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Adriana de Mila, see Mila, Adriana de. Albret, Charlotte d', married to Cæsar Borgia, 115, 325. Aldo Manuzio, 132, 305, 327; in Venice, 340. Alexander VI, see Borgia, Rodrigo. Alfonso d'Este, see Este. Alfonso of Biselli, see Alfonso of Naples. Alfonso of Naples, 111, 113; flees from Rome, 116; attempt on his life, 147; murdered, 148. Allegre, Monsignor d', captures Alexander's mistress, 87, 143. Amboise, Cardinal George d', 115, 169, 296. Angelo, Michael, first appearance in Rome, 135; his Pietà, 136. Aragon, Eleonora of, wife of Ercole d'Este, 54. Aragona, Camilla Marzana d', wife of Costanza Sforza, 78, 82. Aragona, Isabella d', of Milan, 334; guardian of Rodrigo Borgia, 335. Aragonese of Naples, their fall, 172. Arignano, Domenico of, 11. Ariosto, 247, 254, 308-309, 311; his Orlando, 340. Asolani, i, 31. Baglione, Giampolo, his cowardice, 99. Ballet, the, 255. Bayard, the Chevalier, his opinion of Lucretia, 332. Behaim, Lorenz, humanist, 32. Bella, la, or Giulia Bella, 39; see also Farnese, Giulia. Bellingeri, Hector, 188. Bembo, Cardinal, 31; eulogizes Alexander VI, 100; condoles Lucretia on Alexander's death, 291; dedicates his Asolani to Lucretia, 305, 306, 340. Beneimbeni, notary, 131. Bentivoglio, Ginevra, 101. Bisceglie or Biseglia, see Biselli. Biselli, 111; Lucretia duchess of, 113. Biselli, Alfonso of, see Alfonso of Naples. Borgia, Alfonso, founder of the family, 3. Borgia, Angela, married to Francesco Maria della Rovere, 115, 223, 310; wife of Alessandro Pio, 311. Borgia, Anna de, Princess of Squillace, 334. Borgia, Beatrice, sister of Alexander VI, 5. Borgia, Cæsar, his birth, 12; his moderation, 29; at the University of Pisa, 39; made bishop of Valencia, 48; his personality, 57-58; made cardinal, 65; crowns Federico, king of Naples, 108; renounces his cardinalate, 113; sails for France, 115; made duke of Valentinois, 115; marries Charlotte d'Albret, 115; campaigns in the Romagna, 122, 280; takes Forli, 139; correspondence with Ercole d'Este, 145; letter to Gonzaga, 146; power over his father, 149; enters Romagna, 159; takes Pesaro, 161; Faenza, 166; made duke of Romagna, 170; in Naples, 172; returns from Naples, 188; his age, 202; letter to Lucretia, 280; treachery of his captains, 283; letter to Isabella Gonzaga, 285; taken sick, 286; loses his estates, 293; in Nepi, 295, 298; goes to Naples, 299; to Spain, 299; confined in Castle of Seville, 300; escapes, 317-318; informs Gonzaga of his escape, 319; his death, 321-322; his character, 323. Borgia, Catarina, sister of Calixtus III, 4. Borgia, Francesco, duke of Gandia, enters the Society of Jesus, 364; general of the order, 365; dies in Rome and is canonized, 365. Borgia, Giovanni, duke of Gandia, son of Vannozza, 12, 93. Borgia, Giovanni, Cardinal, "the elder," made cardinal, 49. Borgia, Giovanni, Cardinal, "the younger," 116; death of, 137; his parentage, 138. Borgia, Giovanni, "Infante of Rome," his parentage, 192-194, 295, 335; at Lucretia's court, 341-342; his death, 343-344. Borgia, Girolama, daughter of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, 18. Borgia, Giuffrè, son of Vannozza, his birth, 20; made archdeacon of Valencia, 40; marries Donna Sancia, of Naples, 65; Prince of Squillace, 71; comes to Rome, 92, 295; goes to Naples, 299. Borgia, Isabella, daughter of Cardinal Rodrigo, 19. Borgia, Isabella, sister