To Lie with Lions - Dorothy Dunnett [1]
Dorothy Dunnett
Edinburgh, 1998
Characters
February 1471 – November 1473 (Those marked * are recorded in history)
Rulers
*England: King Edward IV, House of York, vying with
*Henry VI, House of Lancaster
*Scotland: King James III
*France: King Louis XI
*Burgundy: Charles, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Flanders
*Pope: Paul II, Sixtus IV
*Venice: Doge Niccolò Tron
*Cyprus: King James de Lusignan (Zacco)
*Ottoman Empire (Istanbul): Sultan Mehmet II
*Mameluke Empire (Cairo): Sultan Qayt Bey
*Muscovy: Grand Duke Ivan III, Autocrat of All Russia
*Scandinavia: King Christian I
*Poland: King Casimir IV
House of Niccolò
Nicholas de Fleury, governor of the Banco di Niccolò
Gelis van Borselen, dame de Fleury, his wife
Jordan (Jodi), their son
Clémence de Coulanges, senior nurse
Pasque, nursemaid
Bita, temporary nursemaid
Alonse, servant to Nicholas
VENICE COUNTING-HOUSE:
Gregorio (Goro) of Asti, lawyer and manager
Margot, his wife
Tasse, former servant to Jaak de Fleury, Geneva
Julius of Bologna, notary and manager
Cristoffels (Cefo), under-manager
BRUGES COUNTING-HOUSE:
Diniz Vasquez, manager, nephew of Simon de St Pol
Mathilde (Tilde) de Charetty, his wife
Marian, their daughter
Catherine de Charetty, Tilde’s younger sister
SCOTTISH BUREAU & ESTATES:
Govaerts of Brussels, manager, Canongate bureau
Oliver Semple, factor
Wilhelm of Hall, goldsmith
Tom Yare, lawyer from Berwick
*John Bonkle, natural son of the Provost of Trinity College
PERIPATETIC:
Father Moriz of Augsburg, chaplain and metallurgist
John le Grant, engineer, sailing-master
Michael Crackbene, shipmaster
Astorre (Syrus de Astariis), mercenary commander
Thomas, deputy to Astorre
Tobias Beventini of Grado, physician to Count of Urbino
OTHER NAMED AGENTS:
Lazzarino, agent in Rome
Jooris, agent in Antwerp
Eric Mowat, agent in Copenhagen
Achille, agent in Alexandria
COMPLEMENT OF THE SVIPA:
*Lutkyn Mere, Danish pirate
Yuri, from Muscovy
Dmitri, his son
(with Nicholas de Fleury, Mick Crackbene, John le Grant and Father Moriz)
PAST ASSOCIATES:
Ochoa de Marchena, former master of the Ghost/Doria
Filipe, former boy on the San Niccolò
Duchy of Burgundy
BURGUNDIAN HOUSEHOLD:
*Charles, Duke of Burgundy and Brabant, Count of Flanders, Holland, Zeeland etc.
*Margaret of York, his wife and sister of King Edward IV
*Isabella of Portugal, Dowager Duchess of Burgundy
*Marie, daughter of Duke Charles by previous wife
*Bastard Anthony, natural brother of Duke Charles
*William Hugonet, lord of Saillant, Chancellor of the Duchy
*Philippe de Commynes, Master of Ducal Household, later chamberlain to King of France
*Loyet, the Duke’s goldsmith
*Peter von Hagenbach, Duke’s High Bailiff in Alsace
BRUGES AND GHENT:
*Anselm Adorne, merchant, magistrate, of the Hôtel Jerusalem
*Margriet van der Banck, his wife
*Jan Adorne, lawyer, their oldest son
*Katelijne (Kathi) Sersanders, Adorne’s niece
*Anselm Sersanders, her brother, Adorne’s nephew
*Dr Andreas of Vesalia, physician in Bruges and Scotland
*Louis de Bruges, seigneur de Gruuthuse, merchant nobleman
*Marguerite van Borselen, his wife
*Tommaso Portinari, Medici manager in Bruges
*Maria, his wife
*Angelo di Jacopo Tani, former Medici manager at Bruges
*Alexander Bonkle, merchant in Bruges and Scotland
*Justus of Ghent (Joos van Wassenhoven), painter in Urbino
*Hugo van der Goes, artist, sponsored by Joos
*Hans (Henne) Memling, German artist working in Bruges
*Jehan Metteneye, host to Scots merchants in Bruges
*Lambert van de Walle, merchant kinsman of Adorne
*Colard Mansion, scribe and illustrator
*Pieter Reyphin, merchant kinsman of van de Walle
*João Vasquez, secretary to Duchess Isabelle of Portugal
*Henry Cant, Scots merchant
*William Caxton, former Governor of the English merchants: adviser to Duchess of Burgundy
VEERE AND MIDDLEBURG:
*Henry van Borselen of Veere, Count of Grandpré, ‘uncle’ of Gelis van Borselen
*Wolfaert van Borselen, his son
*Charlotte de Bourbon, Wolfaert’s second wife
*Lodewijk van Borselen, their son