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On the marriage contract of Girolama Borgia with Roman nobleman Gian Andrea Cesarini, the bride is identified as sister of the young noble Pedro Luís Borgia and of the boy Juan Borgia. Cesare’s name is not mentioned.32 When Pedro Luís died, Juan inherited all his brother’s riches and titles, even his bride.
Family dynamics, the author suggests, forced a queen to play pawn. When, after the forced annulment of her first marriage, Lucrezia befriends one of Cesare’s servants, her brother accuses her of ...
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Dec 7, 2007 · The life and times of Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI Bookreader Item Preview
In the words of the author, “An institution like the Roman papacy, conceived in fraud and born in iniquity, was bound in the order of God’s law, to produce its crop of evil, and of this crop probably the Borgia Pope is the most striking example, though by no means the only one. Pope Alexander VI was the
House of Borgia. The House of Borgia ( / ˈbɔːr ( d) ʒə / BOR-zhə, BOR-jə, [2] [3] [4] Italian: [ˈbɔrdʒa]; Spanish and Aragonese: Borja [ˈboɾxa]; Valencian: Borja [ˈbɔɾdʒa]) was a Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. [5] They were from Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, the surname being a ...
Jun 6, 2019 · 4.08. 750 ratings88 reviews. The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family―a world of saints, corrupt popes, and depraved princes and poisoners―set against the golden age of the Italian Renaissance. The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty―all have been ...
The Borgias: The Hidden History. The Borgias: The Hidden History is a 2013 non-fiction book by G. J. Meyer about the history of the Borgia family in Renaissance Italy. Based on a re-examination of contemporary and modern material, it contradicts a number of the generally accepted statements about the Borgia popes and their relatives.
