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But della Rovere had acquired a reputation for honesty and for being a man of his word. How far he deserved it you may judge from what is presently to follow. He had acquired it, however, and Cesare, to his undoing, attached faith to that reputation. He may, to some extent, have counted upon the fact that, of Cardinal della Rovere's bastard children, only a daughter Felice della Rovere survived.
To avoid this he had adopted Francesco Maria della Rovere, hereditary Prefect of Sinigaglia, his sister's child and a nephew of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere's. There was wisdom and foresight in the adoption, considering the favour enjoyed in Rome and in France by the powerful cardinal.
State of political affairs in Italy Vacillating policy of Lodovico Sforza Death of King Ferrante of Naples Alliance between his successor Alfonso and Pope Alexander VI. Lodovico urges Charles VIII. to invade Naples Sends Galeazzo di Sanseverino to Lyons Cardinal della Rovere's flight from Rome Alfonso of Naples declares war Beatrice at Vigevano The Gonzagas and the Moro Duchess Isabella and her husband at Pavia.
And when, two centuries later, the Corsinis dug the foundations of their house on the Longara, there were discovered quantities of human bones in what had been the palace of Pope della Rovere's nephew.
To this, however, the Pope would not agree, but he met Naples in the matter to the extent of consenting to overlook Cardinal della Rovere's defection and receive him back into favour.
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