lucrezia borgia

Lucrezia Borgia (18 April 1480 - 24 June 1519) was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance Valencian who later became Pope Alexander VI, and Vannozza dei Cattanei. Her brothers included Cesare Borgia, Giovanni Borgia, and Gioffre Borgia.

Lucrezia's family came to epitomize the ruthless Machiavellian politics and sexual corruption alleged to be characteristic of the Renaissance Papacy. Lucrezia was cast as a femme fatale, a role she has been portrayed as in many artworks, novels, and films.

Very little is known of Lucrezia as a historical personage, and her complicity in the political machinations of her brothers and father cannot be determined at this time. Her father and/or brother certainly arranged several marriages for her to important or powerful men in order to advance their own political ambitions. Lucrezia was married to Giovanni Sforza (Lord of Pesaro), Alfonso of Aragon (Duke of Bisceglie), and Alfonso d'Este (Duke of Ferrara). Tradition has it that Alfonso of …more

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Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia (18 April 1480 - 24 June 1519) was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance Valencian who later became Pope Alexander VI, and Vannozza dei Cattanei. Her brothers included Cesare Borgia, Giovanni Borgia, and Gioffre Borgia.L...
Pope Alexander Vi

Pope Alexander VI 1431 – 1503) , born Roderic Llançol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja was Pope from 1492 to 1503. He is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, and his surname (Italianized as Borgia) became a byword for the debased standar...
Gioffre Borgia

Youngest son of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) and his mistress Vannozza dei Canttanei, and brother of Giovanni, Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia....
Giovanni Borgia

(1474 or 1476 - 1497) Son of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) and his mistress Vannozza dei Cattanei, he was brother to Cesare Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia and Gioffre Borgia. Pope Alexander VI made him 2nd Duke of Gandia, Duke of Sessa, Grand Constable of N...
Alfonso Of Aragon

(1481 – 1500)Illegitimate son of King Alfonso II of Naples by his mistress Truzia (or Trogia) Gazzela, he became Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno.He is known mostly for being the second husband of Lucrezia Borgia. Together they had one child, Rodri...
Niccolò Machiavelli

An Italian philosopher/writer, and is considered one of the main founders of modern political science. He was a diplomat, political philosopher, musician, and a playwright, but foremost, he was a civil servant of the Florentine Republic. In June of 1498, ...
Caterina Sforza

Caterina Sforza, Countess of Forlì (early 1463 – 28 May 1509) was an Italian noblewoman, the illegitimate daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan and Lucrezia Landriani, the wife of the courtier Gian Piero Landriani, a close friend of the Duke. R...
Leonardo Da Vinci

April 15, 1452, Anchiano, ItalyDied: May 2, 1519, Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise, France. Italian polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. Leon...
Cesare Borgia

Cesare Borgia (September 13, 1475 – March 12, 1507), Duke of Valentinois was a Spanish-Italian condottiero, lord and cardinal. He was the son of Pope Alexander VI and his long-term mistress Vannozza dei Cattanei. He was sibling to Lucrezia Borgia, Gioffre...