The Palace and Park by Phillips, Forbes, Latham, Owen, Scharf, and Shenton

301. CHARLOTTE, or CARLOTA D’AVESNE, DUCHESS OF VALENTINO.

[Died, 1514.] A princess less illustrious for her great beauty and mental endowments, than for her virtue and piety. First married to Charles, Prince de Chimey; afterwards forced by Louis XII., to marry the infamous Cæsar Borgia, whose misfortunes she shared without participating in his vices.