II’s hostility to; in war against Venice; excommunicated and deprived of duchy; injured at La Bastia; keeps children in Ferrara; victory at Ravenna (1512); clemency towards prisoners; seeks reconciliation with Julius ; portrait plaque; attends Leo X’s coronation; Leo X suspends edict on; and Leo’s resumption of war against Ferrara; recovers territorial possessions; relations with Francis I of France; keeps Lent; makes own pottery; dislikes Giovanni Borgia; absence in Abano; attitude to offenders; returns to manage Ferrara
Alfonso I d’Este – cont. during LB’s illness; visit to Francis I in Paris; arrives home from Paris; and LB’s final illness and death
Alfonso II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara
Alfonso, Duke of Bisceglie: marriage to LB; leaves Rome for Naples; returns to LB; in Cesare Borgia’s Rome procession; and Louis XII’s claim on Naples; complains of judgement against Beatrice d’Aragona; attacked and wounded at St Peter’s; murdered; LB mourns; and LB’s dowry
Alfonso, King of Naples (formerly Duke of Calabria)
Alidosi, Cardinal
Alviano, Bartolommea d’
Alviano, Bartolommeo d’
Amelia, Agapito da
Anguillara
Anjou dynasty: claim to throne of Naples
Anne de Bretagne, Queen of France
Annunzio, Gabriele d’
Anselmo, Fra
Aragon, kingdom of
Aragona, Eleonora d’, see Eleonora d’Este
Aragona, Federigo d’
Aragona, Giovanna d’, Duchess of Amalfi
Aragona, Giulia d’
Aragona (Sforza), Isabella d’, Duchess of Bari
Aragona, Cardinal Luigi d’; death
Aranda, Pedro de, Bishop of Calahorra
Aretino, Pietro: I Ragionamenti
Arienti, Giovanni Sabadino degli; Colloquium ad Ferrarem urbem
Ariosto,Alfonso
Ariosto, Ludovico; La Cassaria; Orlando Furioso
Ariosto, Rainaldo
Artes, Juan
Artigianova, Gian de (Gian Cantore)
Atri, Jacopo d’
Bacchelli, Riccardo
Baglioni family
Baglioni, Gian Paolo
Banchi, Ippolito da li
banquets
Barbara the Spaniard
Barone, il (jester)
Bartolommeo, Fra
Bassanello
Bastia, La
Bayard, Chevalier
Beatrice d’Aragona, Queen of Hungary
Bellini, Giovanni
Bellonci, Maria
Belriguardo (villa)
Bembo, Bernardo
Bembo, Carlo
Bembo, Pietro: romance and correspondence with LB; and LB’s grief at father’s death parting from LB; as secretary to Leo X and birth and death of LB’s son; moves to Urbino; Gli Asolani
Bendedei, Jacobo
Bendedeo, Girolamo, Prior of San Giorgio
Bendedeo, Niccolò
Bentivoglio family
Bentivoglio, Annibale
Bentivoglio, Costanza
Bentivoglio, Ercole
Bentivoglio, Ginevra
Bentivoglio, Giovanni
Bentivoglio, Laura
Bentivoglio, Lucrezia
Berlinguer, Hector
Bernardino of Siena, San
Bisceglie, Duke of see Alfonso, Duke of Bisceglie
Bisceglie, Rodrigo (LB’s son): allowance; in LB’s will; given cape; sent to Castel Sant’Angelo; upbringing and inheritance; flees from Rome with Cesare; in Bari; death; affairs wound up
Boccaccio, Giovanni Andrea; Cento novelle
Boiarda, Sister Laura, abbess of San Bernardino
Boiardo, Giovanni, Count of Scandiano
Boiardo, Matteo Maria
Bologna: LB travels through; Julius II takes over; Bentivoglio return to
Bologna, Antonio da
Bonaccioli, Lodovico
Bonfiglio, Baldassare
Bonleo, Giovanni Batista
Borgia family (de Borjas): background; dynastic ambitions; wealth; genealogy sent to Ercole d’Este; lands in Italy ; poisonings
Borgia, Angela (Dona Angela): El Prete praises; accompanies LB to Ferrara; with LB in Ferrara; illness; clothes; and Francesco Gonzaga; and d’Este family feud; gives birth; marriage with Pio da Sassuolo; comforts LB over Cesare’s death; returns to Ferrara; pregnancy and child by Pio; keeps LB company during pregnancy; LB asks Francesco Gonzaga to help; meets Prospero Colonna in Ferrara
Borgia, Camilla Lucrezia (Cesare’s daughter)
