INDEX

Æneas Sylvius, see Pius II.

Agapito, see Gerardino, Agapito

Agramont, Count of, 300

Agrigentum, Bishop of, 101

Alain, Cardinal of Santa Prassede, 31

Albret, Alain d’, 131

Albret, Charlotte d’, 71, 131;

marries Caesar Borgia, 132, 137;

her death, 310

Albret, Jean d’, 131, 284, 291, 300, 301, 305

Aleson, Padre, 306

Alexander VI., Pope, 38;

nepotism of, 47, 48;

election of, 51;

his dissolute life, 51;

a temporal prince, 53, 64, 69, 70, 72, 78, 83, 86;

meets Alfonso of Naples, 88;

removes to Castle St. Angelo, 93;

treaty with Charles VIII., 93, 94;

avoids the King, 96;

goes to Perugia, 97;

his letter to the people of Orvieto, 98;

the Romagnol barons, 100;

creation of cardinals, 101;

declares the Orsini rebels, 101;

receives Giuffre and Sancia, 104;

grief for murder of Gandia, 109;

reform of the Church, 114;

goes to Ostia, 118;

alliance with Louis XII., 123, 124, 133, 149;

confiscates estates of the Riario, 151;

appoints Caesar gonfalonier, 151;

confers the Golden Rose on him, 153, 160;

Faenza banned, 163;

creates twelve cardinals, 164, 171;

threatens Bologna, 172, 177;

receives French officers, 179, 182;

places the ban on the Colonna and the Savelli, 186;

his son Giovanni, 187;

relations with Ferrara, 188, 189, 190;

his opinion of Caesar, 191;

goes to Piombino, 192;

to Elba, 193, 196;

seizes the Orsini, 221, 222, 229;

threatens Caesar, 230;

seizes the towns of the Savelli, 232;

watches Naples, 234;

stricken by the plague, 235;

death and rumours of poison, 236, 238;

obsequies, 248, 261

Alexius, Attilius, 41

Alfonso of Naples, Duke of Bisceglia, 73, 121;

murder of, 157–9, 161

Allegre, Yves d’, 92, 138, 144, 146, 147;

in Rome, 179

Alviano, Bartolomeo d’, declared a rebel, 101;

active about Rome, 103, 202, 257, 260

Alvisi, E., 232

Amananti, Jacopo, Cardinal of Pavia, 39

Amboise, Georges d’, Cardinal of Rouen, 123, 129, 245, 246;

in Rome, 247, 249;

defends Caesar, 261, 274

Anastasius, Pope, 28

Angelo, Michael, his “Cupid,” 201

Appiano, Giacomo d’, 176

Aquilano, Sebastiano, 119

Aragona, Luigi d’, comes to Rome, 247, 249

Aranda, Pedro de, Bishop of Calahorra, 124, 306, 307

Arignano, Domenico d’, 74

Aubigny, Count d’, 137

Auton, Jean d’, chronicler, 137;

account of Pope’s reception of French officers, 179–80;

account of the expedition against Naples, 181;

the taking of Capua, 182

Avignon, the Papal See at, 58

Ayala, Pedro de, 287

Baglioni, the, join the Pope’s enemies, 103, 257

Baglioni, Giampaolo, 164, 212;

attacks Perugia, 242, 274

Balue, Cardinal, 66

Barbo, Marco, Cardinal, 41

Barbo, Piero, 39

Beaumont, Luis de, 300, 301, 302, 305

Benavente, Count of, 286–7, 290

Benedict XIII., Anti-Pope, 32

Bentivoglio, the, 205

Bentivoglio, Annibale, 258

Bentivoglio, Ercole, 147

Bentivoglio, Giovanni, 164, 171, 172, 173;

his agreement with the Pope, 214, 276

Bessarion, Cardinal of Nicæa, 31, 32, 41

Bisceglia, Alfonso, Duke of, see Alfonso of Naples

Boccaccio, Gianandrea, 75;

