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INDEX
Please note that the page numbers are passim. An example, Louis III 76 – 102 means that Louis is found within these pages, but not necessarily on every page.
Albret, Amanieu d’ 34-55
Aldobrandi, Bertino 114-130
Alençon, François duc d’ [Heracles] 130-143
Alexander VI passim
Alexandre, Louis’ half-brother 143-177
Alfonso d’Este 34-55
Alfonso II of Aragon 25-32, 34-55
Alidosi, Giovanni 78-81
Almargo, Don Diego de 86-90
Amboise, cardinal d’ 78-81
Amboise, George d’ 34-55
Andagoya, Pascual de 86-90
Anguissola, Count of 177-181
Anjou, René de 12-25
Anne of Austria, Louis XIII’s wife 143-177
Arcus, Duke of 114-130
Arnauld, Henri 143-177
Arpino, Cavaliere d’ 81-83, 202-222
Arsago, Paolo 114-130
Ascanio, cardinal 12-25
Ascnio 114-130
Astorre, Gianevangelista 55-78
Atahualpa 86-90
Attendolo, Muzio 12-25
Avalos, Maris d’ 182-184
Babington, Anthony 195-202
Baglioni, Gian Paolo 34-55
Banquet of the Chestnuts 34-55, 55-78
Baradas, François de 143-177
Barchi, Benedetto 177-181
Baroncelli, Bernardo 101-105
Bassompierre, François de 143-177
Beard, Thomas 112-114
Bellay, Jean du 112-114
Bellay, Joachim du 181-182
Bellegarde, Roger de Saint-Lary de 143-177
Bellori, Giovanni 202-221
Bembo, Pietro 34-55, 55-78, 78-81
Benedict XIII 83-84
Bentivoglio, Ermes 34-55
Bentivoglio, Giovanni 34-55, 55-78
Bernini 81-83
Bianca, daughter of Caterina Riario Sforza de’ Medici 55-78
Boleyn, Anne 187-195
Boniface VIII 177-181
Borghese, Camillo 202-221
Borghese, Scipione 81-83, 202-221
Borgia, Alonso 25-32
Borgia, Cesare passim
Borgia, Jofrè 34-55
Borgia, Juan 34-55
Borgia, Lucrezia 34-55, 55-78
Borgia, Pier Luigi 25-32
Borgia, Rodrigo 25-32, 34-55
Borgian, Cesare 78-81
Bothwell, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of 187-195, 195-202
Bouillon, Duc de 143-177
Brazzio da Montone 12-25
Brunelleschi 114-130
Buckingham, George Villiers 143-177
Burchard, Johann, Master of Ceremonies 34-55, 55-78
Caesar 12-25
Caffarelli, Scipione 202-221
Calderon, Pedro 34-55
Caligula 55-78
Calixtus III 25-32
Calvetti, Olympio 222-225
Calvin, Jean 130-143
Capranica, Barolomeo da 34-55
Caracciolo, Biambattista 221-222
Carafa, Antonio 181-182
Carafa, Carlo 181-182
Carafa, Fabrizio 182-184
Carafa, Gian Piero 181-182
Caravaggio 81-83
Carlota, of Aragon 34-55
Carpi, Giacomo Bergenario da 114-130
Carracci, Annibale 221-222
Casanova, cardinal 34-55
Castoro 114-130
Catalano, Marzio 222-225
Catanei, Vannozza de’ 34-55
Caterina Sforza 25-32
Catherine of Aragon 78-81, 90-101
Caussin, Nicolas, Louis’ confessor 143-177
Cecchino 114-130
Cecco 202-221
Cecil, William, 1st Baron of Burghley 195-202
Celestine III 83-84
Cellini 78-81, 83-84
Cellini, Benvenuto 114-130
Cellini, Giovanfrancesco 114-130
Cellini, Giovanni 114-130
Cenci, Beatrice 222-225
Cenci, Bernardo 222-225
Cenci, Cristoforo 222-225
Cenci, Francesco 222-225
Cenci, Giacomo 222-225
Cenci, Lucrezia 222-225
Cenci, Rocco 222-225
Cencio 114-130
César, Louis’ half-brother 143-177
Chalais, Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, comte de 143-177
Charlemagne 55-78
Charles de Lorraine 181-182
Charles I 202-221
Charles IX 130-143, 187-195
Charles the Bold 90-101
Charles V passim
Charles VI 83-84
Charles VIII 12-25, 34-55, 90-101
Charles, Duke of Bourbon 114-130
Châteauneuf, Renée de 130-143
Chavigny, Claude Bouthillier, comte de 143-177
Chémerault, Mlle de 143-177
Chevreuse, Marie de Rohan 143-177
Chouppes, Aymar de 143-177
Cinq-Mars, Henri d’Effiat, Marquis de 143-177
Clement VII 12-25, 114-130, 177-181
Clement VIII 25-32
