Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy (56 page)

Borgia, Luisa (or Louise; Cesare’s daughter by Charlotte)

Borgia, Maria Enriques (wife of Juan)

Borgia, Rodrigo (Alexander VI’s son)

Borja, Cardinal Alonso de see Calixtus III, Pope

Borja – Llancol, Juan de

Boschetti family

Boschetti, Albertino

Boschetti, Roberto

Boschetti, Sigismondo

Boschetto, Galeazzo

Boswell, James

Bracciano

Brandolinus Lippi, Raphael

Bresciano, Bartolommeo

Brognolo, Fioramonte

Brugi, Benedetto

Burchard, Johannes: on death of Juan Gandia; on death of Perotto; on Roman punishments and torture; on LB’s marriage to Alfonso Bisceglie; on attempted poisoning of Alexander VI; organizes Cesare’s triumphal procession; on capture of Ascanio Sforza; on Alfonso Bisceglie’s attackers; on LB’s marriage to Alfonso d’Este; reports Borgias’ misbehaviour in Vatican; on LB’s reception of Ferrara delegates; on Alexander’s burial

Byron, George Gordonh Baron

Caetani family

Caetani, Guglielmo

Cagnolo, Niccolo, on LB

Calacagnino, Alfonso

Calandra, Silvestro

Calderon, Pedro (‘Perotto’)

Calixtus III, Pope

Calmeta, Vincenzo

Cambrai, League of

Camerino

Camerino, Ercole da

Camposampiero, Lodovico ‘Vigo’ di

Canale, Carlo

Capello, Polo

Capilupo, Benedetto

Capodimonte

Cappello, Francesco

Capua, Cardinal of

Caracciolo, Giovanni Battista

Caraffa, Cardinal

Cardona, Juan de

Cardona, Ramón

Carlotta of Aragon: proposed as bride for Cesare Borgia

Carpi

Carri, Francesco

Casalivio, Luis

Casanova, Jacopo

Casio, Geronimo, of Bologna

Casola (Mantuan envoy at imperial court)

Cassina, la
(comedy)

Castellar, Juan

Castello, Francesco

Castiglione, Baldassare:
The Courtier

Castile

Castre – Pinos, Juan de

Catalans

Catherine of Aragon, Queen of Henry VIII

Catherine of Siena, St

Catherinella negra

Cattanei, Vannozza (LB’s mother): as Alexander VI’s mistress; marriages; Juan Gandia visits; on attack on Alfonso; on burial of Alfonso; accompanies Cesare to Nepi; death; letters to LB and Ippolito d’Este; career and circumstances

Cattaneo, Gian Lucido: on Giovanni – LB marriage; on Cesare Borgia’s ambitions; on Cesare’s marriage to Charlotte; and LB’s impending third marriage

Cavalleri, Bartolommeo de‘: and negotiations for LB – Alfonso d’Este marriage; and Ferrante d’Este’s debts; on Louis XII’s reaction to Alexander’s death

Cecharella, Madonna

Centelles, Querubi de

Cento

Cerveteri

Cervillon, Juan

Cesarini, Gian Andrea

Cesarini, Jeronima

Cesena

Cestarello, Sigismondo

Cestatello, Alfonso

Châlons, Archdeacon of

Charles I, King of Spain (Emperor Charles V)

Charles VII, King of France

Charles VIII, King of France: invades Italy; claim to Naples; enters Rome; outwitted by Alexander VI; unpopularity in Naples; character and appearance; quits Italy; death; Ferrante d’Este serves

Charlotte d’Albret see Borgia, Charlotte

Charlotte, Princess of France

Chaumont, Charles d’Amboise, seigneur de (French governor of Milan)

Chigi, Lorenzo

‘Cingano, il’ (‘The Gypsy’)

Civita Castellana

Claude, Queen of Francis I of France

Clement VIII, Pope

Colonna family

Colonna, Fabrizio

Colonna, Francesco

Colonna, Prospero

Columba of Rieti, Sister

Columbus, Christopher

Comascho, Gabriel

Comasco, Girolamo

Contrari, Beatrice de’

Contrari, Diana, Countess

Contrari, Uguccione dei

Corberan (ally of Borgias)

Cordoba, Gonsalvo de

Corella, Don Miguel de (Michelotto)

Corneto, Cardinal Adriano da

Correggio, Niccolò da: employs El Prete; in Ferrara party to meet LB; praises Isabella Gonzaga; and LB in Ferrara; takes LB’s message to Alfonso d’Este; and Alfonso’s attempt to heal breach between Ippolito and Giulio d’Este; composes eclogue; and Alberto Pio’s troublemaking; accompanies Alfonso to Venice; and Gonzaga’s protection of Giulio d’Este; given Giulio’s palazzo; present at LB’s meeting with Lucrezia Bentivoglio

