Aben-Aboo, King of Moriscoes,
290.
Aben-Farax, a leader of the Moriscoes,
288.
Aben-Humeya, King of Moriscoes,
288,
290.
Adrian
VI., tutor to Charles
V., appointed Regent of Castile,
139;
death and character of,
164.
Africa, Portuguese conquests in,
85;
Agnadello, battle of,
63.
Albert, Cardinal-Archduke of Austria, Governor of Netherlands,
383;
Albret, Alan d’, in command against Spain,
46.
—— John d’, King of Navarre,
46.
Albuquerque, Portuguese Commander in India,
87.
Alençon, Hercules Francis, Duc d’, offered sovereignty of Netherlands,
347;
marriage negotiations with Elizabeth,
413;
sides with Huguenots,
418;
Alessandria pillaged,
37.
Alexander of Parma.
See Parma.
makes terms with Charles,
20;
suspends and excommunicates Savonarola,
27,
28;
ratifies treaty of Granada,
41;
—— Alfonso the Magnanimous,
15.
marriage with Ippolita of Milan,
15;
abandons alliance with Milan,
16;
escapes from San Germano,
21.
Almeyda, Portuguese Commander in India,
86.
Alva, Duke of, success in Italy,
253 ff.;
sent to Netherlands,
327;
success in Netherlands,
331 ff.;
system of taxation,
337 ff.;
attempts to subdue revolt,
341 ff.;
at Conference of Bayonne,
406.
—— Frederick, son of Duke, defeats Genlis before Mons,
341;
Alviano, Bartolomeo d’,
64.
Amboise, George, Cardinal of,
35,
46.
Amiens, Conference of,
181;
Anjou, Hercules Francis, Duke of (cf.
Alençon), in Netherlands,
355 ff.,
360;
—— Henry, Duke of (cf.
Henry III.), made Lieutenant-Governor of France,
407;
marriage negotiations,
412 and foll.;
Andrada, Fernando de,
45.
Anspach, George Frederick of, succeeds Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg,
246.
Antonio, Don, claims crown of Portugal,
297,
378.
Antwerp, rise of,
87,
319;
capitulation, commercial decline,
365.
Aragon, Ferdinand of, reclaims Roussillon,
6;
Lord of Sicily and Sardinia,
11;
war with Louis
XII.,
42,
48;
character of, second marriage, and death,
104 ff.
—— Catherine of, marriage,
92.
—— Isabella of, marriage,
92.
—— Joanna of, marriage,
92.
—— Constitutional rights of,
92;
Cortes of, extracts confirmation of liberties from Charles
V.,
138;
Arezzo, department of Florence,
52.
Aubigny, Stuart d’, Governor of Calabria,
22;
(1555) Compromise on religious question,
247 ff.
Austria, Anne of, marriage,
285.
aids mutiny of Spanish soldiery,
349.
Bailiwicks, the Swiss,
120.
Bajazet
II., intrigues with Alexander
VI.,
17,
36.
Baglione, Gian Paolo, of Perugia,
53.
Barbarossa, Hayraddin, and Huroc,
206,
208.
Barberigo, Venetian admiral at Le panto,
294.
Barcelona, Treaty of,
7,
192.
Barneveld, John Van Olden,
368,
371.
Bavaria, Duke William of, supports election of Charles, at head of Suabian League, drives out Duke Ulrich,
131;
approves of his restoration,
210;
won over by Charles,
222.
—— Albert
III., Duke of,
446.
Bayonne, Conference of,
406.
Bentivoglio, Giovanni, of Bologna,
50,
52,
53.
Bergerac, Treaty of,
424.
Béza, Théodore, successor of Calvin,
274.
Birago, successor of L’Hôpital as Chancellor,
414.
Biseglia, Duke of, second husband of Lucrezia Borgia,
52.
Boisot, Admiral, relieves Leyden,
345.
Bologna in hands of Giovanni Bentivoglio,
50;
under French protection,
51;
threatened by Borgia,
52;
gained by Pope Julius
II.,
56;
released from ordination vows,
35;
conquests in Romagna,
50;
subdues revolt of his captains,
53;
—— Lucrezia, marriages,
52.
Borromeo, Carlo, Archbishop of Milan,
268,
302.
Bouillon, Robert de la Marek, Lord of,
147.
—— Charles, Cardinal of,
392;
candidate of League for Crown,
428,
433;
reproaches to Catherine,
432;
Bourbon, Duc de, quarrels with Francis, commands Italian army with success,
172;
wins battle of Pavia,
175;
Bourges, Pragmatic Sanction of,
81;
Brandenburg, Albert of,
125;
secularises Prussia,
197.
—— Albert Alcibiades (of Brandenburg-Culmbach) joins Charles,
222;
joins Maurice against Charles,
241;
rejoins Charles, defeated by Maurice,
245;
driven from Germany,
246.
—— John of Brandenburg-Küstrin,
222.
Breda, Conference of,
346.
Brederode, Henry, Viscount of,
326,
330.
Bresse ceded to France,
445.
Briçonnet, Bishop of Meaux,
307.
Brille seized by ‘Beggars of the Sea,’
339,
413;
handed over to Elizabeth,
366.
Brindisi occupied by Venice,
24.
Brissac yields Paris to Henry
IV.,
437.
Brittany, Anne of, betrothed to Maximilian, marries (1) Charles
VIII.,
6;
Brunswick, House of, in Luneburg and Wolfenbüttel,
167.