Borgia, Cesare: appearance; Alexander VI’s fondness for; name; character and qualities; Church preferments; relations with LB; at proxy marriage of LB and Giovanni Sforza; at LB’s marriage to Giovanni; dress; reproves brother Juan Gandia; Juan Gandia pleads for help to return to Italy; and Caterina Gonzaga; supports Alexander VI,; escapes from Charles VIII; portrait; relations with Sancia; and LB’s divorce from Giovanni; and Juan Gandia’s disappearance; nominated legate for Federigo’s coronation in Naples; pursues vendetta against Orsini; dynastic and political ambitions; proposed marriage to Carlotta of Aragon; devotion to LB; and LB’s second marriage to Alfonso Bisceglie; participates in bullfight; leaves for France; Louis XII subsidizes; titles; growing power; syphilis; marriage to Charlotte d’Albret; with Louis XII on campaign in Italy; triumphal procession in Rome; relations with Fiammetta de‘Michelis; suspected of attack on Alfonso Bisceglie; and murder of Alfonso Bisceglie; and internal family conflicts; accused of incest with LB; ruthlessness; retinue; orders murder of Troche; and LB’s third marriage to Alfonso d’Este; military conquests; returns from Naples campaign; visits Nepi and Civita Castellani; orgy in Vatican; Savelli attacks; receives Este brothers in Rome on LB’s marriage; and daughter’s inheritance; and LB’s journey to Ferrara; relations and putative children with Drusilla; suspected of capturing Dorotea Malatesta; attacks and captures Urbino; and LB’s illness in Ferrara; takes Camerino; visits Louis XII in Milan; takes over Church lands; League formed against; kills Lorqua; coup against condottiere conspirators; allowance settled; Louis XII obstructs; father confers rewards and estates on; falls sick; and rumours of father’s poisoning; plunders father’s apartments on death; and election of Alexander VI’s successor; LB’s concern for; strengthens alliance with French; moves to Nepi after father’s death; attacked by Orsini after death of Pius ; Julius II’s attitude to; confined by Julius II; imprisonment in Spain; escapes from La Mota; killed
Borgia, Charlotte (née d’Albret): marriage to Cesare; daughter by Cesare; and Cesare’s imprisonment in Spain
Borgia, Francesco, Cardinal of Cosenza
Borgia, Geronima
Borgia, Giovanni (‘Infans Romanus’): birth; Alexander requests ‘state’ for from Louis XII; parentage; given Macerata estate; Camerino lordship granted to; given cape; sent to Castel Sant’Angelo; upbringing; flees from Rome with Cesare; shares tutor with Rodrigo Bisceglie; Alfonso d’Este dislikes; in Paris
Borgia, Girolamo (Cesare’s son)
Borgia, Joana (Alexander VI’s sister)
Borgia, Jofre: birth; Alexander VI’s relations with; marriage to Sancia; in Naples; returns to Rome; and LB’s marriage to Alfonso; detained in Castel Sant’Angelo; at Nepi with Alexander; in Cesare Borgia’s Rome procession; Aragonese sympathies; accompanies Cesare to Nepi; death
Borgia, Juan see Gandia, Juan Borgia Duke of
Borgia y Navarro, Juan, Cardinal of Monreale
Borgia, Lucrezia: birth; appearance and dress; father’s fondness for; education and upbringing; character and qualities; name; relations with brother Cesare; religious piety; and father’s ambitions; betrothed to Procida; inheritance from Pedro Luis; marriage to Giovanni Sforza; requests jewellery and clothes from Juan in Spain; in Pesaro; divorce from Giovanni; portraits; deteriorating relations with Giovanni; meets Francesco Gonzaga; meets Sancia in Rome; takes refuge in convent; proposed Neapolitan marriage; second marriage to Alfonso Bisceglie; sexual profligacy; suspected of incest; supposed child; influence with Alexander VI; early pregnancies; and Alfonso’s departure from Rome; appointed Governor of Spoleto; celebrates Cesare’s marriage; birth of son Rodrigo; as ruler of Sermoneta; supports Alfonso against