of Calixtus III, 4. Borgia, Juana, sister of Cardinal Rodrigo, 5. Borgia, Juan Luis, nephew of Calixtus III, 4. Borgia, Lucretia, daughter of Cardinal Rodrigo and Vannozza, birth, 12-13; her education, 23; her modesty, 28; her linguistic attainments, 31; letters to Bembo, 31; betrothed to Cherubino Juan de Centelles, 41; betrothed to Gasparo de Procida, 42; married to Giovanni Sforza of Pesaro, 58-60; returns to Rome, 86; goes to the Convent of S. Sisto, 107; rumors concerning, 109; divorced from Sforza, 109; betrothed to Alfonzo of Naples, 111; becomes duchess of Biselli, 113; regent of Spoleto, 117; invested with title to Nepi, 118; gives birth to a son, 121; her private life, 125; her weakness, 151; goes to Nepi, 151; letters from there, 155-157, 172; represents the pope in his absence, 173; charges against her, 175; objections to her marriage, 184; nuptials with Alfonso d'Este, 185-187; prepares to depart, 196; her age, 201; her dowry, 204-207; her character, 212; her marriage, 216; her retinue, 222; leaves Rome, 225; journey to Ferrara, 232-240; entrance into Ferrara, 240-244; her person, 247; fêtes in her honor, 250-263; letter to Isabella Gonzaga, 263; gives birth to a daughter, 282; duchess of Ferrara, 303; her library, 304; corresponds with Giulia Farnese, 313; bears a son, 326; another, 328; regent of Ferrara, 328; claims Rodrigo's property, 336; change in her character, 338; relations with her husband, 341; her son, Alessandro, 341; letter to Isabella Gonzaga, 355; letter to Leo X, 356; her death, 357; place of burial unknown, 358; portraits of, 358-359; medals of, 359; posthumous reputation, 361; her children by Alfonso, 362. Borgia, Ludovico, governor of Spoleto, 121. Borgia, Luigi, 325. Borgia, Luisa, Cæsar's daughter, 325. Borgia, Pedro Luis, nephew of Calixtus III, 4, 5; his death, 6. Borgia, Rodrigo, nephew of Calixtus III, made cardinal, 4; vice-chancellor, 5; his sensuality, 7; his person, 9; his wealth, 17; and Adriana Orsini, 23; witness to marriage of Giulia Farnese and Orsino Orsini, 38; elected pope, 44; his coronation, 45; letter to his daughter, 74; his abstinence, 94; secures Lucretia's divorce, 108; determines to marry Lucretia into house of Naples, 110; demands hand of Carlotta of Naples for Cæsar, 110; letter to priors of Spoleto, 117; assumes control of Nepi, 120; his intellectual pleasures, 126; extols Ercole, 188; his Latin, 189; falls sick, 197; letter to the priors of Nepi, 224; sickness and death, 286; his immorality, 289-291. Borgia, Rodrigo, nephew of Alexander VI, captain of the papal guard, 49. Borgia, Rodrigo, son of Lucretia and Alfonso of Naples, his birth, 121, 194, 295-296; his death, 333. Borgia, Tecla, sister of Cardinal Rodrigo, 5. Borgias, their coat of arms, 45; their character, 93-94; family, 203. Brandolini, Aurelio, 126. Bull-fighting in Rome, 220. Burchard, 125; his diary, 129-131, 177, 289. Cagnolo of Parma, his description of Lucretia, 248. Calcagnini, Celio, bridal song, 246, 340. Calixtus III, 4; his death, 6. Calvin, 363. Cambray, League of, 327. Canale, Carlo, 21-22. Capello, Polo, account of Cæsar, 177, 180. Caracciolo, his De Varietate Fortunæ, 334. Caranza, Pedro, privy-chamberlain, 49. Carlotta of Naples, 110. Carlotta, Queen of Cyprus, 32. Castelli, Adriano, 132. Castiglione, 31, 250, 305. Castle Vecchio, description of, 270-272. Catanei, see Vannozza Catanei. Cavalliere, Bartolomeo, letter