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. Berryer, Junior, and J. Montgomery, Esq., Advocate; with a preface containing the opinion of Her Majesty's Attorney General on the proof of this Pedigree. A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. WITH PORTRAITS OF THE FAMILY. For Private Circulation :o: 1885, LONDON. This Edition is limited to 200 copies, each of which bears a number. This copy is numbered and presented to ; ; ; ; —; DEDICATION TO HER ROYAL AND MOST SERENE HIGHNESS, ANN, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat, Duchess of Ferrara ; Duchess d'Este, Duchess of Modena, Duchess of Guastalla; Duchess of Bozzola, Duchess of Sabbioneta, Princess of Castiglione, Countess of Canossa, Countess of Novellara, heiress of the line of the Medici, Dukes of Florence and Grand Dukes of Tuscany. Duchess of Nevers, Rethel, and Alencon in France ; Duchess of Cleves in Flanders; Princess of the House of David; Heiress of the line of Julius Caesar; Heiress of the line of the Paleologi, or last Emperors of Constantinople, one of the heirs general of the line of the Emperor Charlemagne, heiress of the old Emperors and Kings of Italy, heiress of the Kings of Jerusalem, Cyprus, the Balearic Islands, and Candia, and of the King of Thessaly ; Heiress of the line of the ancient Kings of Ireland. Sovereign of the Order of Knight Templars, founded nig by Baldwin II. Sovereign of the Order of Siardino del Palestina, instituted 1197, by Baldwin, King of Jeru- salem. Sovereign of the Ancient Order of the' Sword, in Cyprus, instituted in 1195; Sovereign of the Most Sacred Order of the Redemption, of Mantua, 1608; Of the Ancient Order of the Annunciade, or St. Michael, of Mantua, 1618; Of the Noble Order of the Swan, of Cleveland; Of the Illustrious Order of the White Eagle, of Este; Of the Order of St. Stephen ; founded in 1562 by the Grand Duke of Tuscany ; Countess of Lennox, Fife, and Menteth, Baroness de Lennox, Baroness of Kilmahew, heredi- tary Sheriff of Lennox and Dumbarton in Scotland; Countess de Lennox and Baroness de Lennox in France; Baroness de Tabago and Baroness of Merchiston in Tobago, in the West Indies: AND TO HER SON, HIS ROYAL AND MOST SERENE HIGHNESS, CHARLES, PRINCE OF MANTUA AND MONTFERRAT; Prince of Ferrara, Prince of Este, Prince of Guastalla, Prince of Bozzola, Prince of Castiglione, Prince of Modena, and Marquis of Viadono, Count de Canossa, in Italy; Prince of Nevers, Rethel, and Alencon, in France Prince of Cleves, in Flanders; Prince of the House of David, King of Israel Master of Lennox, Fife, and Menteth, and Master of Kilmahew, in Scotland ; Baron de Tabago, in the West Indies Grand Master of the Most Ancient Order of the Sword, of Cyprus ; Grand Master of the Most Sacred Order of the Redemption, of Mantua : Grand Master of the Ancient Order of the Annunciade, or St. Michael, of Mantua Grand Master of the Illustrious Order of the White Eagle, of Este ; Grand Master of the Noble Order of the Swan, of Cleveland ; These Notes on the Pedigree aye respectfully dedicated by their humble servant, J. MONTGOMERY. ARMS OF THE DUCHY OF MANTUA AND MONTFERRAT, WITH THE QUARTEBINGS OF The families of Gonzaga, Paleologus, Nevers, Rethel, Cleve, and Alencon ; as borne by Charles IV., Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, and Ann, Duchess, and Charles, Prince of Mantua and Montferrat, Nevers, Rethel, and Alencon. The Warrant to Ann, Duchess, and Charles, Prince of Mantua and Montferrat, for the Assumption of the Surnames and Arms and Titles of these families was made by H. R. Highness the Comte de Chambord, as de Jure King of France and Navarre, and as head of the House of Bourbon, who, even in a Republican Government, is entitled to regulate the Assumption of Names, Coats of Arms, and Titles relating to his family. It is given at page 69. