A list of puns related to "Monferrato"
^(July-August 1503)
The Palazzo Ducale was a storm of written corrospondence with William in residence, and boys of the wealthy merchant families ran errands back and forth from the Viceroy's office day and night until the smallest of hours. The Viceroy earned a reputation for consuming so much ink, one jest through the Palazzo was that could he, he would have drunk it.
This day a letter went out baring both the crest of Genoa herself, and that of House Palaiologos, and it stormed westward on horseback.
>To the Lord of Monaco Jean II Grimaldi.
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>It has been brought to my attention that you have a daughter who is yet unbetrothed and is of wedding age. My brother Jean-George is fifteen and unwed; currently he acts as Papal Ward to Pope Alexander himself. He is educated in the faith and administration from the finest scholars in Rome, and in warfare by the Count of Valentinois, the Sword of God himself.
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>I should like to propose a betrothal between your Marie and my Jean, for wedding as soon as this disagreement between France and the Empire is concluded.
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>Please let me know soonest your reply, and terms for dowry can be established.
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>William IX Palaiologos, the Marquis of Montferrat and Governor of Genoa La Superba
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