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Ferry II married a daughter of Rene I d'Anjou, Yolande * 1428, who was his own cousin. Rene I was his father-in-law. Yolande might have gotten the deck with gods of Marcello from her mother Isabelle de Lorraine. Ferry II and Yolande had the son Rene II, who later played with Trionfi cards. Ferry II ...

Well, it depends, what one makes out of "tout fait à personnaiges". If one follows the idea, that "all motives on all cards were connected to 'personnaiges'" , then we have 3 or 4 known decks which fulfill the condition. a. the favoured 60-cards-deck observed by John of Rheinfelden. 4x5 are court ca...

I found this in an older post of mine, which was improved by the author "Umbrae" ... 1454 Maria of Anjou: J. Bochetel (royal secretary and treasurer) made some entries in the account books of the royal household of Maria of Anjou (wife of Charles VII. and Queen of France, mother of Louis XI. and sis...

Nice finding, Alain. For the name Jehannin are indications, that it not a pre-name like for instance "John", but a family name. http://www.geopatronyme.com/cgi-bin/carte/nomcarte.cgi?nom=Jehannin&image.x=6&image.y=9 ... gives reason to assume, that the family-name Jehannin developed in the Bretagne ...

I've sorted the letters to get an overview 1450 08/16 Lodi 1450 O8/18 Lodi --- 1450 09/11 Milan 1450 09/12 Milan 1450 09/21 Milan --- 1450 10/09 Milan 1450 10/10 Milan 1450 10/13 Milan 1450 10/15 Milan 1450 10/19 Milan 1450 10/28 Milan 1450 11/10 Milan 1450 11/11 Milan 1450 11/26 Milan 1450 12/19 Lo...

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The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello (p. 110) von Margaret L. King https://books.google.de/books?id=RdWeII7av_0C&pg=PA110&dq=valerio+king&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhr6_e-6DmAhXGh1wKHV6XAKkQ6AEIRzAD#v=onepage&q=valerio%20king&f=false The date of the letter of Sforza to Rene is given (24 February 1449...

hi Alain, Recently I've read, that Rene became close to the Pazzi family, when he was in Florence after 4th of July 1442. For October 1442 I've read, that Rene was back in Provence. For Alfonso and Naples I get ... "The siege began on 10 November 1441, ending on 2 June the following year. After the ...

... Of course it may not have gone to René I at all, I seem to remember you, Huck, Mike? suggested a different line from Isabelle. If I was it, I don't remember. Perhaps I once speculated as a vague possibility, that Rene brought the deck back to Milan and Sforza in 1453. Perhaps I had the idea, ca...