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pope julius ii is referred to as the terrible pope. he seems to have loved war. he formed the holy league, at first against the venetians, and then switched sides, joined venice, fought against the french, his former allies. then venice switched sides again, joined france. all the time, spain stuck with the pope. his daughter was felice della rovere. she was powerful, influential. there were arranged marriages, as expected. she earned a fortune from her first husband, orsini, later married again. her children all married influential people. there was strife, there were battles huge and small. i met a woman named felicity over the last few weeks. this is the beginning of something.