account of Caesar Borgia, 82

Bologna, relations with the Pope, 205

Bona of Savoy, regent in Milan, 62, 88

Boniface VIII., Pope, 28, 58

Books, dedication of, 67

Borgia or Borja family, the, 31;

their character, 52, 68, 70;

family solidarity, 72;

their enemies, 242

Borgia, Alonzo, Cardinal (see Calixtus III., Pope), 31, 68

Borgia, Angela, 139

Borgia, Catalina, 69, 77

Borgia, Caesar, 38, 44, 53, 64, 67, 71, 73;

his birth, 75–6;

plans in central Italy, 76, 77;

student in Pisa, 78;

his letter to the Counsellors of Pamplona, 79;

in Spoleto, 81, 82, 83;

made cardinal, 85, 88, 93;

hostage of Charles VIII., 93, 94, 95, 96, 97;

Governor of Orvieto, 98, 99, 100;

meets the Duke of Gandia, 102–4;

legate to Naples, 105;

suspected of the murder of Gandia, 110–12;

crowns the King of Naples, 117;

returns to Rome, 118;

book dedicated to, 119;

to resign ecclesiastical offices, 123;

goes to France, 124–5;

meets Louis XII., 126, 129;

Duke of Valentinois, 130, 131;

marries Charlotte d’Albret, 132;

given Order of St. Michael, 135;

his daughter Louise, 137;

first campaign in Romagna, 139;

takes Forli, 144;

Vicar of Imola and Forli, 145;

in Rome, 147–9;

Vicar of Romagna, 150;

Governor of Imola, 151;

Gonfalonier of the Church, 151;

his oath, 152;

the Golden Rose, 153;

a bull-fighter, 154;

and the artists, 155;

murders Alfonso of Naples, 158, 159;

second campaign in Romagna, 164;

relations with the Gonzaga, 166;

enters Pesaro, 167;

his habits, 168;

returns to Rome, 173;

Florence, 175;

and Machiavelli, 175, 176;

in Rome, 179;

expedition against Naples, 182;

Capua, 185;

affairs in the north, 186, 189, 190, 191;

goes to Piombino, 192;

Elba, 193;

third campaign in Romagna, 194;

has Manfredi killed, 195, 196;

goes to Spoleto, 197, 199;

Duke of Urbino, 201;

his letter to Lucretia, 203;

goes to Milan, 204;

estranged from his captains, 205;

the conspiracy, 206–7;

and Machiavelli, 208–10, 211, 212;

his captains return to him, 215;

receives delegation from Ancona, 217;

goes to Sinigaglia 218;

the trap at Sinigaglia, 219;

has Oliverotto and Vitelli killed, 220;

seizes Città di Castello, 223;

has Paolo and Francesco Orsini strangled, 224, 226;

his letter to the Balia of Siena, 226–7, 228, 229, 230;

a power in Central Italy, 230, 231;

plots with Spain, 223, 234;

ill of the plague, 235, 237;

he recovers, 240;

seizes the Pope’s personal property, 241;

his domain crumbles, 242;

and the Sacred College, 243, 244, 245;

leaves Rome with troops, 246, 248, 251;

favoured by Pius III., 252;

deserted by Moncada and Romolino, 253;

brings his men to Rome, 255, 256;

his fortunes improve, 257;

again deserted, 258;

he escapes but returns to Rome, 259, 260, 261, 265;

lodged in the Vatican, 267;

relations with Julius II., 269;

leaves Rome, 270;

arrested, 272, 273, 274;

confined in the Borgia tower, 275;

goes to Ostia, 276–7;

goes to Naples, 278, 279;

arrested by Gonsalvo de Cordova, 280;

sent to Spain, 284;

attempts to kill his gaoler, 285, 286, 287;

escapes from prison, 289;

the investigation, 291–3;

informs friends of his escape, 294, 298, 299;

