Elna, Bishop of
Enriques, Enrich and Dona Maria
Equicola, Mario
Ercole I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara: and Alexander VI’s vanity; and LB’s divorce from Giovanni Sforza; and LB’s supposed child; and Louis XII’s entry into Milan; resists marriage of LB to son Alfonso; alliance with France; negotiates settlement on LB – Alfonso marriage; LB assures of loyalty; religious piety; brings nuns to Ferrara; and LB’s reception in Ferrara; relations with sons; and LB’s journey to Ferrara; background and appearance;
Ercole I d’Este – cont. rule; LB presents papal brief to; presents jewels to LB; good relations with LB; introduces LB to Sister Lucia; allots attendants to LB; differences with Alexander over LB’s annual allowance; LB entertains; LB’s servants request release from; travels to meet Louis XII; and LB’s illness in Ferrara; agrees to LB’s allowance; musical and theatrical interests; and news of Alexander’s death; enmity with Venice; and LB’s concern for Borgia children; seeks favour with Julius II; virility; exiles Ippolito; illness; death and succession; qualities and achievements
Esame delle Suppliche (Ferrara)
Este family: rule in Ferrara; status; history and succession; liking for LB; and Congiura conspiracy; Jews protected by 300; decline
Este, Alberto d’ (Ercole’s illegitimate brother)
Este, Alexandro d’ (LB’s earlier son): birth and death
Este, Alexandro d’ (LB’s later son): birth and death
Este, Alfonso I d’ (LB’s third husband) see Alfonso I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara
Este, Baldassare d’
Este, Blessed Beatrice da
Este, Borso d’
Este, Cesare d’ (Alfonso’s illegitimate grandson)
Este, Diana d’, see Contrari, Countess
Este, Ercole I d’ see Ercole I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara
Este, Ercole II d’ (LB’s son): birth; illnesses and recoveries; proposed evacuation from Ferrara; portrait with mother; education; leaves Ferrara; childhood
Este, Ercole d’ (Duke Ercole’s nephew)
Este, Federico d’
Este, Ferrante d’ (Alfonso’s brother): allowance; in Rome for LB’s betrothal; reports on LB’s clothes; accompanies LB to Ferrara; character and career; education; LB’s fondness for; attends Julius II’s coronation; aspires to dukedom; and father’s imminent death; Julius II favours; visits Venice with Alfonso; in Congiura; and Alfonso’s return from pilgrimage; denounces Giulio to Alfonso; tried and imprisoned; death in prison; Julius demands release of
Este, Francesco d’ (LB’s son)
Este, Giulio d’ (Alfonso’s brother): accompanies Isabella to meet LB; performs in intermezzi; as Isabella’s favourite; at Duke Ercole’s deathbed; at Alfonso’s investiture as Duke; feud with brother Ippolito; attacked and stabbed in eyes; occupies rooms in Corte; reconciled with Ippolito; in Congiura plot; Francesco Gonzaga harbours; Ferrante denounces; handed over to Alfonso and imprisoned; released in old age
Este, Cardinal Ippolito d’: ecclesiastical benefices and preferments; Cesare requests horses from; and LB’s reception before marriage; remains in Rome; background and character; Duke and Duchess of Urbino write to; as LB’s confidant; as guardian to Cesare’s sons; attends Julius II’s coronation; helps Cesare; quarrels with father and Julius II; and father’s impending death; at Vigoenza during Ferrara plague; negotiates with Julius II over Cento and La Pieve; feud with brother Giulio; reconciled with Giulio; and Alfonso’s proposed absence on pilgrimage; and Congiura conspiracy ; and Alfonso’s return from pilgrimage; submits to Julius II; and Cesare’s death; LB corresponds with over Bentivoglio; celebrates new year; differences with Francesco Gonzaga; and murder of Ercole Strozzi; in war against Venice; in papal wars against Ferrara; visit to French court; as co – guardian of Rodrigo Bisceglie; and Giovanni Borgia’s upbringing; trip to Hungary; LB’s mother writes to
Este, Ippolito d’ (LB’s son): born; childhood illnesses
Este, Isabella d’, Marchioness of Mantua see Isabella Gonzaga
Este, Isabella Maria d’ (LB’s daughter)
Este, Leonello d’
Este, Leonora d’ (LB’s daughter)
Este, Niccolò d’
Este, Sigismondo d’ (Alfonso’s brother)
Este, Sigismondo d’ (Ercole’s brother)
Estuniga, Lope de
Faenza, Astorre Manfredi, lord of
Farnese, Cardinal Alessandro see Paul III, Pope
Farnese, Angelo
Farnese, Girolama
Farnese, Giulia (Orsini): as Alexander VI’s mistress; visits Pesaro; on Caterina Gonzaga; leaves Pesaro to see dying brother; captured by French and released
