Once more it was declared invalid.

Once more the Duke pretended to give way.

But at this juncture Gregory died; and while the conclave was sitting for the election of the new Pope, he resolved to take the law into his own hands, and to ratify his union with Vittoria by a third and public marriage in Rome.

On the morning of April 24, 1585, their nuptials were accordingly once more solemnized in the Orsini palace.

Just one hour after the ceremony, as appears from the marriage-register, the news arrived of Cardinal Montalto's election to the Papacy.