Captain-General of Navarre, 302;

is slain, 304;

his body taken to Viana, 305;

entombed in Santa Maria, 306;

news of his death reaches Italy, 308, 309;

his epitaph, 310, 312

Borgia, Francesco, Cardinal of Cosenza, 101, 146;

flees from Rome, 275

Borgia, Francina, 68

Borgia, Giovanni, Cardinal of Monreale, dies of the plague, 235

Borgia, Giovanni, Cardinal of Santa Susanna, his death, 145

Borgia, Giovanni, see Gandia, Duke of

Borgia, Giovanni, Lord of Camerino, 38, 73, 187

Borgia, Girolama, 73, 86

Borgia, Girolamo, son of Caesar, 311

Borgia, Giuffre, Prince of Squillace, 73, 83, 85;

marries Sancia of Naples, 87;

enters Rome, 104, 120, 248;

arrested and released, 281

Borgia, Gonzales Gil, 68

Borgia, Isabella, daughter of Rodrigo Borgia and wife of Pietro Giovanni Matuzzi, 73

Borgia, Isabella de, sister of Calixtus III., 70

Borgia, Juan Domingo, 68

Borgia, Juana de, wife of P. Guillem Lanzol, 71

Borgia, Laura, daughter of Alexander VI., betrothed to Niccolò della Rovere, 282

Borgia, Louise de, daughter of Caesar, 137, 310, 311

Borgia, Lucretia, daughter of Alexander VI., 71, 73;

her birth, 75;

under care of Adriana Mila, 77;

betrothed to Giovanni Sforza, 83;

married, 84, 104;

divorced, 120;

married to Alfonso, Prince of Bisceglia, 121, 158, 161, 187;

placed in charge of Vatican, 189;

married to Alfonso d’Este, 192;

the final estimate of her, 192, 285, 308;

her death and her descendants, 312

Borgia, Lucretia, daughter of Caesar, 311

Borgia, Ludovico, 145

Borgia, Pedro Luis, First Duke of Gandia, 72

Borgia, Pier Luigi, 33, 34;

made cardinal, 164

Borgia, Raymon, 68

Borgia, Ricardo, 68

Borgia, Rodrigo (see Alexander VI.), 32, 33, 34, 37;

made cardinal, 41;

crowns Sixtus IV., 32, 48, 50, 51;

a student of canon law, 52;

Bishop of Valencia, 52;

Vice-Chancellor, 52, 71, 77, 78;

elected pope, 80

Borgia, Ximenes Garcia, 68

Borja, see Borgia

Borja, Rodrigo Gil de, 70

Borja, y Doms, Jofre, 70

Braccio, Alessandro, 114

Brantôme, describes Caesar’s entry into Chinon, 126

Bretagne, Anne of, 131

Brissonet, Guillaume, Cardinal of Santa Prudenziana, comes to Rome, 247

Bugliotto, Odoardo, 246

Bull-fighting in Rome, 154

Burchard, Johann, his account of the murder of the Duke of Gandia, 107–14;

on the death of Cardinal Orsini, 226

Calderon, Pedro, murder of, 119

Calixtus III., Pope (Alonzo Borgia), 31, 32, 34, 39, 43, 70, 71, 72, 77

Calmeto, Vincenzo, 223

Camerino, fall of, 202

Canale, Carlo, 74

Capello, Paolo, relation of, 114, 116, 119;

describes Caesar, 155, 158;

on Alexander VI., 162, 165

Capranica, Bartolomeo, 211

Capranica, Domenico, Cardinal, 31, 33

Capua, capture of, 183

Caraffa, Oliviero, Cardinal, 51

Caranza, Pedro, 81

Cardenas, Bernardino de, 288–9

Cardinals, the, their wealth, 64;

their character, 65

Carilli, Alonzo, 302

Carlotta of Aragon, 121, 130

Carniola, the Bishop of, 239

Carvajal, Bernardino, Cardinal, 41, 275

Casio, Jeronimo, his epitaph on Caesar, 310

Castiglione, Baldessare, 138

Catanei, Vanozza de’, 72–3;