Costabili, Antonio

Costabili, Beltrando: on LB’s departure for Ferrara; and Alexander VI’s view of Cesare; in Rome as Ferrarese ambassador; on Alfonso d’Este; and dispute over LB’s allowance; and LB’s stillborn daughter; Alexander praises LB’s friendship with Ippolito d’Este to; on Alexander’s illness; Alfonso writes to pleading for Cesare’s release; and attack on Giulio d’Este

Cotignola (county)

Cotrone, Marchioness of

courtesans

Croce, Giorgio della

Croce, Ottaviano della

Cursetta (courtesan)

Cusatro, Amato

Desprats, Francesc (papal nuncio)

Desprez, Josquin

Dianti, Laura

Dickens, Charles

Dolfo, Floriano

Dominican Order

Dossi, Dosso

Dragoni, Jacopo

Drusilla (Cesare’s lover)

Eleonora d’Este (d’Aragona), Duchess of Ferrara

Elisabetta da Montefeltro, Duchess of Urbino: and attack on Alfonso Bisceglie; as host to LB on journey to Ferrara; qualities; and Dorotea Malatesta; at LB’s wedding; in Mantua; and Cesare’s capture of Urbino; widowed; praised in Ercole Pio’s eclogue; takes refuge in Ferrara; makes formal visit to LB

Elna, Bishop of

Enriques, Enrich and Dona Maria

Equicola, Mario

Ercole I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara: and Alexander VI’s vanity; and LB’s divorce from Giovanni Sforza; and LB’s supposed child; and Louis XII’s entry into Milan; resists marriage of LB to son Alfonso; alliance with France; negotiates settlement on LB – Alfonso marriage; LB assures of loyalty; religious piety; brings nuns to Ferrara; and LB’s reception in Ferrara; relations with sons; and LB’s journey to Ferrara; background and appearance;

Ercole I d’Este –
cont.
rule; LB presents papal brief to; presents jewels to LB; good relations with LB; introduces LB to Sister Lucia; allots attendants to LB; differences with Alexander over LB’s annual allowance; LB entertains; LB’s servants request release from; travels to meet Louis XII; and LB’s illness in Ferrara; agrees to LB’s allowance; musical and theatrical interests; and news of Alexander’s death; enmity with Venice; and LB’s concern for Borgia children; seeks favour with Julius II; virility; exiles Ippolito; illness; death and succession; qualities and achievements

Esame delle Suppliche
(Ferrara)

Este family: rule in Ferrara; status; history and succession; liking for LB; and
Congiura
conspiracy; Jews protected by 300; decline

Este, Alberto d’ (Ercole’s illegitimate brother)

Este, Alexandro d’ (LB’s earlier son): birth and death

Este, Alexandro d’ (LB’s later son): birth and death

Este, Alfonso I d’ (LB’s third husband)
see
Alfonso I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara

Este, Baldassare d’

Este, Blessed Beatrice da

Este, Borso d’

Este, Cesare d’ (Alfonso’s illegitimate grandson)

Este, Diana d’,
see
Contrari, Countess

Este, Ercole I d’ see Ercole I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara

Este, Ercole II d’ (LB’s son): birth; illnesses and recoveries; proposed evacuation from Ferrara; portrait with mother; education; leaves Ferrara; childhood

Este, Ercole d’ (Duke Ercole’s nephew)

Este, Federico d’

Este, Ferrante d’ (Alfonso’s brother): allowance; in Rome for LB’s betrothal; reports on LB’s clothes; accompanies LB to Ferrara; character and career; education; LB’s fondness for; attends Julius II’s coronation; aspires to dukedom; and father’s imminent death; Julius II favours; visits Venice with Alfonso; in
Congiura
; and Alfonso’s return from pilgrimage; denounces Giulio to Alfonso; tried and imprisoned; death in prison; Julius demands release of

Este, Francesco d’ (LB’s son)

Este, Giulio d’ (Alfonso’s brother): accompanies Isabella to meet LB; performs in
intermezzi
; as Isabella’s favourite; at Duke Ercole’s deathbed; at Alfonso’s investiture as Duke; feud with brother Ippolito; attacked and stabbed in eyes; occupies rooms in Corte; reconciled with Ippolito; in
Congiura
plot; Francesco Gonzaga harbours; Ferrante denounces; handed over to Alfonso and imprisoned; released in old age

Este, Cardinal Ippolito d’: ecclesiastical benefices and preferments; Cesare requests horses from; and LB’s reception before marriage; remains in Rome; background and character; Duke and Duchess of Urbino write to; as LB’s confidant; as guardian to Cesare’s sons; attends Julius II’s coronation; helps Cesare; quarrels with father and Julius II; and father’s impending death; at Vigoenza during Ferrara plague; negotiates with Julius II over Cento and La Pieve; feud with brother Giulio; reconciled with Giulio; and Alfonso’s proposed absence on pilgrimage; and
Congiura
conspiracy ; and Alfonso’s return from pilgrimage; submits to Julius II; and Cesare’s death; LB corresponds with over Bentivoglio; celebrates new year; differences with Francesco Gonzaga; and murder of Ercole Strozzi; in war against Venice; in papal wars against Ferrara; visit to French court; as co – guardian of Rodrigo Bisceglie; and Giovanni Borgia’s upbringing; trip to Hungary; LB’s mother writes to