Clément, Jacques 130-143
Codronchi 55-78
Coligny, Gaspard II de 130-143
Colonna, Constanza 83-84, 202-221
Colonna, Fabrizio 34-55, 83-84
Colonna, Fabrizio Sforza 202-221
Colonna, Marcantonio 202-221
Colonna, Pompeo 181-182
Colonna, Prospero 34-55, 83-84
Concini, Concino 143-177
Condé, Henri II de Bourbon 130-143, 143-177
Confalonieri, Marquis of 177-181
Constantine, Emperor 55-78
Corella, Micheletto de 34-55
Cortés, Hernán 12-25, 107-112
Croce, Paolo di Santa 222-225
Dandolo, Matteo 112-114
Darnley, Henry Stuart, Lord of 187-195, 195-202
Domenichino 221-222
Dori, Leonora 143-177
Dorotea 114-130
Dracula [Dracul] 25-32, 32-34
Edict of Nantes 130-143
Edward III 90-101
Edward IV 90-101
Effiat, Antoine, Cinq-Mars’s father 143-177
Effiat, Mary de Fourcy, Cinq-Mars’s mother 143-177
Eleanor d’Acquitaine 143-177
Elizabeth I, Queen 130-143, 184-187, 195-202
Entragues, François de Balzac 130-143
Épernon, Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, duc d’ 130-177
Erasmus 55-78
Ercole d’Este 34-55
Espinay, François d’ 130-143
Este, Alfonso d’ 34-55
Este, Eleonora d’ 182-184
Este, Ercoli d’ 55-78
Este, Ferrante d’ 34-55
Este, Giulio d’ 34-55
Este, Givevra d’ 8-12
Este, Ippolito d’ 34-55
Estouteville, cardinal d’ 25-32
Étampe, Madame d’ 114-130
Eugenius IV 25-32
Fano, Bishop of 8-12
Farnese, Alessandro 34-55, 177-181
Farnese, Giulia 34-55
Farnese, Luigi 177-181
Farnese, Niccolò 177-181
Farnese, Orazio 177-181
Farnese, Pier Luigi 114-130, 181-182
Farnese, Piet
ro 177-181
Farnese, Ranuccio 177-181
Farnese, Victoria 177-181
Feo, Bernadino 55-78
Feo, Giacomo 55-78
Feo, Tommaso 55-78
Ferdinand, King of Spain 12-25, 34-55, 105-107
Fernandez, Gonzalo 83-84
Ferrai, Gianbattista 34-55
Ferrante of Naples 12-25, 55-78, 101-104, 143-177
Ferrante, son of King Alfonso 25-32
Firenzuola 114-130
Fontrailles, Louis d’Astarac vicomte de 143-177
Foppa, Cristoforo 114-130
Foucault, Louis 143-177
Francesco II 12-25
François I 12-25, 83-84, 114-130, 143-177
François II 130-143, 187-195
Frederick III, Roman Emperor 90-101
Frederick, King of Denmark 195-202
Frederigo of Aragon 34-55
Frizer, Ingram 184-187
Garzoni, Tommaso 202-221
Gaston, Louis XIII’s brother 143-177
Gentileschi, Orazio 202-221
Gheri, Cosimo 177-181
Giamberti, Antonio di Sandro di Paolo 114-130
Gillford, Gilbert 195-202
Giustinian, Antonio 83-84
Giustinian, Venetian ambassador 34-55
Gonsaga, Francesco 34-55
Gonzaga, Marie 143-177
Gonzaga, Roberto 8-12
Gonzaga, Rodolfo 8-12
Gordon, Katherine90-101
Gregory XIII 130-143
Guicciardini, Francesco 55-78, 78-81
Guise, François de 130-143
Guise, Henri duc de 130-143
Hautefort, Marie de 143-177
Henri II 12-25, 130-143, 187-195
Henri III 130-143, 143-177, 195-202
Henri IV 130-143, 143-177
Henry VII 34-55, 90-101
Henry VIII passim
Huguenots 130-143
Il Moro 12-25
Innocence VIII 55-78
Innocent VIII 34-55
Isabella, Queen of Spain 34-55, 105-107
James IV 90-101
James, Mary Queen of Scots’ son 195-202
Joanna, daughter of Roman Emperor Maximilian 90-101
Johnson, Lyndon 25-32
Juan of Navarre 34-55
Julius II 12-32, 34-55, 78-81, 83-84
La Fayette, Louis de 143-177
La Meilleraye, Duc de 143-177
La Rochefoucauld 143-177
Lampugnano, Giovanni Andrea 12-25, 55-78
Landriani, Lucrezia 55-78
Landriano, Battle of 12-25
Lennox, Matthew Stewart, 4th Count of Lennox 195-202
Leo X 12-25, 34-44
Leonidas 78-81
Lepanto, Battle of 202-221
Lippi, Filippo 114-130
Lippi, Giovanni Francesco 114-130
Longhi, Onorio 202-221
Lorca, Ramiro de 34-55
Lorenzino 114-130
Lorme, Marion Delon de 143-177
Louis XI 12-25
Louis XII 12-25, 34-55, 55-78, 83-84