her character, 74;

her house plundered, 93, 248, 275, 311

Catherine, St., 39

Cecco d’Ascoli, 27

Cesarini, Giuliano, 86

Charles VIII., claims Naples, 83;

prepares to invade Italy, 88;

his character, 89, 90;

enters Tuscany, 92;

enters Naples, 95;

returns to Rome, 95, 97;

returns to France, 98, 103;

his death, 122, 136

Chinchilla, Caesar sent to, 284

Church, States of the, 43

Churches, murders in, 65

Cibo, Franceschetto, 48, 49

Cibo, Giambatista, elected pope, 48;

his nepotism and avarice, 49

Cibo, Lorenzo, 50, 51

Clement VII., Pope, 232

Collennuccio, Pandolfo, 167;

on Caesar’s habits and character, 168

Colonna, feud with the Orsini, 60;

they hold to the Pope, 103;

banned by the Pope, 186, 203

Colonna, Cardinal, 50, 66, 93;

returns to Rome, 249

Colonna, Fabrizio, 84, 103, 182;

captured, 184

Colonna, Prospero, 182;

returns to Rome, 242, 244, 246, 247

Commines, Philippe de, envoy to Venice, 90

Communes, the Italian, 56–7

Condottieri, the, 59

Cordova, Juan de, 211

Cordova, see Gonsalvo de Cordova

Corio, Bernardino, 41

Corneto, Adriano di, Cardinal, the dinner in his garden, 236

Corrella, Michelotto, 158, 173, 211, 260;

captured, 274;

examined for crimes, 281

Cosimo, Pietro di, 156

Costabili, Beltrando, 191;

on death of Alexander VI., 238

Crime during the Renaissance, 115

Croce, Giorgio de, 72, 74

Dante, his “Convito,” 26

Da Vinci, Leonardo, 137, 155, 193, 205

Decio, Filippo, 78

Dijon, the Bailli of, 138, 146

Dolcino di Novara, 27

Doms, family arms, 70

Doms, Sibilla, 70

Doria, Andrea, 223

Dracaz, Giacomo, 99

Empire, the, 56

Enea, Silvio, see Pius II.

Enriquez, Maria, 73, 102, 284

Este family, 58;

arms, 71

Este, Alfonso d’, 71, 73;

marries Lucretia Borgia, 187–8, 192

Este, Ercole d’, 188, 191

Este, Fernando d’, 191

Este, Ippolito d’, 105, 188, 191, 308

Este, Isabella d’, 188, 221

Estouteville, Cardinal, 104, 187

Faenza, invested, 170;

surrenders, 173

Farnese, Alessandro, 64, 84;

made cardinal, 86

Farnese family, 86

Farnese, Giulia (La Bella), 38, 64, 73, 77, 81;

captured by the French, 92

Federico, Caesar’s secretary, arrested by Julius, 11, 297

Feo, Giacomo, 140

Ferdinand II. of Spain, 77, 286;

goes to Naples, 287, 289, 300–1

Ferdinand II. of Naples, 98

Ferdinand of Naples, 83

Ferrara, 188;

her orator complains to the pope, 189

Ferrer, Luis, 289

Ferrerio, Vincenzo, 32

Foix, Gaston de, 286

Foix, Germaine de, 286

Forli surrenders, 143–4

Fornovo, battle of, 98

Florence, 45, 175

Flores, Antonio, 94

Flores, Bartolomeo, 83

Francesco da Pistoja, 27

France, superiority of armies of, 91

Frederic II. of Naples, 105, 130;

declared deprived of Naples, 182;

goes to France, 185

Gaetani, the, robbed by Alexander VI., 164, 167

Gandia, Giovanni Borgia, Duke of, 73;

made Captain-General, 102;

wounded, 103;

