the Duc de
Vendôme, 35 Anne de Montmorency,
afterwards Constable of France, Chabot de Brion, afterwardsAdmiral, the Prince de Talmont, heir of La Trémoille, and the
Sénéchal d'Armagnac were among the prisoners. In less than
two hours France was deprived of her sovereign and a whole
generation of paladins. Altogether, it is believed that over
10,000 of the French and their auxiliaries perished on the
field of battle, or were drowned in attempting to escape
across the Ticino, and at least 4,000 were taken prisoners.
The loss of the victors was comparatively small, probably
not more than 1,000.
Notes
(1) Thus history repeated itself in a singular manner, for Maximilian's father,
Ludovico
il Moro
, had been dispossessed of his duchy by Louis XII and carried
away captive to France, where he died, in 1510, at the Château of Loches.
(2) By the Pragmatic Sanction, which had been promulgated at Bourges in
1438, the authority of the Pope was subordinated to periodical General Councils;
the free election of bishops, abbots, and priors was guaranteed to chapters and
communities; and the various extortions, known as
annates, réserves
and
expectatives
, by which a great part of the ecclesiastical revenues of France went
to fill the Papal coffers, were suppressed. Successive pontiffs had made great
efforts to secure its revocation, but until now without success.
(3) Regnier de la Planche.
(4) Juana, second daughter of
Ferdinand and Isabella — Jeanne la Folle, as the French
called her.
(5) He came forward in theory
as a German prince, basing his claim on his lordship of the old
kingdom of Arles, a fief of the Empire.
(6) Du Bellay,
Mémoires.
(6b) [Kindle note: the original here
reads "1721".]
(7) Guillaume Gouffier, Seigneur de
Bonnivet, born about 1488; killed at the battle of Pavia, February 24,
1524. Educated with François I, to whom his elder brother was
gouverneur
, he became a great favourite with that prince. He
was sent on a diplomatic mission to England in 1518, and represented François
at the Diet of Frankfurt the following year. He was celebrated for his gallant
adventures, and carried his temerity to the point of becoming his master's rival
in the affections of Madame de Chateaubriand and of laying siege to the heart
of the King's sister. In the latter enterprise he was unsuccessful, and in an
attempt to take by storm the fortress he had failed to reduce, he was vigorously
repulsed, and bore for some time the proofs of his defeat upon his face.
Marguerite has herself related the details of this affair in the fourth
nouvelle
of the
Heptaméron
.
(8) Du Bellay,
Mémoires
.
(9) Daughter of the Emperor Maximilian and Mary of Burgundy; born 1840;
married first, in 1497, Don John, son of Ferdinand and Isabella; secondly,
in 1512, Philibert le Beau, Duke of Savoy; Governess of the Netherlands;
died 1530.
(10) Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec (1485-1525), was the second of the three
brothers of François's mistress, Madame de Chateaubriand, and probably owed
his command to his sister's influence. He had taken part in the Italian wars
of Louis XII, and had been severely wounded at the battle of Ravenna in
1512, while endeavouring to save his cousin and commanding officer Gaston
de Foix. He had also distinguished himself at Marignano. Lautrec was an
extremely brave soldier and not without military talent; but his vanity and
obstinacy rendered him unfit for the post of general-in-chief. Brantôme,
however, has devoted a chapter to him in his
Grands Capitaines
Françoises
.
(11) Grand-daughter of Pierre II de Bourbon and of Anne de Beaujeu, daughter
of Louis XI.
(12) Born at Louvain in 1498. At the age of sixteen she fell desperately in love
with Frederick, Prince Palatine, but her brother refused to hear of such an
alliance, and married her, in 1519, to the old King of Portugal, Manoel the
Great, by whom she was left a widow two years later.
(13) Charles, Marquis de Lannoy, born at Valenciennes in 1487, and
Vendôme, 35 Anne de Montmorency,
afterwards Constable of France, Chabot de Brion, afterwardsAdmiral, the Prince de Talmont, heir of La Trémoille, and the
Sénéchal d'Armagnac were among the prisoners. In less than
two hours France was deprived of her sovereign and a whole
generation of paladins. Altogether, it is believed that over
10,000 of the French and their auxiliaries perished on the
field of battle, or were drowned in attempting to escape
across the Ticino, and at least 4,000 were taken prisoners.
The loss of the victors was comparatively small, probably
not more than 1,000.
Notes
(1) Thus history repeated itself in a singular manner, for Maximilian's father,
Ludovico
il Moro
, had been dispossessed of his duchy by Louis XII and carried
away captive to France, where he died, in 1510, at the Château of Loches.
(2) By the Pragmatic Sanction, which had been promulgated at Bourges in
1438, the authority of the Pope was subordinated to periodical General Councils;
the free election of bishops, abbots, and priors was guaranteed to chapters and
communities; and the various extortions, known as
annates, réserves
and
expectatives
, by which a great part of the ecclesiastical revenues of France went
to fill the Papal coffers, were suppressed. Successive pontiffs had made great
efforts to secure its revocation, but until now without success.
(3) Regnier de la Planche.
(4) Juana, second daughter of
Ferdinand and Isabella — Jeanne la Folle, as the French
called her.
(5) He came forward in theory
as a German prince, basing his claim on his lordship of the old
kingdom of Arles, a fief of the Empire.
(6) Du Bellay,
Mémoires.
(6b) [Kindle note: the original here
reads "1721".]
(7) Guillaume Gouffier, Seigneur de
Bonnivet, born about 1488; killed at the battle of Pavia, February 24,
1524. Educated with François I, to whom his elder brother was
gouverneur
, he became a great favourite with that prince. He
was sent on a diplomatic mission to England in 1518, and represented François
at the Diet of Frankfurt the following year. He was celebrated for his gallant
adventures, and carried his temerity to the point of becoming his master's rival
in the affections of Madame de Chateaubriand and of laying siege to the heart
of the King's sister. In the latter enterprise he was unsuccessful, and in an
attempt to take by storm the fortress he had failed to reduce, he was vigorously
repulsed, and bore for some time the proofs of his defeat upon his face.
Marguerite has herself related the details of this affair in the fourth
nouvelle
of the
Heptaméron
.
(8) Du Bellay,
Mémoires
.
(9) Daughter of the Emperor Maximilian and Mary of Burgundy; born 1840;
married first, in 1497, Don John, son of Ferdinand and Isabella; secondly,
in 1512, Philibert le Beau, Duke of Savoy; Governess of the Netherlands;
died 1530.
(10) Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec (1485-1525), was the second of the three
brothers of François's mistress, Madame de Chateaubriand, and probably owed
his command to his sister's influence. He had taken part in the Italian wars
of Louis XII, and had been severely wounded at the battle of Ravenna in
1512, while endeavouring to save his cousin and commanding officer Gaston
de Foix. He had also distinguished himself at Marignano. Lautrec was an
extremely brave soldier and not without military talent; but his vanity and
obstinacy rendered him unfit for the post of general-in-chief. Brantôme,
however, has devoted a chapter to him in his
Grands Capitaines
Françoises
.
(11) Grand-daughter of Pierre II de Bourbon and of Anne de Beaujeu, daughter
of Louis XI.
(12) Born at Louvain in 1498. At the age of sixteen she fell desperately in love
with Frederick, Prince Palatine, but her brother refused to hear of such an
alliance, and married her, in 1519, to the old King of Portugal, Manoel the
Great, by whom she was left a widow two years later.
(13) Charles, Marquis de Lannoy, born at Valenciennes in 1487, and
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