CHAPTER XXXII. 1500-1564

1500-1564

The Milanese exiles at Innsbrück--Galeazzo di Sanseverino becomes Grand Ecuyer of France--Is slain at Pavia--Maximilian Sforza made Duke of Milan in 1512--Forced to abdicate by Francis I. in 1515-- Reign of Francesco Sforza--Wars of France and Germany--Siege of Milan by the Imperialists--Duke Francesco restored by Charles V.-- His marriage and death in 1535--Removal of Lodovico and Beatrice's effigies to the Certosa 375

INDEX 381

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BIANCA SFORZA, BY AMBROGIO DE PREDIS Frontispiece From a photograph by SIGNOR D. ANDERSON, of Rome.

SFORZA MS. ILLUMINATED To face p. 83 From a private photograph.

ALTAR-PIECE, ASCRIBED TO ZENALE, WITH PORTRAITS OF LODOVICO SFORZA, BEATRICE D'ESTE AND THEIR SONS To face p. 284 From a photograph by SIGNOR D. ANDERSON, of Rome.

GALEAZZO DI SANSEVERINO, BY AMBROGIO DE PREDIS To face p. 304 From a photograph by SIGNOR D. ANDERSON, of Rome.

TOMB OF LODOVICO SFORZA AND BEATRICE D'ESTE IN THE CERTOSA OF PAVIA To face p. 389 From a photograph by FRATELLI ALINARI, of Florence.

BEATRICE D'ESTE