Enrico Caterino Davila was an Italian

Italy

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 historian

Historian

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 and diplomat

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.

Life

Born in Sacco

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, near Padua

Padua

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, he descended from a Spanish

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 noble family. His name was given in honour of Henry III of France

Henry III of France

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 and Catherine de' Medici

Catherine de' Medici

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His immediate ancestors had been constables of the kingdom of Cyprus

Kingdom of Cyprus

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 for the Venetian republic

Republic of Venice

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 since 1464. In 1570 the island was taken by the Turks

Ottoman Empire

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; and Antonio Davila, the father of the historian, had to leave for Padua , despoiled of all his possessions. In 1583 Antonio took this son to France, where he became a page in the service of Catherine de' Medici

Catherine de' Medici

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, wife of King Henry II

Henry II of France

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In due time he entered the military service, and fought through the French civil wars until the peace in 1598. In 1599, he returned to Padua where he stayed until 1606. Subsequently he traveled to Parma

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, Rome

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 and Rovigo

Rovigo

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 and finally settled to Tinos

Tinos

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 (1609-1615) where he held the post of governor. At Tinos he met and married his wife Ursula delli Ascuffi.

Later in his life Enriko was assigned as a governor of the Venetian possessions of Cattaro (1618-1621) and Zara

Zara

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 (1623-1628). Also in 1621 he participated in a Venetian diplomatic mission to Florence

Florence

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, under the leadership of Alvise Valaresso.

Enrico Davila was murdered, while on his way to take possession of the government of Cremona

Cremona

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 for Venice in May 1631, by a ruffian, with whom a dispute arose about relays of horses ordered for his use by the Venetian government.

The Istoria

He planned a history of the civil wars in France in which he had taken a part, and during which he had see the leading personages and events. This work was completed about 1630, and was offered by the author to the publishers in Venice. At last Tommaso Baglioni, who had no work for his presses, undertook to print the manuscript, on condition that he should be free to leave off if more promising work offered itself. The printing of the Istoria delle guerre civili di Francia was, however, completed, and the success of the work was immediate. Over two hundred editions followed, of which perhaps the best is the one published in Paris in 1644. An English translation was made for Charles I of England

Charles I of England

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 by William Aylesbury

William Aylesbury

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, published as The Historie of the Civil Warres of France (1647).

Works

1. Theatro del Mondo (Unpublished, 1598-1599)

2. Historia degli unscocchi di Minucci discorse con Alessandro Vecellio (Unpublished, Unknown date)

3. Historia delle guere civili di Francia (Venice, 1630)