of, 182. Caviceo, Jacopo, dedicates his Peregrino to Lucretia, 308. Centelles, Cherubino Juan de, betrothal to Lucretia, 41. Charles V, 4, 327. Charles VIII, 62; enters Italy, 87; retreats, 90. Chrysoleras, 32. Cieco, Francesco, his Mambriano, 277. Classic culture, 26. Collenuccio, Pandolfo, poet and orator, 85; letter to Ercole, 161, 293-294; his death, 295. Colonna, Vittoria, 30, 136, 142. Copernicus in Rome, 129. Cortegiano, il, 31. Cosenza, Cardinal of, 191; Rodrigo Borgia's guardian, 297. Costa, Michele, 339. Cotrone, Marchesana of, letter to Gonzaga, 253. Croce, Giorgio de, husband of Vannozza, 12, 20. Dance, the, during the Renaissance, 253. Decio, Philippo, jurisprudent, 40. Della Rovere, see Rovere. Dianti, Laura Eustochia, mistress of Alfonso d'Este, 362, 366. Diplovatazio, Giorgio, 84. Dossi, Dosso, 278, 339. Drama, the, 128. Eleonora of Aragon, wife of Ercole d'Este, 270. Enriquez, Maria, wife of Giovanni Borgia, duke of Gandia, 64. Este, palaces of the, 244; their history, 266-270; family expires in Alfonso II, 366. Este, Alfonso d', 54; projected marriage with Lucretia, 167, 182; greets his bride, 236; becomes duke of Ferrara, 303; conspiracy against, 315; suspected of the murder of Strozzi, 327; under ban of Julius II, 331; asks the pope's forgiveness, 333; attends coronation of Leo X, 338; cultivates the arts, 339; letter to his nephew on Lucretia's death, 357. Este, Alfonso II, d', succeeds to throne of Ferrara, 366. Este, Alfonso Luigi d', son of Renée, 365. Este, Anna d', wife of the duke of Guise, 366. Este, Beatrice d', wife of Ludovico il Moro, 54. Este, Ercole d', 54; letter to Alexander VI, 55; letter to Gonzaga, 186; to his envoys, 198; relations with Lucretia, 205; present to her, 217; letter to Alexander VI, 265; congratulates Cæsar, 284; letter to Seregni, 287; to Lucretia regarding her son Rodrigo, 297-298; his death, 303. Este, Ercole II, d', duke of Ferrara, 362, 364. Este, Ferrante d', his imprisonment and death, 316. Este, Giulio d', attack on, 310; its consequences, 315; his imprisonment and death, 316. Este, Ippolito d', 56; made cardinal, 65, 186, 310. Este, Isabella d', wife of Francesco Gonzaga of Montua, her learning, 30, 54; meets Lucretia, 239, 245; her beauty and vanity, 252; letter to Lucretia, 263; congratulates Cæsar on his successes, 284; predilection for the arts, 340. Estouteville, Cardinal, his children, 54. Farnese, Alessandro, 36-37; made cardinal, 65. Farnese, family, 36-37. Farnese, Girolama, 65, 312. Farnese, Giulia, 35; her betrothal, 37; marriage, 38, 39; "the pope's concubine," 63, 65; her daughter, Laura, 66; "Christ's bride," 66; her beauty, 69; captured by the French, 87, 123, 311; her death, 314. Fedeli, Cassandra, 28, 30. Federico of Naples, consents to betrothal of Alfonso and Lucretia, 110. Ferdinand of Naples, congratulates Sforza on his marriage, 62. Ferdinand of Spain, 299, 302. Ferno, Michele, describes Alexander's coronation, 46-48, 129. Ferrara, 191; Lucretia enters, 240-244; description of, 272-278. Ferrari, Cardinal, 185, 224. Filosseno, Marcello, sonnets to Lucretia, 308. Florence, her fear of Cæsar, 202. Foix, Gaston de, 332. Gaetani, family, 122; their property given Lucretia, 123; return to Sermoneta, 296. Gambara, Veronica, her learning, 30. Gandia (see also Giovanni Borgia), Duke of, gonfalonier, 103; murder of, 105-106; his heir, 106, 177. Garofalo, Benvenuto, 