Federico (chancellor)
Federigo, King of Naples: coronation; declines Alexander’s proposed marriage of Cesare Borgia to Carlotta; and Alfonso’s marriage settlement with LB; Ferdinand of Aragon supports; returns Alfonso to LB
Ferdinand, King of Aragon and of Spain: rule in Aragon; conquers Granada; relations with Alexander VI, 23, 30; non – attendance at Juan Gandia’s wedding; conflict with Louis XII;
Ferdinand, King of Aragon—cont. secret treaty with Louis XII; and marriage of LB and Alfonso d’Este; and Rodrigo Bisceglie’s estates; seeks favour with Julius II; and Cesare’s imprisonment; in alliance with Julius II and Venice; claim to Kingdom of Naples; attacks France; death
Ferrante, King of Naples
Ferrara: Este rule in; LB’s popularity in; delegation to LB in Rome; LB travels to; character; LB’s arrival in; LB’s life and amusements in; plague in; and papal ambitions; under Ercole; Alfonso’s rule and reforms in; secret passageways; building improvements; grain crisis; Conspiracy ('Congiura’) in; carnival in; new year celebrations; Julius II’s hostility to; war against Venice; Jews in; French troops reinforce; Leo X resumes war against; convents; Dominicans in; fortifications strengthened; celebrates return of Alfonso from Paris; decline; earthquake (1570)
Ferrari, Giovanni, Cardinal of Modena
Ferrera, Juan
Fertella, La (clown)
Fino, Giovanni di
Florence
Flores, Bartolomeu, Archbishop of Cosenza
Foix, Catherine de
Foix, Gaston de
Foligno
Forli
Forno, El Modenese del
Forno, Girolamo del
Forno, Masino del
Fornovo, battle of (1495)
France: invades Italy; Cesare Borgia allies with; defeats Venice at Agnadello; moves south in Italy ; troops reinforce Ferrara; in battle of Ravenna; attacked by Spain and England; and Francis I’s expedition to recover lost Italian possessions
Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua: seeks influence with Pope; Fornovo victory against Charles VIII; commands Holy League forces; meets LB; and Giovanni Sforza’s flight from Pesaro; Cesare Borgia requests horses from; with Louis XII in Italy; nervousness of Cesare Borgia; marriage to Isabella d’Este; protests at seizing of Dorotea Malatesta; and LB’s arrival in Ferrara; letters from Isabella; Marchioness of Cotrone writes to; absence from LB’s wedding with d’Este; and Isabella’s fear of Cesare Borgia; Isabella warns of Cesare’s plotting; makes peace with Cesare; letter from Pico della Mirandola; on Alexander’s death; reconciles Ercole and Ippolito d‘Este; appearance and character; relations and correspondence with LB ; sexual activities; syphilis; marriage relations; with French army against Naples; and grain crisis in Ferrara; LB seeks help in securing release of Cesare; and LB’s son’s illness; protects Giulio d’Este; and arranged Bentivoglio/Torelli marriage; Alberto Pio stirs up trouble with Alfonso d’Este; and d’Este Congiura conspiracy; supports Julius II; hostility with Alfonso d’Este; and birth of LB’s son Ercole; LB appeals to apprehend killer of Don Martino; and murder of Ercole Strozzi; illness; leads papal forces against Ferrara; captured and imprisoned by Venetians; freed from prison; Julius, II appoints Gonfalonier of Church; LB appeals to for help in papal wars; concern for LB’s safety;
hopes to invite LB to Mantua; attempts to divert Julius II from Ferrara; withdraws from discussions of Most Holy League; believes Ferrara finished; rebukes wife; LB tells of Jofre Borgia’s death; LB pleads for condemned man on Isabella’s behalf; LB writes to on criminal Alfonso Rampino; death; religious beliefs
Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
Francis I, King of France
Frassina, Comatre
Frederick III, Emperor
Fregoso, Ottaviano
Furlano, Enea (‘il Cavaliero’)
Gabbioneta, Archdeacon of
Gacet, Francesco (or Francesc)
Gadio, Stazio
Gaeta
Gandia, dukedom of
Gandia, Juan BorgiaDuke of: Alexander VI’s fondness for; character and behaviour; succeeds to titles and estates; and LB’s marriage to Giovanni; marriage to Maria Enriques; supposed non – consummation of marriage; granted lands; relations with Giovanni Sforza; homesickness; portrait; returns to Rome; leads campaign against Orsini; and LB’s divorce from Giovanni; disappearance and death; invested Duke of Benevento; body found and funeral; accused of incest with LB
Gandia, Pedro Luis Borgia, Ist Duke of
Gardner, Edmund G.
