Note 28 — MAXIMILIAN I
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To be more exact, the Pope had promised the dispensation: it was not actually published till December 16, 1491.
Anne's matrimonial experiences form one of the most disgraceful incidents in all history. The shameless manner in which the Papacy issued this dispensation is only surpassed by the later bull which released Louis XII. from his virtuous though childless wife Jeanne, that he might marry Anne of Brittany.