278, 339. Ghibbelines, 14. Gonsalvo, 299. Gonzaga, Elisabetta, her pilgrimage to Rome, 140; letter to her brother, Francesco Gonzaga, 140-142. Gonzaga, Isabella, see Este, Isabella d'. Gradara, Castle of, 83. Greek, study of, 32. Guelf III of Swabia, 267. Guelphs, 14. Guicciardini, Francesco, his charges against Lucretia, 176. Imola, attacked by Cæsar Borgia, 121. Infessura, 11, 24. Inghirami, Phædra, 128. Inquisition, the, 365. Jovius, Paul, his opinion of Lucretia, 338. Jubilee of 1500, 137, 140. Julius II (see also Rovere, Giuliano della), 298, 312; offends Lucretia, 313; takes Perugia and Bologna, 317; forms League of Cambray, 327; places Alfonso under his ban, 331; his death, 338. Lanzol family, 4. Leo X, 338; his court, 340. Literature during the Renaissance, 96. Lopez, Juan, made chancellor, 49. Louis XII, 116; takes Milan, 121; opposes marriage of Lucretia and Alfonso d'Este, 169; congratulates Alexander VI, 198. Loyola, Ignatius, 4, 364. Lucia of Viterbo, Sister, 257. Ludovico il Moro, 45; hatred of the pope, 89. Macchiavelli, his theory of the ruler, 98-99; his "Prince," 100. Majolica, 83. Malatesta, the, of Rimini, 77. Malatesta, Sigismondo, 25. Malipiero, letter of, 180. Manfredi, Astorre, surrenders to Cæsar, 166. Mantua, Isabella of, see Este, Isabella d'. Mantua, Marquis of, his letter on Alexander's death, 288. Manuzio, Aldo, see Aldo Manuzio. Marades, Juan, made privy-chancellor, 49. Marot, Clement, at court of Renée, 363. Matarazza of Perugia, 178-179. Matilda, Countess, 267. Maximilian, Emperor, opposition to Lucretia's marriage, 184, 329. Melini, the brothers, 127. Micheletto, confesses that Alfonso of Biselli was murdered by Alexander's orders, 346. Mila or Mella family, 4. Mila, Adriana, 5; married to Ludovico Orsini, 23. Montefeltre, the, 232. Montefeltre, Agnesina di, 142. Nepi, 119; given to Ascanio Sforza, 120; description of, 152-155; unhealthful climate of 158. Nepotism, 14. Novel, the, during the Renaissance, 26. Nugarolla, Isotta, her learning, 30. Orsini, Adriana (see also Mila, Adriana de), captured by the French, 87, 223. Orsini, Laura, daughter of the pope, 66; betrothed to Federico Farnese, 114; betrothed to Raimondo Farnese, 312. Orsini, Orsino, 23; betrothed to Giulia Farnese, 37; the marriage, 38. Paniciatus, N. Marius, his poems in honor of Lucretia, 245. Paul III, 36. Pazzi conspiracy, the, 14. Perotto, 177. Perugino, 100, 133. Pesaro, history of, 76-79; description of, 79-86; captured by Cæsar Borgia, 161. Pesaro, Giovanni of, see Sforza, Giovanni. Philosophy, study of, during the Renaissance, 29. Piccolomini, Cardinal, his children, 34; elected pope, 296. Pietà of Michael Angelo, 136. Pinturicchio, 100; his portrait of Giulia Farnese, 133; portraits of the Borgias, 134. Pius II, admonitory letter to Cardinal Borgia, 7. Pius III, 296. Poliziano, Angelo, 21. Pollajuolo, Antonio, sculptor, 134. Pompilio, Paolo, dedicates his Syllabica to Cæsar Borgia, 39, 129. Pontanus, 125; his epigrams, 176. Porcaro, the, adherents of the Borgias, 46; the brothers, 127. Posthumus, Guido, see Silvester, Guido Posthumus. Pozzi, Gianlucca, 185; description of Lucretia, 213; letter to Ercole d'Este, 220, 229-232. Prete, el, his account of Lucretia's wedding, 214-215, 218. Principe il, 100. Procida, Gasparo de, betrothed to Lucretia, 42; the contract dissolved, 51, 111. Pucci, Lorenzo, 66; letter to his brother, 