the murder of, 107–14

Gasparino da Verona, 37

Gerardino, Agapito, 124, 154, 208, 213, 224;

deserts Caesar, 272

Ghibellines, the, 57

Giovanni, Don, Infans Romanus, see Borgia, Giovanni, Lord of Camerino

Giovio, Paolo, 184

Giulia Bella, see Farnese, Giulia

Giustinian, Antonio, Venetian ambassador, 214, 225, 236, 247, 252, 253, 255, 260;

his opinion of Julius II., 266, 269, 270, 273, 275, 277, 278, 280

Gonsalvo de Cordova, defeats the French, 233, 258, 275;

victory at the Garigliano, 276, 279, 280, 285;

sends Caesar to Spain, 282, 287, 288

Gonzaga family, 58

Gonzaga, Francesco, Cardinal, 41, 74, 97, 165

Got, Bertrand, made pope, 58

Grammont, French ambassador, 245

Grasica, Juanico, Caesar’s equerry, 305;

goes to Ferrara, 308

Gregorovius, Ferdinand, opinion of Caterina Sforza, 140;

on Letter to Silvio Savelli, 190, 283

Guelphs, 57

Guevara, Antonio de, 307

Guicciardini, Francesco, his opinion of Alexander VI., 52, 184;

account of Alexander’s death, 238

Guilds, 55

Gurk, Cardinal (Raymond Perrault), 93

Guzman, Gabriel, 284

Illegitimacy during the Renaissance, 42, 54–5

Infessura, Stefano, his opinion of Sixtus IV., 45;

his opinion of Innocent VIII., 50, 84

Innocent VIII., Pope (Giambatista Cibo), 48, 49;

death of, 50, 78

Investiture, Wars of, 56

Isabella of Aragon, daughter of Alfonso of Naples, 89

Isabella of Spain, 285

Italy, corruption in, 48

Jeanne la Folle, 285, 288, 292

Jubilee of 1300, 58

Julius II., Pope (Giuliano della Rovere), 115, 266;

statement to Giustinian, 267;

attitude towards Caesar, 269, 270, 272;

arrests Caesar, 273, 275, 277, 280, 281, 283, 289

La Trémoille, Louis de, 154

La Trémoille, Louis II. de, 310

League of the Conservation, 95

League against France, 95

Lenzol, the, family arms, 70, 71

Lenzol, Jofre, 69

Lenzol, Pedro Luis, 69

Lenzol, Rodrigo, 69, 71

Lenzol y Borja, Jofre, 71

Lenzol y Moncada, 71

Ligny, Louis de, 137

Lopez, Juan, 81, 97

Lorca, Remiro de, 124, 193;

put to death, 216

Louis XII., King of France, 122;

alliance with Alexander VI., 123, 124, 131;

his claim to Milan, 136, 137, 171, 176, 177, 178;

league with Pope against Naples, 182;

thanks Caesar for his services, 185, 186, 200;

receives Caesar at Milan, 204, 212, 229;

restores Pandolfo Petrucci to Siena, 232–3;

sends troops to the Regno, 234;

his Prime Minister, 246, 258, 286, 289;

deprives Caesar of his French fiefs, 299, 300, 310

Luna, Pietro de, 103

Machiavelli, 76;

on Giampaolo Baglioni, 115, 175;

sent to Caesar, 199;

his opinion of Caesar, 200, 208–10, 216, 219, 232, 261, 271, 272

Maillard, Benoit, his description of a banquet given to Caesar, 125

Malatesta family, lords of Rimini, 59

Malatesta, Pandolfo, 164, 169, 257

Mancini, Jeronimo, 191

Manfredi family, lords of Faenza, 59

Manfredi, Astorre, 163, 168, 169;

his bravery, 172;

surrenders, 173;

murder of, 194, 196

Mantua, Marquis of (Gian Francesco Gonzaga), 248

Marades, Juan, 81

Marches, the Lords of the, 101

Marciano, Rinuccio da, 182;