Bugey ceded to France,
445.
Burgrave, Daniel de, secretary to Leicester,
368.
Burgundy, Mary, heiress of,
126.
Cajetan, Cardinal, Papal Legate,
156.
Calais taken by Duke of Guise,
255;
taken by Archduke Albert,
440.
Calvin, John, early life,
272;
Cambray, Capitulation of,
439;
Camerino in hands of Giulio Cæsare Varano,
50;
occupied by Cæsar Borgia,
52.
Campeggio, Legate of Clement
VII.,
170.
Capitulations signed by Charles
V.,
134.
Capponi, Nicolo, re-establishes Florentine republic,
189.
Carberry Hill, battle of,
339.
Cardona, Raymond de, commands army of Holy League,
67;
loses battle of Ravenna,
68.
Carlos, Don, mystery of,
281 ff.;
proposal for marriage of,
407.
Carranza, Archbishop of Toledo,
280.
Castile, constitutional privileges of,
92,
299;
centralising policy of Ferdinand and Isabella,
93;
social cleavages in,
137;
protests of Cortes to Charles
V.,
138;
unsuccessful revolt,
140 ff.;
Cateau Cambrésis, Treaty of,
257.
Cecil, Sir Thomas, Governor of Brille,
366.
Cerignola, battle of,
45.
Cerisoles, battle of,
216.
Champagny, brother of Granvella,
357.
Chandieu, a Swiss leader,
45.
Charles
III., Duke of Savoy.
See Savoy.
——
V., betrothal,
42,
61;
Governor of Netherlands, alliance with Francis
I.,
78;
early difficulties in Spain,
137 ff.;
disputes with Diet of Worms,
145 ff.;
leagued with Henry VIII. and
with Adrian
VI., Milan, Genoa, Florence, and Venice,
164;
attitude towards Luther,
171 ff.;
success in Italy; alliance with Henry
VIII.,
172 ff.;
makes Treaty of Madrid,
183;
opposed by League of Cognac,
184;
his success over Clement,
186;
makes Treaty of Barcelona,
192;
makes Treaty of Cambray,
193;
conciliatory policy in Italy,
194;
crowned by Pope at Bologna,
195;
forced to procrastinate in Germany, makes peace of Nuremberg; repulses Solyman; leaves Germany,
204;
negotiations and quarrel with Francis,
207;
tries to win over the Protestants,
213;
alliance with Henry
VIII.,
215;
holds Diet of Spires,
216;
secures various princes,
222;
issues ban against recalcitrants,
224;
arrangement with Ferdinand as to succession,
235;
failure of ecclesiastical policy, and of political schemes,
236 ff.;
agrees to Treaty of Passau,
243;
ill-success against France,
244;
policy in Netherlands,
317 ff.;
death, character of,
251 ff.
Charles
VIII., Accession of,
5;
betrothed to Margaret of Hapsburg, but marries Anne of Brittany,
6;
makes treaties of Naples, Senlis, and Barcelona,
7;
supports Coligny,
411 ff.;
massacre of St. Bartholomew,
414 ff.;
Charron joins in massacre of St. Bartholomew,
414.
Châtillon, Odet, Cardinal of,
393.
Chaves, Fray Diego de,
307,
309.
attitude towards Luther,
158;
Chimay, son of Duke of Aerschot, surrenders Bruges,
362.
Chinchon, Archbishop of Saragossa,
301.
Circles of German Empire,
114.
Claude, daughter of Louis
XII.,
34,
42,
61,
78.
Clement
VII. tries to enforce Edict of Worms,
170 ff.;
concludes Holy League of Cognac with Francis, Sforza, Venice, and Florence,
184;
obliged to submit to Monçada, but breaks terms,
185;
sack of Rome by Germans,
186;
selfish policy, final reconciliation with Charles,
192;
cites Henry’s cause to Rome,
193;
defensive alliance against Charles,
194;
crowns Charles at Bologna,
195;
refuses a General Council,
199;
Cleves, Duke of, claims Gueldres,
214;
forced to resign pretensions,
216.
Cœworden, capitulation of,
381.
Cognac ceded to Huguenots,
410;
Coligny, Gaspard de, Admiral, defence of St. Quentin,
255;
connected with Bourbons,
393;
deprived of governorship of Picardy,
395;
opposes pacification of Amboise,
406;
defeated at Moncontour,
409;
expedition, Peace of St. Germain,
410;
his foreign policy adopted by court,
411;
attempted assassination,
414;
Cologne, Hermann von der Wied, Archbishop of,
132;
Colonna, Prospero, Milanese commander,
79.
Columbus, Bartholomew,
100.
—— Christopher, difficulties in obtaining assistance,
99;
his discoveries and rule in Hispaniola,
100 ff.
Comuneros, revolt of,
137–
144.
Condé, Louis of (a Bourbon),
392;
tried for conspiracy,
397;
pacification of Amboise,
406;
defeat at Jarnac, death,
408.
—— Henry of, in hands of Catherine,
415;
connected with ‘Politiques,’
418;
comes to terms with Catherine,
421.
Condottieri, their influence,
7–
13.
Constance, Diet of,
62,
114.
Corbeil, occupation of,
434.
Cordova, Gonzalvo de, Spanish general in Italian war,
24,
43–
48;
Cortona, department of Florence,
9.
Courtras, battle of,
431.
Creil, occupation of,
434.
Custrin, John of, Margrave of the Neumark, joins Charles,
222.