Ferrara, 303;
conspiracy against, 315;
suspected of the murder of Strozzi, 327;
under ban of Julius II, 331;
asks the pope's forgiveness, 333;
attends coronation of Leo X, 338;
cultivates the arts, 339;
letter to his nephew on Lucretia's death, 357.

Este, Alfonso II, d', succeeds to throne of Ferrara, 366.

Este, Alfonso Luigi d', son of Renee, 365.

Este, Anna d', wife of the duke of Guise, 366.

Este, Beatrice d', wife of Ludovico il Moro, 54.

Este, Ercole d', 54;
letter to Alexander VI, 55;
letter to Gonzaga, 186;
to his envoys, 198;
relations with Lucretia, 205;
present to her, 217;
letter to Alexander VI, 265;
congratulates Caesar, 284;
letter to Seregni, 287;
to Lucretia regarding her son Rodrigo, 297-298;
his death, 303.

Este, Ercole II, d', duke of Ferrara, 362, 364.

Este, Ferrante d', his imprisonment and death, 316.

Este, Giulio d', attack on, 310;
its consequences, 315;
his imprisonment and death, 316.

Este, Ippolito d', 56;
made cardinal, 65, 186, 310.

Este, Isabella d', wife of Francesco Gonzaga of Montua, her
learning, 30, 54;
meets Lucretia, 239, 245;
her beauty
and vanity, 252;
letter to Lucretia, 263;
congratulates Caesar on his successes, 284;
predilection for the arts, 340.

Estouteville, Cardinal, his children, 54.

Farnese, Alessandro, 36-37;
made cardinal, 65.

Farnese, family, 36-37.

Farnese, Girolama, 65, 312.

Farnese, Giulia, 35;
her betrothal, 37;
marriage, 38, 39;
"the pope's concubine," 63, 65;
her daughter, Laura, 66;
"Christ's bride," 66;
her beauty, 69;
captured by the French, 87, 123, 311;
her death, 314.

Fedeli, Cassandra, 28, 30.

Federico of Naples, consents to betrothal of Alfonso and Lucretia, 110.

Ferdinand of Naples, congratulates Sforza on his marriage, 62.

Ferdinand of Spain, 299, 302.

Ferno, Michele, describes Alexander's coronation, 46-48, 129.

Ferrara, 191;
Lucretia enters, 240-244;
description of, 272-278.

Ferrari, Cardinal, 185, 224.

Filosseno, Marcello, sonnets to Lucretia, 308.

Florence, her fear of Caesar, 202.

Foix, Gaston de, 332.

Gaetani, family, 122;
their property given Lucretia, 123;
return to Sermoneta, 296.

Gambara, Veronica, her learning, 30.

Gandia (see also Giovann