wounded and captured, 184

Mariana, Juan de, historian, 69, 72

Marsini, Niccolò, 203

Martin V., Pope, 32

Martyr, Peter, of Anghiara, 239

Matarazzo, 186;

on Caesar, 231

Matilda, Countess, 56

Maximilian, his ambassador arrives in Spoleto, 96, 165, 190, 286, 298, 300

Medici, the, 45, 58

Medici, Giovanni de’, made Cardinal, 49, 51, 64

Medici, Giuliano de’, murder of, 45, 65, 174

Medici, Lorenzo de’, attempted murder of, 45

Medici, Maddalena de’, married to Franceschetto Cibo, 48

Medici, Piero de’, 90, 174

Medino del Campo, fortress of, 285, 290

Mendoza, Diego de, 276

Mendoza, Pedro de, his letter, 295–6

Mercenaries in Italy, 59

Michele, see Corrella, Michelotto

Michelotto, see Corrella, Michelotto

Michiel, Giovanni, Cardinal, 41, 51

Middle Ages, 62;

the Arts during, 63

Mila, Adriana, 69, 77

Mila, Juan del, Cardinal, 69

Mila, Juan, Bishop of Zamora, 32, 69

Mila, Juan, Luis de, 32

Mila, Perot del, 69

Mirandola, Antonio Pico della, suspected of the murder of Gandia, 110

Moncada, Juan de, 71

Moncada, Ugo, 211, 253

Montefeltre, Federico, made Duke of Urbino, 44, 198, 210, 234, 267

Montefeltre, Giovanna, 44

Montefeltre, Guido, 215

Montefeltre, lords of Urbino, 59

Montpensier, Gilbert de, Vice-Regent in Naples, 98

Moret, the chronicler, 289, 304

Moro, Ludovico il, 62, 83, 88, 89, 95, 97, 98, 136, 137, 140, 146;

returns to Milan, 147;

defeated by the French, 154

Mottino, Admiral, 259, 277, 278

Mugnone, Lucchesina, 42

Naples, Federico of, 85

Naples, Ferdinand of, 45

Naples, league against, 83

Naples, Sancia of, see Sancia of Naples

Nepotism, 39, 47, 80

Nicæa, Cardinal-Bishop of, see Bessarion

Niccolò da Verona, 26

Nicholas III., Pope, 28

Nicholas V., Pope, 31, 68

Oliverotto da Fermo, 202, 213;

put to death by Caesar Borgia, 220

Olivieri, Giovanni, 154

Ordelaffi family, lords of Forli, 59

Orsini, the, 50;

their feuds, 60;

and Charles VIII., 101, 103;

strongholds in Rome, 116;

active about Rome, 228;

return to Rome, 242, 244, 257;

protest to the Pope against Caesar, 259, 260, 261

Orsini, Carlo, declared a rebel, 101;

captures the Duke of Urbino, 103

Orsini, Giambattista, Cardinal, 41;

made camerlengo, 42;

arrested by Alexander VI., 221;

his palace plundered, 222;

death in prison, 225

Orsini, Gian Giordano, declared a rebel, 101, 230

Orsini, Giulio, 174, 257

Orsini, Ludovico, Lord of Bassanello, 69, 77

Orsini, Niccolò, 229

Orsini, Paolo, declared a rebel, 101, 164, 174, 211, 213;

takes Urbino, 215

Orsini, Virginio, 50, 84, 85;

declared a rebel, 101;

made prisoner, 102

Orvieto, 98

Oviedo, Pedro de, 198, 274

Palavicini, Antoniotto Gentile, Cardinal of Sta Anastasia, 96

Panvinio, 69

Papacy, the, 28, 42;

secularisation of, 45–6;

politics of, 262

Paul II., Pope, 37, 40, 41;

his avarice, 45

Pavia, Cardinal of (Francesco Alidosio), 37

Pazzi, conspiracy, 45, 47

Pepoli, the, lords of Bologna, 59

Perugia, Bishop of, see Romolino, Francesco

Pesaro, surrenders, 167

Petrarch, 26, 28

Petrucci, Pandolfo, 212;

leaves Siena, 228, 251

Philippe le Beau, 285, 287;

his death, 288

Philippe le Bel, 58

Piccolomini, the, 51

Piccolomini, Enea Silvio, see Pius II.

