The Pedigree of Her Royal and Most Serene Highness the DUCHESS of MANTUA, MONTFERRAT, and FERRARA;
iS or E.LIBKIS /';»</"'//< , //ss/,,'. //"" ///"r/-/ National Library of Scotland *B000279551* 1 /~\ t .V i IN HONOUR oftheGREAT AND GOOD. THE ROLL OF THE MANTUAN MEDALLISTS These medals were founded byaloysius 1st GONZAGA, CAPTAIN OF MANTUA. 1330. AD, AND WERE CONTINUED BY HIS SUCCESSORS, GUIDO III. LUIGI II.GIAN FRANCISCO I, GIAN- -FRANCISCOII, LUIGI III. FREDERICO 1. GIAN- -FRANCISCO III, FREDERICO II, FRANCISCO III, GUGLIELMO, V1NCENTIUS II. FRANCISCO IV, FERDINAND CHARLES I, CHARLES III. CHARLES IV. AND ARCHIBALD. CAPTAINS, MARQUISES, and DUKES OF MANTUA. MONTFERRAT, FERRARA.NEVERS.RETHEL AND ALENCON ic.iN MEMORIAL OF THE DEEDS OF GREAT AND GOOD MEN, WITH A RECORD OF THE NAMES OF ABOVE 1.000 MEN ON WHOM THOSE MEDALS WERE CONFERRED. COPIED FROM THE ORIGINAL ROLLS BYORDEROF CHARLESdiBOURBON, D'ESTE.PALEOLOGUS. GONZAGA, PRINCE OF MANTUA, MONTFERRAT, FERRARA, NEVERS, RETHEL AND ALENCON. THE RESTORER OFTHE MANTUA AND MONTFERRAT MEDAL FUND. WHICHA1KE THE PREVIOUS GIFT OF THOSE MEDALS BY THE FORMER CHIEFS OF HIS HOUSE. WAS DESIGNED TO REWARD MERIT AND INTELLECTUAL EXCELLENCE: and TO PROMOTE AND ENXOURAGETHE GREAT AND GOOD, REGARDLESS OF NATIONALITY CLASS OR CREED. 1885. -BVERSt- sEVLF.St- FRONTISPIECE. The Pedigree of Her Royal and Most Serene Highness THE DUCHESS OF MANTUA, MONTFERRAT, AND FERRARA; Nevers, Rethel, and Alengon; Countess of Lennox, Fife, and Menteth; Baroness of Tabago; In which is traced her Descent from King David, the Houses of Gonzaga, Paleologus, Este, Bourbon, Lennox, Napier^ etc. .CONZAGHI dl MANTOVA WITH THE ROLL OF MANTUAN MEDALLISTS. Compiled from Public and Private Documents, by the late John Riddell, Esq., Advocate of Edinburgh ; assisted by His Royal Highness the late Comte de Chambord, M.
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