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From: Alan B. Wilson< >
Subject: Re: Bonne de Savoy
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 10:47:38 -0800


Don McArthur <> on 3 Nov 1997 wrote:

>Bonne de Savoy who married Galeazzo Maria Sforza, 1444 - 26 Dec 1476
>[father of Caterina, b 1462] in 1468. Referring to 'The Medici' by Col. GF
>Young, 1910 [he credits Count Pasolini's 'History of Catherine Sforza'] she
>was the sister of Louise, b 11 Sep 1476 - mother of Francis I K. France,
>1515. However according to the CD ROM Nobility of the HRE [quoting ES II,
>table 194 - the earlier edition had only 144 so I can't check it] she was
>Louise's aunt. Either way she would appear to have been either too old or
>too young.
>
>Can anyone please shed some light on this confusion.
>
Bona of Savoy (1449-1485) was a younger sister of Philip I
of Savoy (1438-1497). Philip's daughter, Louise of Savoy
(1476-1531) m. Charles of Angouleme (1459-1496). Charles and
Louise had Francois I, K. of France (1494-1547). So Bona was
the aunt of Louise and great-aunt of Francois. See ES ii,
194-195 and 24-25.

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Alan B. Wilson

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