The Constable De Bourbon

A Marshal of France Turned Against It

William Harrison Ainsworth

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9785501934948
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

The Constable de Bourbon turns against Francis the First, leads the imperial army into Italy and dies at the sack of Rome in 1527. Ainsworth wrote it from the chronicles and the sack is not prettified. This edition is bound with 39 plates after François Clouet, Léonard Limousin, Corneille de Lyon and others, portraits of the Valois court from 1412 to 1925.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• I. Fontainebleau.
• II. François I.
• III. Louise De Savoie.
• IV. What Passed Between the King and Bourbon.
• V. The Dame De Beaujeu.
• I. The Secret Treaty.
• II. How Saint-Vallier Remonstrated with the Constable.
• III. Showing How the Plot Progressed.
• IV. The Comte De Maulevrier.
• V. What Passed in the Sick Man’s Chamber.
• VI. Diane De Poitiers.
• VII. Perot De Warthy.
• VIII. How Bourbon Quitted the Chateau De Moulins,
• IX. Chantelle.
• X. How the Bishop of Autun and the Comte De Saint-Vallier Were
• XI. Marcelline D’herment.
• XII. The Chateau De Lallières.
• XIII. The Mountain Hostelry.
• XIV. The Mill at Saint-Simphorien.
• XV. Vienne
• XVI. The Rock. In the Rhone.
• XVII. The Inn at Saint-Andre
• XVIII. Saint-Claude.
• XIX. In What Manner Bourbon Entered Besançon.
• I. How the Comte De SAINT-VALLIEr’s Pardon Was Obtained.
• II. How Bourbon Was Appointed to the Command Op the Imperial Army.
• III. The Two Armies in the Milanese.
• IV. How the Duke De Bourbon Entered Milan.
• V. The Contessa Di Chieri.
• VI. How Bourbon Assumed the Command of the Imperial Army.
• VII. How Bonnivet Resolved to Retreat from Novara.
• VIII. In Which Bayard Relates His Dream to De Lorges.
• IX. The Retreat of Romagnano.
• I. Moncalieri.
• II. The Castle of Monaco.
• III. How Bourbon Was Proclaimed Comte De Provence.
• IV. Showing How Marseilles Was Fortified,
• V. In What Manner Pomperant Entered Marseilles.
• VI. “The Basilisk.”
• VII. The Amazons.
• VIII. Showing How the Bishop’s Palace and the Church of Saint Cannat
• IX. Les Tranchers Des Dames.
• X. How Pomperant Furnished a Safe-Conduct to the Deputies to the King.
• XI. How Toulon Was Besieged and Taken by the Marquis Del Vasto.
• XII. Avignon.
• XIII. How Pomperant Was Ordered for, Execution.
• XVI. The Mine.
• XV. How the Siege of Marseilles Was Raised.
• I. How François I. Set Out for Italy, and How He Entered Milan.
• II. Bonnivet’s Last Interview with the Comtessa Di Chieri.
• IV. Of the Stratagem Practised by Antonio De Leyva.
• V. George Von Frundsberg.
• VI. How François I. Refused to Raise the Siege of Pavia.
• VII. In What Manner Pomerrant Procured a Supply Op Powder for the
• VIII. How Marcelline D’herment Came to Pavia to Solicit Her Brother’s
• IX. How Pescara Caused a Breach to Be Made in the Walls of the Park. Of
• X. The Battle.
• XI. How Bonnivet Was Slain by Bourbon.
• XII. How the King Surrendered to the Viceroy of Naples.
• Book VI.—Charles V.
• II. How the Treaty of Madrid Was Signed.
• I. How Von Frundsberg Once More Entered Italy with His Lanz-Knechts.
• II. How Bourbon Commenced His March to Home.
• III. How Bourbon Reached the Apennines.
• IV. The Prince of Orange.
• V. How Lannoy Vainly Attempted to Arrest Bourbon’s March.
• VI. Von Frundsberg’s Last Carouse.
• VIII. How Bourbon and His Bands Arrived Before Rome.
• VIII. Benvenuto Cellini.
• IX. The First Shot from the Walls.
• X. In Saint Peter’s.
• About the Author