(son of Amadeus the first duke) and Anne de Lusignan, daughter of
James, king of Cyprus. The prince of Piedmont was their son, Amadeus
afterwards duke of Savoy, the second duke, and ninth count, of the
name. By this marriage with Yolande of France, he had a numerous issue,
but no descendants in the third generation.
Page 371. line 5 from the bottom. _Duchy of Nemours._] This claim of
Charles of Navarre, prince of Viana to the duchy of Nemours, must have
been grounded on a grant made by king Charles VII. to his grandfather
Charles the noble, king of Navarre; which grant was held to have been
only personal, and to have terminated with the death of the donee. The
prince was therefore unsuccessful in his application.
Page 371. line 2 from the bottom. _St Vincent._] This saint is not
the ancient deacon and martyr of that name, but St Vincent Ferrier a
Dominican, of Valencia in Spain, and a great converter of Saracens and
worker of miracles. He died in 1419, and was canonized by order of pope
Calixtus in 1455. He was buried at Vannes; the place of his death, and
the miracles which were _attested_ to have been wrought on his tomb,
were the occasion of the distinguished honours conferred on him.
Page 375. line 3 from the bottom. _Duke of Gueldres._] Arnold of Egmont
duke of Gueldres, was married to Catherine, daughter of Adolphus, duke
of Cleves, by Mary, a sister of the duke of Burgundy. In the note to
p. 355. a sufficient reason will be found for his hostility, of which,
however, Heuterus takes no notice, saying only, that the matters in
dispute with the Deventrians and Frieslanders were settled through the
intervention of the duke of Cleves.
Page 378. last line. _John Corvin._] If so, then le Chevalier Blanc
could not mean Huniades, since he is already disposed of in p. 362. The
truth is, that nothing can exceed the confusion and misrepresentation
with which Monstrelet's accounts from these distant countries abound;
and it is labour lost to attempt at finding a meaning where there
probably never was any. Capistran, who is mentioned in the next page,
died also immediately after, or very soon upon his friend Huniades. I
rather suspect that this is a mere repetition of the preceding account,
as the reader will find the relation of the embassy in chapter LXIX.
repeated again in chapter LXXI. Probably towards the conclusion of his
history Monstrelet set down events without order or method, as he heard
them in conversation or otherwise, and did not live to arrange the
unconnected notes.
Page 385. line 2 from the bottom. _Him_.] The motive assigned by
Heuterus for this extraordinary display of friendship in the duke
towards the dauphin, is the hope "that this young prince, bound by the
_immensity_ of the obligation, would, on his accession to the throne,
be the firm friend of his son Charles, and of the Belgian states.
But, adds the historian, it is in vain that benefits are heaped on men
of a depraved disposition, as king Charles himself prophecied in the
following words. You know not, duke Philip, the nature of this savage
animal. You cherish a wolf who will one day tear your sheep to pieces.
Remember the fable of the countryman, who in compassion to a viper
which he found half frozen in the fields, brought it to his house,
and warmed it by his fireside, till it turned round and hissed at its
preserver." (Heuterus.)
Page 386. line 6. _Count of St Pol._] Thibaut de Luxembourg, lord
of Fiennes, younger son of Peter I. count of Brienne and St Paul,
married Philippa of Melun, daughter of John lord of Antoing, by whom
he had issue James lord of Fiennes, and count of Gaure, &c. Philip,
cardinal, and bishop of Mans, Francis viscount of Martigues, and
several daughters. It may be doubtful from what motive he embraced the
ecclesiastical profession, since a life of poverty was certainly not
included in his intention. He was made bishop of Mans and abbot of Igni
and Orcan and was prevented by death from wearing the cardinal's hat,
which was designed for him by pope Sixtus IV. 1st September, 1477.
Page 387. line 13. _Duke of Burgundy._] Charles duke of Bourbon, by his
marriage with Agnes of Burgundy, daughter of John the Fearless, had a
numerous issue, of whom the eldest succeeded to his duchy by the title
of John the Second, and was surnamed the good. Of the other children,
Charles was archbishop of Clermont; Lewis, bishop of Liege; Peter was
duke of Bourbon after the death of his brother, John II. His five
daughters were married respectively to the dukes of Calabria, Burgundy,
Gueldres, Savoy, and the prince of Orange.
Page 388. line 12. _Lord de Quievrain._] Philip de Croy, lord of
Quievrain, eldest son of John count of Chimay.
Page 388. line 13. _Lord d'Aymeries._] Anthony de Rollin, lord of
Aymeries. A particular account of this dispute is given by Heuterus, by
which it appears that Monstrelet's statement is very correct.
Page 390. line 5 from the bottom. _Safety._] In vol. x. chapter XV. the
very same accident which is here made to befal the dauphin, is also
recorded to have happened to the count de Charolois when hunting with
the dauphin after his accession to the throne. Qu. Has not Monstrelet
made the two stories out of one?
Page 392. last line. _Horse._] Ant. Bonfinius, in his Decades, says
nothing of the archbishop of Cologne, but mentions, as at the head of
this embassy, the bishop of Passau. Udalricus Pataviensium Pontifex,
opibus, auctoritate, moribus, et doctrinâ præcellens. He says that
it was by far the most magnificent embassy remembered in his time,
and that out of Hungary, Bohemia and Austria, and the bishopric of
Passau, there were chosen seven hundred noblemen to attend it, such
as "qui formâ, habitu, nobilitate, apparatuque pollerent, et quisque
regno dignus videretur." The greatest expectations were entertained
on the subject of this projected alliance, and the preparations made
for celebrating it at the imperial court exceeded every thing of the
kind before known. In the midst of these preparations, Ladislaus, then
only twenty-two years of age, and a young man of the most promising
character and attainments, was taken suddenly ill while presiding at an
assembly of the states, with symptoms, as it is stated, of the plague,
according to others, of poison; and he lived but thirty-six hours
after. Dying without issue, George Podiebrad was elected by the states
of Bohemia, and the great Matthias Corvinus by those of Hungary, to
succeed him in his respective dominions.
