The Queen of Naples visits Pope Clement at Rome.
PLATE XIX.
VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF NAPLES TO POPE CLEMENT.
Queen Joan of Naples, the daughter of Louis of Sicily, remaining without heirs, having been four times married, determined to fulfil the last request of her father, to the effect that, should she die without offspring, she should surrender Naples, and all her other possessions, to the church. For this purpose she met Clement, Pope of Avignon, at Fondi, which interview is represented in the accompanying Illumination. Pope Clement, as is well known, made over these possessions to the Duke of Anjou, brother to the King of France.