Piccolomini, Francesco, Cardinal of Siena, elected Pope, 250

Pigna, Ferrarese ambassador, 113

Pinturicchio, Bernardo, 71

Piombino, surrender of, 176, 186

Pius II., Pope (Enea Silvio Piccolomini), his letter to Rodrigo Borgia, 34, 35, 39, 43, 54

Pius III., Pope (Francesco Piccolomini), compels French troops to withdraw from Romagna, 250;

death and rumours of poison, 251;

favours Caesar, 252;

makes Caesar Gonfalonier, 256, 258;

his death, 260

Plague of 1503, 235

Polentani, the, lords of Ravenna, 59

Politics, Italian, 166;

papal, 262

Pompilio, Paolo, dedicates a work to Caesar, 67, 77

Popes, the character of, 42;

temporal sovereigns, 46;

their nephews, 46;

corruption of, 48

Rationalism in Italy, 63

Renaissance, the Italian, 23–8, 38;

illegitimacy during, 42, 54–5, 62;

murder during, 65;

palaces of, 66;

lack of moral sense in, 67;

politics and rulers of, 77;

warfare during, 91

Requesenz, Caesar’s Majordomo, 285, 299

Riario, the, deprived of their domain, 151

Riario, Girolamo, 44, 140

Riario, Pietro, 41;

made cardinal, 43

Riario, Raffaele, Cardinal, 44, 50, 65;

returns to Rome, 249

Ribera, Juan de, Captain-General of Spain, 300–1

Rimini, surrender of, 169

Rio, Francesco, 277

Roccamura, Francesco de, 243

Rodrigo, son of Alfonso of Naples and Lucretia Borgia, 187

Romagna, feudal families of, 42;

lords of, 101;

Caesar’s first campaign in, 139;

second campaign in, 164;

third campaign in, 194;

remains faithful to Caesar, 213;

lack of order in, 282

Rome, corruption in, 49;

plague in, 235;

threatened by civil war, 242, 249

Romolino, Francesco, made Cardinal of Perugia, 78, 81, 101;

deserts Caesar, 253, 272;

flees from Rome, 275

Rouen, Cardinal of, see Amboise Georges d’

Rovere, della, the, 103

Rovere, Francesco della, 41, 42

Rovere, Giuliano della (Julius II.), made cardinal, 42, 43;

a skilful campaign manager, 48, 84, 93, 103, 124, 125, 130;

abandons the Riario, 139, 215;

returns from France, 249, 250, 251, 254;

complains of Caesar’s presence in Rome, 255, 262;

elected pope, 266, 268

Rovere, Giovanni della, 44, 45

Sacred College, treats with Caesar, 243

Saluzzo, Marquis of, 234

Sancia of Naples, 85;

marries Giuffre Borgia, 87;

enters Rome, 104;

her character, 105, 160, 177, 247

San Clemente, Cardinal of, 255

Sanctuary, right of, 65

Sangallo, Antonio di, 189, 193

San Giorgio, Cardinal, complains of Caesar’s presence in Rome, 255

San Malo, Bishop of, see Brissonet, Guillaume

San Marco, Cardinal of, 39

Sannazzaro, Jacopo, 185;

on Caesar’s death, 309

San Niccolò in Carcere Tulliano, Cardinal of, see Borgia, Rodrigo

San Pietro ad Vincola, Cardinal of, see Rovere, Giuliano della

Sant Angelo, Cardinal, 275

Santa Croce, Cardinal of, 276;

