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498 498 INDEX. Alcavala, commutation of the capricious tax of, in. 438. Remarks on it, 449, note. Alexander VI., Ferdinand and Isabella's application to, ii. 172. His character, 173,201. Famous bulls of, 173, 182. Takes refuge in the Castle of St. An- gelo, 278. His solicitations, and grants to Spain, 283. Confers the title of Catholic on the Spanish sove- reigns, 284. Aided by Gonsalvo, at Ostia, 332. His reception of Gonsal- vo, 333. Empowers Ferdinand and Isabella to receive all the tithes in the colonial dominions, 492. Aids Louis XII., 111. 4. Remonstrance to, by the Spanish sovereigns, 7. Confirms the partition of Naples, 19. His purposes in regard to France, 113, 117. His death, 115. Remarks respecting him, 116. Treatment of his remains, IIC. note. The election of his successor, 1 17. Alfonso X., of Castile, his code, i. Ixvii. Alfonso, of Castile, brother of Henry IV., demand by the nobles that he shall be publicly acknowledged as Henry's successor, i. 76. Crowned after the deposition of Henry IV., 78. At the battle of Olmedo, 87. His death and character, 90. Alfonso v., of Aragon, succeeds Ferdi- nand I., 1. 30. The government of his kingdom devolves on his brother John, 30. His death, 35. Alfonso, king of Portugal, his proposal rejected by Isabella, i. 99. Supports the cause of Joanna, 146. His inva- sion of Castile, 148. Measures for a union of, with Joanna, 149, 172. Chal- lenged by Ferdinand to a personal combat, 152. His position before Za- mora, 158. Suddenly decamps, 159. Overtaken by Ferdinand, 159. His escape, 103. Visits France, 100. His disappointment as to succour, 107. Re- turns to Portugal, 108. Prince John is crowned, but resigns in favor of, 169. His death, 174. Alfonso II., king of Naples, flies to Sici- ly, and abdicates the crown in favor of Ferdinand II., ii. 288. Alfonso, a physician, employed in the compilation of the Complutensian Po- lyglot, III. 323. Alhakem II., his encouragement of literature, i. 284. Alhama, description of, I. 319. Spanish expedition against, 319, 322. Its fall, 327. Besieged by the Moors, 330. Distress of the garrison there, 331. Siege raised, 334. Again besieged, and abandoned, 320, 337. Entered by Ferdinand, 337. Isabella the cause of not abandoning it, iii. 197. Alhambra, The, of Granada, i. 289. Ta- ken possession of, ii. 90, 97. Cross raised on, 97. Isabella buried there, III. 183. Ferdinand's burial-place, 388. Allegre, Ives d', throws himself into Gaeta, in. 78, 119. Secretly supports a faction, 133. Despatched to hold the enemy in check, 140, 141. Ban- ished, 150. His recall and death, 151, 158, 340. Almeria, painful march of the Spanish army to, ii. 71. Occupation of, 72- Ferdinand's policy in regard to, 84. Almeyda, Edward de, his desperate he- roism, at the battle of Toro, i. 102. Alonso, neir of the Portuguese monar- chy, his union with the infanta Isa- bella, I. 172, II. 79, 344; public fes- tivities thereupon, 80. His death, 96, 340. Alps, crossed by Charles VIH. ii. 277; by Louis XII. in. 333. Alpuxarras, rising of the Moors in the, II. 425. New insurrection there, 431. Alva, duke of, commander of the expe- dition against Guienne, in. 350. In- vades Navarre, 352. His retreat, 356. Opposes Ximenes, 411. Alvaro, son of the duke of Braganza, assassinated, n. 20. Alviano, Bartolomeo d', the head of the Orsini, enlists under Gonsalvo, in. 137 ; urges him to attack the French, 138. Builds a bridge and crosses tlie Garigliano, 138-140. His bravery near Vicciiza, 345. His death and burial, 340.