67. Pucci, Puccio, 37, 65. Ravenna, battle of, 332. Reformation, the, 363. Renaissance, the, education of women during, 24-33; immorality during, 96-101, 135; the theater, 97, 251; traveling, 208; the dance, 253; dress, 260. Renée of France, wife of Ercole II, 362-363; placed in convent, 365; dies in France, 365. Requesenz, 300, 319, 321. Reuchlin, in Rome, 131. Romagna, Duke of, see Borgia, Cæsar. Rome, society of, 133; sack of, 362. Romolini, Francesco, 40. Romolini, Raimondo, goes to Rome, 182. Rovere, Francesco Maria della, secures Pesaro, 331. Rovere, Giuliano della (see also Julius II), his children, 34; goes to France to urge Charles VIII to invade Italy, 73, 115, 196; becomes pope, 298, 314. Sadoleto, 340. Sancia of Naples, Donna, gossip concerning, 95; banished from Rome, 134; her death, 334. Sangallo, Antonio di, Alexander's architect, 134. Sannazzaro, his epigrams, 125, 176. Sanuto, Marino, his diary, 178, 289. Saraceni, 188; letter regarding the bridal escort, 199-201; letter to Ercole d'Este, 220, 222-232. Savonarola, 95, 276. Serafina of Aquila, 126. Sermoneta, 122. Sessa, see Suessa. Sforza, the palace of, 81; tragedies among, 334. Sforza, Ascanio, made vice-chancellor, 44; joins the Colonna, 73; leaves Rome, 116, 143. Sforza, Battista, her learning, 30. Sforza, Blanca, 183, 185. Sforza, Cattarina, 101; surrenders to Cæsar, 139; her life, 139; released, 143; her death, 144. Sforza, Galeazzo, succeeds Giovanni, 331. Sforza, Ginevra, 28. Sforza, Giovanni, of Pesaro, offered Lucretia's hand, 50; betrothed to her, 52; marriage, 58; his person, 59; his relations with the pope uncertain, 71; letter to his uncle, Ludovico il Moro, 71; leaves Rome, 73; returns, 102; flees from Rome, 104; protests against divorce, 108; divorced from Lucretia, 109; appeals to Gonzaga for help, 159-160; leaves Pesaro, 160, 179; returns to Pesaro, 294; his death, 330. Sforza, Ippolita, 28. Sforza, Ludovico, captured by king of France, 143. Silvester, Guido Posthumus, poet, 85, 179. Sixtus IV, 14. Soriano, defeat of the pope at, 104. Sperulo, Francesco, Cæsar's court poet, 126. Spoleto, the castle of, 119. Squillace, Prince of, see Borgia, Giuffrè. Stage, the, during the Renaissance, 97. Strozzi, Ercole, eulogizes Cæsar Borgia, 100; poem on death of Cæsar, 324; murder of, 326. Strozzi, father and son, 277, 307. Suessa, Giovanni Borgia, duke of, 71. Taro, battle of the, 91. Tasso, Torquato, his Aminta, 83, 366. Tebaldeo, Antonio, 277, 308, 340. Theology, study of, during the Renaissance, 29. Tiepoli, Ginevra, wife of Giovanni Sforza, 330. Tisio, Benvenuto, see Garofalo. Titian, 327. Torelli, Barbara, 327. Trivulzia of Milan, 29. Troche, Cæsar's confidant, 191. Urbino, Elisabetta of, her learning, 30; her beauty, 252. Urbino, Guidobaldo of, in command of papal troops, 102. Valentino or Valentinois, see Borgia, Cæsar. Vannozza Catanei, mistress of Rodrigo Borgia, 10; her children, 12; her home, 15; marriage to Carlo Canale, 22, 295; charged with theft, 346; gives her house to Church of S. Maria del Popolo, 346; her last years, 347-351; her bequests, 351; her death, 351; her obsequies, 353. Vasari, his account of Pinturicchio's work, 133. Vatican, the orgy in, 178; life in, 189. Villa Imperiale, 83. Vinci, Leonardo da, 100. Virago, meaning of the term, 28, 101. Zambotto, Bernardino, his description of Lucretia, 247.

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