releases Caesar, 278

Santa Prudenziana, Cardinal, see Brissonet, Guillaume

Santi Quattro Coronati, Cardinal, see Borgia, Alonzo

Sanudo, 119–20, 145

Sasseta, Ranieri della, 279

Savelli, the, support the Pope, 103;

banned by the Pope, 186;

their estates seized, 187

Savelli, Giambattista, Cardinal, 51, 66, 93

Savelli, Silvio, the letter to, 114, 186, 190;

joins the Orsini, 228;

returns to Rome, 242

Savonarola, Girolamo, 27, 78

Scalla, the, family, 58

Scarampo, Ludovico, Cardinal, 33

Scipione, Baldassare di, 279, 281

Sclafenati, Gian Giacomo, Cardinal, 51, 74

Segovia, Bishop of, made cardinal, 101

Sforza, Ascanio, made cardinal, 44;

bribed with office of Vice-Chancellor, 50;

suspected of murder of Gandia, 110, 116, 246;

comes to Rome, 247, 249

Sforza, Caterina, 44, 140, 142, 144;

a prisoner, 147

Sforza, Francesco, seizes Milan, 61

Sforza, Galeazzo, 44, 88

Sforza, Galeazzo Maria, 44, 62

Sforza, Gian Galeazzo, 62

Sforza, Gian Galeazzo Maria, 88;

his death, 90

Sforza, Giovanni, of Pesaro, 73;

marries Lucretia Borgia, 84;

meets Gonsalvo, 103, 167

Siena, surrenders, 228

Sinigaglia, 216;

captured, 217

Sixtus IV., Pope (Francesco della Rovere), 42, 43;

his nepotism, 44–5;

a politician, 45, 46, 47, 48, 52, 76–7

Soderini, Francesco, sent to Caesar, 199;

his account of Cardinal Orsini’s funeral, 226

Spanocchi, Alessandro, 253

Spanocchi, Ambrogio, 39

Squillace, Prince of, see Borgia, Giuffre

Squillace, Princess of, see Sancia of Naples

Strozzi, Ercole, his Epicedium on Caesar, 309

Stuart, Berault, comes to Rome with the French Army, 179

Suere, Marco, 169

Toledo, Fabrique de, Duke of Alva, 286

Tomasi, Tomaso, his “Duca Valentino,” 69;

his opinion of Vanozza and Alexander VI., 74

Torrella, Gaspare, dedicates a work to Caesar, 119, 124, 203, 240

Trans, Baron of, see Villeneuve, Louis de

Trivulzio, Gian Giacopo, 146

Tyranny and tyrants, the Italian, 55–7, 58–9, 61, 101, 166

Umbria, the lords of, 101

Valentino, Valentinois see Borgia, Caesar

Valentinois, Duchess of, see Albret, Charlotte d’

Valgulio, Carlo, 102

Vannozza, see Catanei, Vannozza de’

Varano, Giulio Cesare, 202

Varano, lords of Camerino, 59, 202

Vasari, Giorgio, 155

Vatican, Orgies in, 84, 186

Venice, the Patriarch of, 51;

aids Montefeltre, 211–12

Vera, Juan, 78, 81

Verastegui, Ogier, 302

Vettori, Francesco, 195

Viana, the Castle of, 300, 301, 302, 303;

Santa Maria de, 306

Villeneuve, Louis de, Baron of Trans, 123

Virago, the, 142

Visconti, Filippo Maria, last of the, 61

Visconti, the, lords of Milan, 60

Visconti, Gian Galeazzo, 60

Visconti, Valentina, 136

Vitelli, the, return to Rome, 242

Vitelli, Vitellozzo, 103, 169, 174, 201, 213, 214;

put to death, 220

Warfare during the Renaissance, 91

Worms, Concordat of, 56

Yriarte, Charles, his genealogy of the Borgia, 69;

searches for Caesar’s remains, 307

Zapata, Martin, 78

Zeno, Battista, Cardinal, 41, 51

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