Gatto, Marcantonio
Genoa
Gian Cantore see Artigianova, Gian de
Gianuzzi, Jacopo de’
Giordano, Vincenzo
Giovanna, Madonna
Giovio, Paolo
Giustinian, Antonio
Gonzaga family: rule in Mantua, I; seek favour with Alexander VI; apprehensions of Cesare Borgia
Gonzaga, Caterina
Gonzaga, Chiara
Gonzaga, Eleonora; as Duchess of Urbino
Gonzaga, Federico
Gonzaga, Ferrante
Gonzaga, Francesco see Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
Gonzaga, Giovanni
Gonzaga, Isabella (née d’Este), Marchioness of Mantua see Isabella Gonzaga
Gonzaga, Laura Bentivoglio
Gonzaga, Maddalena (Giovanni Sforza’s first wife)
Gonzaga, Ottaviano
Gonzaga, Sigismondo, Cardinal
Gonzaga da Bozzolo, Federico
Gouffier, Admiral Guillaume, seigneur de Bonnivet
Gramont, Gabriel, Cardinal – Bishop of Tarbes
Granada
Grasica, Juan
Gregorovius
Grotto, Bartolommeo
Guerrea, Anthoni
Guicciardini, Francesco: on Alexander VI’s capabilities; on LB – Alfonso d’Este marriage; on practice of poisoning; on Julius II; on Julius II”s participation in war; on Leo X’s plans for Ferrara; on Francis I of France; on Louis XII’s excesses; History of Italy
Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino: commands papal army captured and released; and killing of Juan Gandia; deprived of status as papal vicar; greets LB on journey to Ferrara; flees on Cesare’s capture of Urbino; returns to Urbino; retrieves stolen possessions; LB asks to intercede for Cesare
Henry VII, King of England
Henry VIII, King of England
Hispaniola
Holy League
homosexuality
Imola
Infessura, Stefano
Inghirami, Tommaso (‘Fedra’)
Innocent VIII, Pope
Isabella, Queen of Castile and of Spain
Isabella Gonzaga (née d’Este), Marchioness of Mantua: letters from Brognolo; marriage to Francesco Gonzaga; on Cesare Borgia’s syphilis; told of attack on Alfonso Bisceglie; fear of Cesare Borgia; avoids commission to bring Sister Osanna to Ferrara; interest in LB’s dress and behaviour; character and qualities; LB meets; di Prosperi reports to; resents and disparages LB; and LB’s household; warns husband of Cesare’s plotting with Louis XII; congratulates Cesare for coup against conspirators; El Prete reports on LB to; rivalry with LB; hates Camposampiero; and Francesco’s sexual exploits; political and intellectual acumen; marriage relations; letters from LB on administrative matters; and Francesco’s relations with LB; pregnancy; LB sends gifts to; children; on Cesare’s death; praised in Pio’s eclogue; told of birth of LB’s son and LB’s relations with Francesco Gonzaga; protects Barbara Torelli; rules Mantua in husband’s absence; defends Mantua in papal war; LB pleads to intercede with Francesco in papal war; di Prosperi seeks favours from; and Most Holy League plans; and evacuation of Ercole from Ferrara; and Julius Il’s vendetta against Ferrara; leaves Mantua for Milan; Francesco rebukes; wishes to entertain Prospero Colonna; fondness for fruits in syrup; improved relations with LB; LB informs of Alfonso’s visit to Paris; exploits indulgences; LB sends condolences on Francesco’s death
Italian League
Italy: conditions and rule in; French invade
Jeanne de France, Queen of Louis XII
Jews: converted; expelled from Spain and Portugal; protected by d’Este
Julius II, Pope (Giuliano della Rovere); rivalry and relations with Alexander VI; backs Cesare Borgia; Alexander rewards; Alexander claims to protect; attitude to Cesare; character and qualities; elected; confines Cesare; power and ambitions; syphilis; attitude to Ferrara; negotiates over Cento and La Pieve with Ippolito d’Este; and feud between Giulio and Ippolito d’Este; Alfonso d’Este meets; enters Bologna; and Cesare’s escape from Spanish prison; accuses Alfonso d’Este of killing of Ercole Strozzi; hostility towards Ferrara and Alfonso d’Este; appoints Alfonso d’Este Gonfalonier of Church; death; pact with Venice against French; excommunicates Alfonso d’Este; moves to Bologna; ill health; forms league with Ferdinand of