Cesare; and attacks on and death of Alfonso; exiled to Nepi; third marriage (to Alfonso d’Este) planned; confides in Vincenzo Giordano; secret correspondence from Nepi; marries Alfonso d’Este; marriage settlement with Ferrara; as father’s regent in Vatican; Ercole appeals to for help in releasing Sister Lucia; present at Cesare’s Vatican orgy; reception in Ferrara; books; meets and entertains Ferrara delegation for marriage; journey to Ferrara; attendants and ladies; hair washing and beauty treatment; El Prete reports on; meets Alfonso d’Este; meets father – in – law Ercole; arrival and reception in Ferrara; marriage relations with
Borgia, Lucrezia – cont. d’Este; life and amusements in Ferrara; under scrutiny in Ferrara; pregnancies by d’Este; relations with Isabella d’Este; and Cesare’s coup in Urbino; illness and recovery in Ferrara; stillborn daughter; allowance agreed; and father’s death; rivalry with Isabella d’Este; eulogized; reliance on Ercole Strozzi; romance and correspondence with Bembo; friendship with Ippolito d’Este; and Cesare’s military ambitions; fevers; Louis XII disapproves of marriage to d’Este; concern for Cesare; and son Rodrigo’s upbringing; parting from Bembo; leaves Ferrara during plague; miscarriages; relations with Ercole d’Este; relations and correspondence with Francesco Gonzaga ; and Ercole’s impending death; ambitions to be Duchess of Ferrara; as Duchess of Ferrara; administrative duties in Ferrara; household; musical interests; and Cesare’s imprisonment in Spain; correspondence with Alfonso; birth and death of son Alexandro; and d’Este family feud (‘Congiura’); improves and decorates rooms and buildings in Ferrara; trains and prepares young Ferrarese girls for marriage; and Alfonso’s absence on pilgrimage; and Lucrezia Bentivoglio; learns of Cesare’s escape; new year carnivals; and Cesare’s death; and birth of son Ercole; apartments; appeals to Gonzaga to apprehend Don Martino’s killer; and war against Venice; pawns jewellery; congratulates Francesco Gonzaga on liberation from Venice prison; and papal war against Ferrara; appeals to Francesco Gonzaga for help in papal wars; and evacuation of sons from Ferrara; pleads with Isabella to intercede with Francesco Gonzaga; entertains French forces in Ferrara; health cure at San Bernardino convent; orders defence of Ferrara against papal forces; and death of son Rodrigo; entertains Prospero Colonna; view of Leo X; birth of later children; household management; improved relations with Isabella; health decline; maintains interest in Cesare’s children; merciful nature; and Alfonso’s absence in Paris; and mother’s death; and Francesco Gonzaga’s death; final illness and death
Borgia, Cardinal Ludovico
Borgia, Ludovico, Prior of Santa Eufemia
Borgia, Luisa (or Louise; Cesare’s daughter by Charlotte)
Borgia, Maria Enriques (wife of Juan)
Borgia, Rodrigo (Alexander VI’s son)
Borja, Cardinal Alonso de see Calixtus III, Pope
Borja – Llancol, Juan de
Boschetti family
Boschetti, Albertino
Boschetti, Roberto
Boschetti, Sigismondo
Boschetto, Galeazzo
Boswell, James
Bracciano
Brandolinus Lippi, Raphael
Bresciano, Bartolommeo
Brognolo, Fioramonte
Brugi, Benedetto
Burchard, Johannes: on death of Juan Gandia; on death of Perotto; on Roman punishments and torture; on LB’s marriage to Alfonso Bisceglie; on attempted poisoning of Alexander VI; organizes Cesare’s triumphal procession; on capture of Ascanio Sforza; on Alfonso Bisceglie’s attackers; on LB’s marriage to Alfonso d’Este; reports Borgias’ misbehaviour in Vatican; on LB’s reception of Ferrara delegates; on Alexander’s burial
Byron, George Gordonh Baron
Caetani family
Caetani, Guglielmo
Cagnolo, Niccolo, on LB
Calacagnino, Alfonso
Calandra, Silvestro
Calderon, Pedro (‘Perotto’)
