On the 18th of July, the feast-day of St Pantaléone, a general pardon was granted to all repentant and confessed sinners, who should bequeath money or lands to the churches founded by the knights of Rhodes. This was done on account of a great victory the new grand master, brother to the cardinal of Amboise, had gained over the Turks. He had defeated their whole army, which was worthy of remembrance.
On Ascension-day, in this year, the count of Angoulême[35], the second person in France, was betrothed, at Tours, to the princess Claude of France, only daughter to Louis XII. by Anne of Brittany, which caused great feasts and rejoicings throughout the kingdom.—The reverend father in God the lord Francis of Rohan, son to the marshal of Gié, and archbishop of Lyon, made his public entry into that city on the 14th of August. Many mysteries were exhibited in the streets through which he passed, and they were all hung with tapestries. On the following day, the least of the Assumption of our Lady, he chaunted the high mass at the cathedral of St John in his archiepiscopal robes.
This year, the duke of Gueldres made war on that part of Guelderland dependant on the archduke.
FOOTNOTES:
[34] Bichet,—a measure of uncertain quantity,—from 70 to 54 pounds weight of corn,—of 36 pounds of chesnuts.
[35] Count of Angoulême,—afterwards Francis I. king of France.
THE DEATHS OF THE ARCHDUKE AND OF THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY.
The archduke Philip, during his residence at Burgos in Spain, died, on the 25th of September, in this year 1506.—The queen of Hungary died also on the feast-day of our Lady, in August, having been brought to bed a fortnight before of a son, named Louis. The marquis of Brandenbourg was proxy for the king of France, at his christening. She left a daughter likewise, three years of age,—and both children lived.