The duke of Somerset left issue (by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Richard Beauchamp earl of Warwick) Henry duke of Somerset, beheaded in May 1464; Edward duke of Somerset after the death of his brother, also beheaded 1472, and John, killed at Tewkesbury, but none of these left any legitimate descendants. Henry alone left an illegitimate son, Charles Somerset, who was afterwards created earl of Worcester, and is the ancestor of the present duke of Beaufort.
Page 362. line 9. Season.] The relation which follows, is evidently that of the famous siege of Belgrade; at which Huniades commanded, and Capistranus acted as his lieutenant. The soldan of Persia here mentioned, may very possibly mean the bashaw of Asia Minor (Basseus Asiaticus) who is spoken of by Bonfinius as having a high command in the Turkish army. He was killed in the siege. Huniades was attacked by a fever, the consequence of his exertions, and with difficulty removed as far as Semlin, where he died on the 4th of September 1456. His faithful companion, Johannes Capistranus, attended at his bed-side during his last illness, and supported him at the moment of his dissolution. His affection followed him beyond the tomb, for from that hour he was never seen to smile; and, not many weeks after, was summoned from the world himself. The great Huniades left two sons, Ladislaus and Matthias Corvinus. The first, though deserving of a better fate, became the victim of state intrigues, and perished on a scaffold. The second was elected king of Hungary in 1458.
Page 365. line 16. Battle.] This does not appear to have been the case. Bonfinius calls his disorder a fever brought on by excessive fatigue. See before.
Page 368. line 2. Laurentino. Q.] Perhaps Larina, the name of a town in the Molise.
Page 368. line 8 from the bottom. Ancona. 2.] This is hardly probable, for all the others are names of places in the Molise or one of the Principati. Macchia has the nearest resemblance in sound of any town in this neighbourhood.
Page 368. line 2 from the bottom. Sanguine. 2.] Castel del Sangro, in Abruzzo? The river on which it stands is also called the Sanguine.
Page 369. line 10 from the bottom. Sermone. 2.] Isernia, a bishopric in the Molise? or Sulmona, another city in Abruzzo?
Page 369. line 9. Oliveto. 2.] Alifi, in the Terra di Lavoro?
Page 371. line 14. Duke and Duchess of Savoy.] Lewis, duke of Savoy, (son of Amadeus the first duke) and Anne de Lusignan, daughter of James, king of Cyprus. The prince of Piedmont was their son, Amadeus afterwards duke of Savoy, the second duke, and ninth count, of the name. By this marriage with Yolande of France, he had a numerous issue, but no descendants in the third generation.
Page 371. line 5 from the bottom. Duchy of Nemours.] This claim of Charles of Navarre, prince of Viana to the duchy of Nemours, must have been grounded on a grant made by king Charles VII. to his grandfather Charles the noble, king of Navarre; which grant was held to have been only personal, and to have terminated with the death of the donee. The prince was therefore unsuccessful in his application.