Page 396. line 5 from the bottom. _Count de Maulévrier._] This nobleman
is called, by Stow, sir Pierce Bressy, captain of Dieppe. The same
historian mentions that a second division of this expedition sailed to
the coast of Cornwall and burned the town of Fowey, under the command
of William lord de Pomyars.
Page 398. line 7. _Galiot de Genouillac._] James Ricard de Genouillac,
called _Galiot_, lord of Brussac, &c. master of artillery in 1479,
seneschal of Beaucare in 1480, son of Peter Ricard lord of Gourdon,
and brother of John Ricard lord of Gourdon, and of John Ricard lord of
Acier en Quercy. This last lord had a son who was also called _Galiot_,
and distinguished himself at the battle of Fornova and upon other
occasions.
Page 402. last line. _Earl of Warwick._] This is Richard Nevil, the
kingmaker, who, and his father the earl of Salisbury, were now the
principal supports of the York, or opposition, party. Richard Nevil the
father was brother of Ralph Nevil, earl of Westmoreland, and became
earl of Salisbury by marriage with Alice, only daughter and heir of
Montacute earl of Salisbury, who was killed at the siege of Orleans.
Richard Nevil, the son, married Anne, sister of Henry Beauchamp duke of
Warwick, and king of the Isle of Wight, and heir by descent from her
father to the earldom, which was conveyed by marriage to her husband.
Page 408. line 14. _Together._] This marriage was contracted by the
dauphin without the consent of his father, who prevented the young
couple from coming together for five years after they were betrothed
to each other. Their union was at last brought about by the duke of
Burgundy, who sent the lord of Montagu into Savoy, to bring away the
princess. She, it is added, was very ready to obey the mandate, and the
solemnity was shortly after concluded with great pomp at Namur. This
transaction by no means tended to reconcile the king to his son. [See
Vanderburch, Hist. Principum Sabaudonum.]
Page 405. line 15. _Bishop of Constance._] Qu. Coutances?
Page 413. line 13. _So._] See a particular account of this strange
ceremony of swearing on the peacock, or pheasant, in M. de St. Palaye's
Memoires sur l'Ancienne Chivalerie.
Page 415. line 4 from the bottom. _Duchy._] In right of his mother,
Elizabeth duchess of Austria. See the genealogical table and note in
the present vol.
Page 416. line 15. _Duchess of Burgundy._] John duke of Coimbra, son
of Peter, brother of Edward king of Portugal. He married Charlotte,
only daughter and heir of John III. king of Cyprus; but it seems to be
a mistake of Monstrelet's, where he calls her the widowed queen. She
survived the duke of Coimbra, and married for her second husband Lewis
prince of Savoy. The crown of Cyprus was usurped by James; the bastard
son of John III, and never enjoyed either by Charlotte herself or by
either of her husbands. Isabella, duchess of Burgundy, was sister of
Edward king of Portugal and of Peter duke of Coimbra.
Page 424. line 11. _Naples._] This great prince was succeeded in his
hereditary dominions of Arragon and Sicily by his brother John, who was
already king of Navarre in right of his queen, Blanche the daughter of
Charles the third. Alphonso claimed the right of conquest in disposing
of his kingdom of Naples in favour of his bastard, Ferdinand. The
succession of Arragon and Castile, and union of crowns in the person of
Ferdinand, the catholic, will be easily comprehended by the following
table.
JOHN, king of Castile, = ELEANOR, daughter of
died in 1390. | Peter IV. k. of Arragon.
|
+--------------------------+---------------+
| |
Henry III. king of Castile, Ferdinand, king of Arragon and
eldest son, died 1406. Sicily, succeeded his uncle Martin
| in 1410, died 1416.
| |
| +---------+----------------------------------+
| | |
John II. k. John II. king of Navarre Alphonso, k. of Arragon
of Castile, in right of his first wife, & Sicily & (by conquest)
died 1454. king of Arragon and Sicily after of Naples, died 1458,
his elder brother Alphonso, d. 1479. s.p.1. :
| | :
| | :
+-----+-----------------------+ +------------------------- :
| | | :
Henry IV. king of Castile ISABELLA = FERDINAND, (son of John II. :
married Blanche of Navarre, d. 1504. by his second wife,) d. 1516. :
and died 1474, s. p. :
Ferdinand (bastard)
king of Naples.
Page 435. line 3. _Bastard d'Armagnac._] John d'Armagnac, lord of
Gourdon, bastard son of John IV. count of Armagnac, and brother by
the same mother of another John d'Armagnac, called also de Lescun
archbishop of Auch. He was advanced by the dauphin, after he became
king, to several high offices of trust and favour, and was made marshal
of France in 1461. He married Margaret, daughter of Louis I. marquis
de Saluces, by whom he had one daughter, married into the house of
Amboise, and died A.D. 1472.
Page 435. line 14 from the bottom. _Marshal of Burgundy._] Thibault
the ninth marshal of Burgundy and bailiff of Franche Comté. He died
in 1469, leaving by Bona of Chàteauvilain his wife, Thibault lord of
Hericourt, who died without issue, and Henry lord de Neufchâtel, who
was made prisoner at the battle of Nancy, and died in 1503, and he
was brother of John de Neufchâtel, lord of Montagu. This lordship of
Neufchâtel in Burgundy must be carefully distinguished from the county
of Neufchâtel in Switzerland, with which it had no connection whatever.
H. Bryer, Printer,
Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London.