[_Lat. orig. autogr._--_Library of Geneva._ Vol. 106.]
[422] Francis de Bonnivard, prior of St. Victor, celebrated for
his wise and prudent spirit, his talents, and above all, by his
long captivity in the Castle of Chillon. Restored to liberty on the
conquest of the Pays de Vaud by the Bernese, he returned to his
own country, and was charged with the editing of the Chronicles of
Geneva. Having been married previously to Catherine Baumgartner of
Berne, he married, in 1544, Jeanne d'Armeis, herself at that time
widow of two husbands, and mother of the Syndic Amblard Corne. This
marriage was not a happy one, and the quarrels of the two spouses
drew upon them more than once the censures of the Consistory. See
_Notice of Francis Bonnivard, Prieur of St. Victor_, by Doctor
Chaponnière. Genève, 1546.