François Bonivard
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François Bonivard was a nobleman, ecclesiastic, historian, and Geneva patriot at the time of the Republic of Geneva. His life was the inspiration for Lord Byron's 1816 poem The Prisoner of Chillon. He
The delivery of Bonivard, painting by Franck-Édouard Lossier (1898)
Charles III, Duke of Savoy
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Charles III of Savoy, often called Charles the Good, was Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553, although most of his lands were ruled by the French between 1536 and his death. Ruling for nearly 49 years, he
François Bonivard
…reportedly preferred amusements to learning. He attended the University of Turin and, on his uncle's death, succeeded him at St.-Victor in 1510. After Charles III, Duke of Savoy, seized the Bonivards' property except for the priory, Bonivard sided with the patriots of Geneva who opposed the Savoy efforts to control the region…
Portrait attributed to Jean Clouet, c. 1500–1510
The famed carrack Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai, and other Portuguese ships, carrying the marriage party of Beatrice of Portugal to Savoy, 1521