Julius II, Pope – cont. Spain; forces defeated at Ravenna (1512); Alfonso seeks reconciliation and absolution from; and LB’s position in Ferrara
Ladislaus Jagiello, King of Hungary
Lampugnano, Pietro Giorgio
Lanciano
Lang, Matthaus, Cardinal – Bishop of Gurk
Lapalisse, Jacques de Chabannes, seigneur de (Gran Maestro)
Las Cases, Juan
Lazzarino, Domine Niccolo
League of St Mark
Leo X, Pope (Giovanni de‘Medici): on Borgias; continues war against Ferrara; captured; elected pope; coronation; suspends edict on Alfonso d’Este; retains territories; and Alfonso’s absence in Paris; and Martin Luther; letter from dying LB
Leonardo da Vinci
Lippomano (Venetian envoy)
Llopis, Juan
Lombardo, Antonio
Lopez, Juan, Cardinal of Capua
Lopez de Haro, Don Diego
Lorqua, Don Ramiro de
Louis XII, King of France: accession; conflict with Ferdinand of Aragon; Alexander VI supports; campaign in Italy; and Charlotte d’Albret’s marriage to Cesare; Borgias support; claim to Naples; secret treaty with Ferdinand of Aragon; and LB’s marriage to Alfonso d’Este; Ferrante d’Este meets; donates county of Cotignola to Alfonso d’Este; Duke Ercole meets; Cesare visits in Milan; obstructs Cesare; and Alexander’s death; refuses Cesare’s request for restitution of duchy; Alfonso d’Este’s alliance with; captures Genoa; and League of Cambrai; Ippolito d’Este visits; sends envoy to Rome to sue for peace; death
Louise, Princess of France
Louise, Queen Mother of France (‘Madama’)
Lucia Brocadelli of Narni, Sister
Luther, Martin
Luzio, Alessandro
Machiavelli, Niccolò: meets Cesare Borgia in Urbino; and League against Cesare; and Cesare’s military intentions; on Julius II’s attitude to Cesare; and capture of Michelotto; tribute to Cesare; condemns Venetians; Discourses; The Prince
Maddaleni, Fausto Evangelista
Maffei, Federico
Magione, La
Magnanimo, Hieronymo
Malatesta, Dorotea
Malatesta, Pandolfo
Malatesta, Parisina
Malatesta, Roberto
Malegonelle, Antonio
Mallett, Michael
Malvezzi, Polissena
Mantegna, Andrea
&
Mantua: Gonzaga family rule, I; Guidobaldo Urbino flees to; LB visits; Isabella d’Este defends
Manutius, Aldus
Marches: under Borgia control
Marguerite d’Angoulême
Maria Enriques, Princess of Aragon
Mariano, Fra
Marignano, battle of (1515)
Marinello, Giovanni
Marrades, Juan
Marti, Bartolomeu (Cardinal Segorbe)
Martino de Amelia (jester)
Martino, Don
Mary, Queen of Louis XII
Matarazzo, F. (chronicler)
Matta, Andrea della
Matuzzi, Elisabetta
Matuzzi, Pietro
Maximilian I, Emperor; death
Medelana, Este villa at
Medici family
Medici, Giuliano de’
Medici, Lorenzo de’ (’the Magnificent’)
Medici, Lorenzo de’, the Younger
Medici, Piero de’
Medina del Campo, Castile
Meli da Crema, Fra Antonio
Melina, Count
Messisbugo, Cristoforo da
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelis, Fiammetta de’
Michelotto see Corella, Don Miguel de
Michiel, Cardinal Giovanni, Bishop of Porto
Mila, Adriana de: cares for LB; and supplicants for Alexander VI’s favours; Juan Gandia sends compliments to; and Giovanni Sforza; and Orsini; accompanies LB to Ferrara LB’s fondness for
Mila, Lorenzo da
Mila, Maria de
Milan: ruled by Sforzas; alliance with Naples; alliance with Alexander VI; as hereditary fief of French king
Mirafuentes, Gonsalvo de
Mirandola
Mirandola, Eleonora della
Mirandola, Julia della
Modena: plague in; in papal wars; Alfonso d’Este hopes to reclaim
Modena,Vincenzo da
Mole, Margarita
Mona
Moncada, Ugo de
Montefeltro, Elisabetta da see Elisabetta da Montefeltro, Duchess of Urbino
Montefeltro, Guidobaldo da see Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino
Monterotondo
Montesina, Madona
Montevegio, Count Ottaviano da