Este, Ippolito d’ (LB’s son): born; childhood illnesses

Este, Isabella d’, Marchioness of Mantua
see
Isabella Gonzaga

Este, Isabella Maria d’ (LB’s daughter)

Este, Leonello d’

Este, Leonora d’ (LB’s daughter)

Este, Niccolò d’

Este, Sigismondo d’ (Alfonso’s brother)

Este, Sigismondo d’ (Ercole’s brother)

Estuniga, Lope de

Faenza, Astorre Manfredi, lord of

Farnese, Cardinal Alessandro see Paul III, Pope

Farnese, Angelo

Farnese, Girolama

Farnese, Giulia (Orsini): as Alexander VI’s mistress; visits Pesaro; on Caterina Gonzaga; leaves Pesaro to see dying brother; captured by French and released

Federico (chancellor)

Federigo, King of Naples: coronation; declines Alexander’s proposed marriage of Cesare Borgia to Carlotta; and Alfonso’s marriage settlement with LB; Ferdinand of Aragon supports; returns Alfonso to LB

Ferdinand, King of Aragon and of Spain: rule in Aragon; conquers Granada; relations with Alexander VI, 23, 30; non – attendance at Juan Gandia’s wedding; conflict with Louis XII;

Ferdinand, King of Aragon—
cont.
secret treaty with Louis XII; and marriage of LB and Alfonso d’Este; and Rodrigo Bisceglie’s estates; seeks favour with Julius II; and Cesare’s imprisonment; in alliance with Julius II and Venice; claim to Kingdom of Naples; attacks France; death

Ferrante, King of Naples

Ferrara: Este rule in; LB’s popularity in; delegation to LB in Rome; LB travels to; character; LB’s arrival in; LB’s life and amusements in; plague in; and papal ambitions; under Ercole; Alfonso’s rule and reforms in; secret passageways; building improvements; grain crisis; Conspiracy
('Congiura’)
in; carnival in; new year celebrations; Julius II’s hostility to; war against Venice; Jews in; French troops reinforce; Leo X resumes war against; convents; Dominicans in; fortifications strengthened; celebrates return of Alfonso from Paris; decline; earthquake (1570)

Ferrari, Giovanni, Cardinal of Modena

Ferrera, Juan

Fertella, La (clown)

Fino, Giovanni di

Florence

Flores, Bartolomeu, Archbishop of Cosenza

Foix, Catherine de

Foix, Gaston de

Foligno

food and diet

Forli

Forno, El Modenese del

Forno, Girolamo del

Forno, Masino del

Fornovo, battle of (1495)

France: invades Italy; Cesare Borgia allies with; defeats Venice at Agnadello; moves south in Italy ; troops reinforce Ferrara; in battle of Ravenna; attacked by Spain and England; and Francis I’s expedition to recover lost Italian possessions

Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua: seeks influence with Pope; Fornovo victory against Charles VIII; commands Holy League forces; meets LB; and Giovanni Sforza’s flight from Pesaro; Cesare Borgia requests horses from; with Louis XII in Italy; nervousness of Cesare Borgia; marriage to Isabella d’Este; protests at seizing of Dorotea Malatesta; and LB’s arrival in Ferrara; letters from Isabella; Marchioness of Cotrone writes to; absence from LB’s wedding with d’Este; and Isabella’s fear of Cesare Borgia; Isabella warns of Cesare’s plotting; makes peace with Cesare; letter from Pico della Mirandola; on Alexander’s death; reconciles Ercole and Ippolito d‘Este; appearance and character; relations and correspondence with LB ; sexual activities; syphilis; marriage relations; with French army against Naples; and grain crisis in Ferrara; LB seeks help in securing release of Cesare; and LB’s son’s illness; protects Giulio d’Este; and arranged Bentivoglio/Torelli marriage; Alberto Pio stirs up trouble with Alfonso d’Este; and d’Este
Congiura
conspiracy; supports Julius II; hostility with Alfonso d’Este; and birth of LB’s son Ercole; LB appeals to apprehend killer of Don Martino; and murder of Ercole Strozzi; illness; leads papal forces against Ferrara; captured and imprisoned by Venetians; freed from prison; Julius, II appoints Gonfalonier of Church; LB appeals to for help in papal wars; concern for LB’s safety; hopes to invite LB to Mantua; attempts to divert Julius II from Ferrara; withdraws from discussions of Most Holy League; believes Ferrara finished; rebukes wife; LB tells of Jofre Borgia’s death; LB pleads for condemned man on Isabella’s behalf; LB writes to on criminal Alfonso Rampino; death; religious beliefs

Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino