died, and the cardinals, rejecting all the overtures of the emperor, elected John of Medici pope, who assumed the name of Leo X.The new pontiff was but thirty-six years of age, a man of brilliant talents, and devoted to the pursuit of letters.

Inspired by boundless ambition, he wished to signalize his reign by the magnificence of his court and the grandeur of his achievements.
Thus far nothing but disaster seemed to attend the enterprises of Maximilian; but now the tide suddenly turned and rolled in upon him billows of prosperity.

It will be remembered that Maximilian married, for his first wife, Mary, the daughter of the Duke of Burgundy.

Their son Philip married Joanna, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, whose marriage, uniting the kingdoms of Castile and Arragon, created the splendid kingdom of Spain.

Philip died young, leaving a son, Charles, and Joanna, an insane wife, to watch his grave through weary years of woe.