Ladislas, King of Bohemia and Hungary,
40.
La Fère, reduction of,
439,
440.
Lagny, occupation of,
434.
La Marck, William, Comte de, seizes Brille and Flushing,
339,
413.
See Bouillon.
Landshut, George the Rich, Duke of,
113.
Landriano, battle of,
191.
Lannoy in command under Bourbon,
173;
Laso Pedro, leader of the Junta,
139,
141,
142.
Lefévre, Jacques, influence on Calvin,
273;
position and doctrine of,
387.
Leghorn, dependency of Florence,
9;
given back to Florence,
24.
Leicester, Earl of, commander of forces in Netherlands,
366 ff.
Leipheim, battle of,
179.
Leo
X., election of, makes Treaty of Mechlin,
75;
joins Counter-League,
78;
makes peace with France and signs the Concordat of Bologna,
80;
policy towards Luther,
157;
leagued with Charles
V. and Henry
VIII.,
160;
Lepanto, battle of,
294 ff.,
411.
Leyden, investment of,
344.
holds Milan for Emperor,
188;
wins battle of Landriano,
191;
granted Monza by Charles,
194;
L’Hôpital, Michel, Chancellor,
397,
407,
408.
Linz, Conference of,
242.
Lisbon, capitulation of,
298.
Longjumeau, Edict of,
407.
Longueville, Duke of,
433,
439.
Lorraine, Charles
II., Duke of, reconciled to Henry
IV.,
438.
Louis of Orleans (the
XIIth), leader of opposition to Anne of Beaujeu,
5;
succeeds Charles
VIII.,
25;
makes Treaty of Granada,
40;
war with Ferdinand,
42–
8;
Louise of Savoy, mother of Francis
I., negotiates peace of Cambray,
193,
388.
Loyola, Ignatius, early life, foundation of Order of Jesus,
262 ff.
Los Veles, Marquis of, cruelty to Moors,
289;
inefficiency as general,
291;
Lucca, enemy of Florence,
9;
joins league against France,
22.
Luneburg, Ernest
I. of,
167.
Luther, Martin, early difficulties and visit to Rome,
153;
break with the Church,
157;
attitude to peasants’ revolt,
178;
supports League of Schmalkalde,
200;
Lyons, Treaties of,
45,
61.
Machiavelli, views on Cæsar Borgia,
55;
devotes himself to letters,
72;
Maestricht, fall of,
358.
Magdeburg, surrender of,
239.
Magellan, discoveries of,
102.
Mahomet Sirocco, Turkish Admiral,
294.
Mansfeld, Count Peter Ernest,
348,
382.
Mantes, Declaration of,
435.
Manfredi, Astorre,
50,
51.
Mantua, the Gonzagas of,
9.
Marcellus
II., Pope,
247.
Margaret, Duchess of Parma, Governess of Netherlands, appointed to Netherlands,
320;
—— of Savoy, aunt of Charles
V.,
92;
Governess of the Netherlands,
317;
negotiates Peace of Cambray,
193.
—— sister of Henry
II., marriage of,
257.
Margaret of Valois, marriage of,
412,
440.
Mary Queen of Scots, marriage,
258;
plots against Elizabeth,
339; death of,
371.
—— sister of Henry
VIII., marries Louis
XII.,
77.
—— of Hungary, Governess of Netherlands,
320.
Marignano, battle of,
79.
Mathias, Archduke, brother to Emperor Rudolf, elected Governor-General of Netherlands,
354;
defeated at Gemblours,
355;
Mayence, Berthold, Archbishop of,
108,
113.
—— Archbishop of, a Hohenzollern,
131,
132,
133.
Mayenne, Duke of, made Lieutenant-General, rules Paris,
432;
comes to terms with Henry
IV.,
440.
Mazarquiver, fall of,
97;
Meaux, Briçonnet, Bishop of,
387;
Montigny, Baron of, execution,
336.
Piero, joins Alfonso of Naples against Ludovico of Milan,
16;
submits to Charles VIII.;
—— Giovanni, Cardinal, restored to Florence,
71.
See Leo X.—— Alessandro, Governor of Florence,
172;
driven from Florence,
189;
—— Cosimo, Duke of Florence,
250;
Grand Duke of Tuscany,
259.
—— Catherine de,
394 ff.;
her share in massacre of St. Bartholomew,
414;
subsequent policy,
415 ff.;
Medina Celi, Duke of, sent to Netherlands,
336;
—— Sidonia, Duke of,
285;
in command of Armada,
375.
Mendoza, imperial Ambassador to Rome, severe rule at Siena,
244;
Ambassador to Elizabeth,
374;
submission to Henry
IV.,
442.
Milan, claims of House of Orleans to,
14;
leagued with Naples and Florence against France,
15;
Maximilian grants investiture to Sforza,
16;
joins League of Venice,
21,
22;
Treaty of Vercelli (1495),
23;
surrenders to French,
37;
leagued against France,
79;
French driven out, given to Francesco Sforza,
160;
taken by imperialists from Francesco Maria Sforza,
185;
granted by Charles to Sforza,
194;
on his death annexed by Charles,
207;
given by Charles to his son Philip,
212;
Philip’s government of,
301.
Mirandola, conquest of,
66.
Mitylene, French attack on,
40.
Modena taken by Julius
II.,
66.
Modon taken by Turks,
40.
Monçada, Hugo de, succeeds Pescara; takes Milan; treacherous seizure of Rome,
185.
Moncontour, battle of,
409.
Mondragon, success of,
348.
Mondejar, Marquis de,
289.
Monopoli, occupation of,
24.
defeat of Genlis before, capitulation of,
341.
Montefeltro, Guidobaldo di, Duke of Urbino,
50.
Montigny, Baron of, brother of Count Hoorne,
327,
336.
Montmorenci, Anne de, Marshal and Constable, his policy,
209;
defeated at St. Quentin, advises peace,
255;
reconciled with Guises,
401;
Montmorenci, Francis of, Marshal of France and Governor of Paris, leader of the ‘Politiques,’
410,
417,
420,
423.
—— Henry, (Damville), Governor of Languedoc, a leader of the ‘Politiques,’
417;
becomes Duke and Marshal, and makes peace with court,
423,
441.
—— William (Thoré), Charles (Méru),
417.
Montpensier, Count of, Viceroy in Italy,
22;
Mooker Heyde, battle of,
344.
Morone, Bishop of Modena,
212.
—— Cardinal and Papal Legate,
247.
Moura, Christoval de,
308.
Mühlberg, battle of,
229.
Munster, Anabaptist revolution at,
210.
Mustapha in command against Malta,
286.