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page Title Page, with Coat of Arms of Gonzaga of Mantua. Dedication. Preface. Letter of Lord Beaconsfield ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... v. Opinions of the Attorney-General and the Master of the Rolls, on the proof of the Pedi- gree of the Duchess and Prince of Mantua, etc vi. Reception of 12 Hebrew Delegates and their Certificate ... ... ... ... ... vii. Introduction. Antiquity of the Family of the Duchess of Mantua, etc. Moses Maimonides and his remarkable Commentary of the Thirteenth Century. He traces the origin of the reigning families of the world to King David. He mentions the House of Gonzaga ix. The papers of the House of Paleologus. The old portraits of the Gonzaga family. Expectation by Maimonides that the world would be ruled by descendants of King David. Descent of Prince Charles in three distinct lines from King David. Opinion of Mr. Riddell, the genealogist of Edinburgh ... ... ... ... ... ... x. The Scottish Earldoms of Menteth and Lennox. Dispute between the Haldanes of Gleneagles and Napiers of Merchiston. The Napiers of Tobago. Families represented by Duke Archibald's mother xi. The Dukedom of Montferrat, its intermarriages with the Emperors of Constantinople. The House of Mantua and its marriages ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xii. Origin of the Frankish nations. Cornelius Van Lampsin marries the Baroness de Lennox. The Stirlings of Glorat. The Barons de Lennox acknowledged by the Sovereigns of Great Britain. Creation of the Counts de Lennox by Henry IV. ... ... ... xiii. Passports given to the Barons by Charles I., Charles II., George I., and George II. ... xiv. King's Constitution given to Duke Archibald. The Gonzagas patrons of Art. List of family portraits in the Prince of Mantua and Montferrat's study ... ... ... xv. Biographical work with portraits, commenced by Charles IV. of Mantua ... ... ... xvi. Patents acknowledging titles of the Duchess and Prince by various governments. Determination of the Duchess and Prince to resume their titles and claim their rights. Advice of French, English, and Scotch lawyers. Certificate in the hands of the Editor xvii. Summary of the lines of descent. The titles of Duke of Ferrara and Modena. Warrant of Napoleon I. for the titles of Duke Archibald. Settlement of the Duke of Modena. Regalia of the last Emperor of Constantinople ... ... ... ... ... ... xviii. Claims of the heirs by descent of the House of Gonzaga to various Kingdoms and to the Eastern and Western Empires. Of the Rev. A. Napier, Earl of Lennox and Menteth, and his son, Duke Archibald. Baron and Baroness of Tobago. Title of Royal Highness given by Louis XIV. Title of Serenissimus given by the Emperor Maximilian xix. Mr. Montgomery's List of the old Mantuan Medallists xx. Sir jfwt^3?Jessel and Sir John Holkar's Certificates to this List xxiii. List of Modern Medallists xxiii. Mr. W. Spottiswood's declaration as to the accuracy of the translations ... ... xxiv. Roll of the Mantuan Medallists xxv. Aloysius Gonzaga's Dedication of the Roll ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxv. Leopold, Duke of Albany, on the Mantuan and Montferrat Funds ... ... ... ... xxvi. King Robert III xxxi. II. Table of Contents. Chapter I. The House of Gonzaga. Aloysius, Captain of Mantua. The Duchess Matilda; her descendants ; the priests obtain most of her provinces for the Pope. Mantua during various Governments ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i Ancestors of Aloysius; his father Guido Gonzaga. The Bonacolsi; cause of their fall ... 2 Character of Aloysius; his bravery and conquest of the Bonacolsi, His encouragement to Science and Art; his Institution of bestowing Medals on great men. A volume of autographs from Columbus, Shakspeare, Michael Angelo, and many others; recipients of the Medals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Investment of Gianfrancesco 4th Captain, by the Emperor Wenceslaus. He builds the Church of Santa Barbara. The Council of Costanza. Pope Martin V. entertained by the Marquis of Mantua. The Emperor Sigismund visits Mantua with much pomp, 1433; raises Mantua into an Imperial Fief; installs Gianfrancesco and his son Luigi, surnamed the Turk, in the Marquisate. Constantinople taken by the Turks, 1443. Talents of Luigi ; his encouragement of Art and Science ... ... ... 4 Union of the Provinces of Mantua and Montferrat. William, surnamed the Hunchbach; his brother Luigi goes to France. The heir of Alencon marries, and founds the Nevers and Rethel branch of Gonzaga. William the Hunchback marries Eleonora, daughter of Ferdinand, King of the Romans.