Calixtus III, Pope
Calmeta, Vincenzo
Cambrai, League of
Camerino
Camerino, Ercole da
Camposampiero, Lodovico ‘Vigo’ di
Canale, Carlo
Capello, Polo
Capilupo, Benedetto
Capodimonte
Cappello, Francesco
Capua, Cardinal of
Caracciolo, Giovanni Battista
Caraffa, Cardinal
Cardona, Juan de
Cardona, Ramón
Carlotta of Aragon: proposed as bride for Cesare Borgia
Carpi
Carri, Francesco
Casalivio, Luis
Casanova, Jacopo
Casio, Geronimo, of Bologna
Casola (Mantuan envoy at imperial court)
Cassina, la (comedy)
Castellar, Juan
Castello, Francesco
Castiglione, Baldassare: The Courtier
Castile
Castre – Pinos, Juan de
Catalans
Catherine of Aragon, Queen of Henry VIII
Catherine of Siena, St
Catherinella negra
Cattanei, Vannozza (LB’s mother): as Alexander VI’s mistress; marriages; Juan Gandia visits; on attack on Alfonso; on burial of Alfonso; accompanies Cesare to Nepi; death; letters to LB and Ippolito d’Este; career and circumstances
Cattaneo, Gian Lucido: on Giovanni – LB marriage; on Cesare Borgia’s ambitions; on Cesare’s marriage to Charlotte; and LB’s impending third marriage
Cavalleri, Bartolommeo de‘: and negotiations for LB – Alfonso d’Este marriage; and Ferrante d’Este’s debts; on Louis XII’s reaction to Alexander’s death
Cecharella, Madonna
Centelles, Querubi de
Cento
Cerveteri
Cervillon, Juan
Cesarini, Gian Andrea
Cesarini, Jeronima
Cestarello, Sigismondo
Cestatello, Alfonso
Châlons, Archdeacon of
Charles I, King of Spain (Emperor Charles V)
Charles VII, King of France
Charles VIII, King of France: invades Italy; claim to Naples; enters Rome; outwitted by Alexander VI; unpopularity in Naples; character and appearance; quits Italy; death; Ferrante d’Este serves
Charlotte d’Albret see Borgia, Charlotte
Charlotte, Princess of France
Chaumont, Charles d’Amboise, seigneur de (French governor of Milan)
Chigi, Lorenzo
‘Cingano, il’ (‘The Gypsy’)
Civita Castellana
Claude, Queen of Francis I of France
Clement VIII, Pope
Colonna family
Colonna, Fabrizio
Colonna, Francesco
Colonna, Prospero
Columba of Rieti, Sister
Columbus, Christopher
Comascho, Gabriel
Comasco, Girolamo
Contrari, Beatrice de’
Contrari, Diana, Countess
Contrari, Uguccione dei
Corberan (ally of Borgias)
Cordoba, Gonsalvo de
Corella, Don Miguel de (Michelotto)
Corneto, Cardinal Adriano da
Correggio, Niccolò da: employs El Prete; in Ferrara party to meet LB; praises Isabella Gonzaga; and LB in Ferrara; takes LB’s message to Alfonso d’Este; and Alfonso’s attempt to heal breach between Ippolito and Giulio d’Este; composes eclogue; and Alberto Pio’s troublemaking; accompanies Alfonso to Venice; and Gonzaga’s protection of Giulio d’Este; given Giulio’s palazzo; present at LB’s meeting with Lucrezia Bentivoglio
Costabili, Antonio
Costabili, Beltrando: on LB’s departure for Ferrara; and Alexander VI’s view of Cesare; in Rome as Ferrarese ambassador; on Alfonso d’Este; and dispute over LB’s allowance; and LB’s stillborn daughter; Alexander praises LB’s friendship with Ippolito d’Este to; on Alexander’s illness; Alfonso writes to pleading for Cesare’s release; and attack on Giulio d’Este
Cotignola (county)
Cotrone, Marchioness of
courtesans
Croce, Giorgio della
Croce, Ottaviano della
Cursetta (courtesan)
Cusatro, Amato
Desprats, Francesc (papal nuncio)
Desprez, Josquin
Dianti, Laura
Dickens, Charles
Dolfo, Floriano
Dominican Order
Dossi, Dosso
Dragoni, Jacopo
Drusilla (Cesare’s lover)
Eleonora d’Este (d’Aragona), Duchess of Ferrara
Elisabetta da Montefeltro, Duchess of Urbino: and attack on Alfonso Bisceglie; as host to LB on journey to Ferrara; qualities; and Dorotea Malatesta; at LB’s wedding; in Mantua; and Cesare’s capture of Urbino; widowed; praised in Ercole Pio’s eclogue; takes refuge in Ferrara; makes formal visit to LB