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Duke Lodovico was Lodovico Moro, a son of Francesco Sforza, who married Beatrice d’Este. He ruled over Milan from 1494 to 1500, and died in 1510.
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Notes to The Prince — W. K. (William Kenaz) Marriott translation
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See remark in the introduction on the word “intrattenere.”
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Louis XII, King of France, “The Father of the People,” born 1462, died 1515.
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Charles VIII, King of France, born 1470, died 1498.
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Louis XII divorced his wife, Jeanne, daughter of Louis XI, and married in 1499 Anne of Brittany, widow of Charles VIII, in order to retain the Duchy of Brittany for the crown.
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The Archbishop of Rouen. He was Georges d’Amboise, created a cardinal by Alexander VI. Born 1460, died 1510.
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Hiero II, born about 307 B.C., died 216 B.C.
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“Le radici e corrispondenze,” their roots (i.e. foundations) and correspondencies or relations with other states—a common meaning of “correspondence” and “correspondency” in the si…
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Francesco Sforza, born 1401, died 1466. He married Bianca Maria Visconti, a natural daughter of Filippo Visconti, the Duke of Milan, on whose death he procured his own elevation to…
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Sinigalia, 31st December 1502.
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Ramiro d’Orco. Ramiro de Lorqua.
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Alexander VI died of fever, 18th August 1503.
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Julius II was Giuliano della Rovere, Cardinal of San Pietro ad Vincula, born 1443, died 1513.
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San Giorgio is Raffaello Riario. Ascanio is Ascanio Sforza.
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Agathocles the Sicilian, born 361 B.C., died 289 B.C.
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Mr Burd suggests that this word probably comes near the modern equivalent of Machiavelli’s thought when he speaks of “crudelta” than the more obvious “cruelties.”
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Nabis, tyrant of Sparta, conquered by the Romans under Flamininus in 195 B.C.; killed 192 B.C.
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Messer Giorgio Scali. This event is to be found in Machiavelli’s “Florentine History,” Book III.
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Charles VIII invaded Italy in 1494.
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Pope Leo X was the Cardinal de’ Medici.
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“With chalk in hand,” “col gesso.” This is one of the bons mots of Alexander VI, and refers to the ease with which Charles VIII seized Italy, implying that it was only necessary fo…
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Battle of Caravaggio, 15th September 1448.
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Johanna II of Naples, the widow of Ladislao, King of Naples.
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Giovanni Acuto. An English knight whose name was Sir John Hawkwood. He fought in the English wars in France, and was knighted by Edward III; afterwards he collected a body of troop…
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