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- The Bisexual Boniface VIII Took Male Lovers and Had a Threesome with a Mother and Daughter. Boniface VIII’s papacy was so brutal and scandalous that it was immortalized in classic literature.
- Benedict IX Liked the Occasional Bestiality Session to Spice Up His Sex Life. At only twenty years old, the election of Pope Benedict IX in 1032 elected one of the youngest popes to the throne of St. Peter.
- Alexander VI’s Love For Orgies and His Illegitimate Children Defined His Papacy. Born Rodrigo Borgia, the late-fifteenth century Pope Alexander VI enjoyed a long career as Vice-Chancellor of the Church before he bullied and bribed the curia into electing him in 1492.
- John XII Died in His Mistress’s Bed. After the death of John X, Marozia seized control of Rome and the papacy. She installed three puppet popes, including her son, John XI.
After the death of Lucrezia's second husband, her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged a third marriage. She then married Alfonso I d'Este , Duke of Ferrara , in early 1502 in Ferrara . She had eight children during this marriage and was considered a respectable and accomplished Renaissance duchess, effectively rising above her previous ...
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A Glass of Wine with Caesar Borgia by John Collier shows Pope Alexander VI with three of his illegitimate children. Wikimedia Commons. 31. Alexander VI shocked everyone by acknowledging his illegitimate children. Although his sexual misconduct was widely-known, the least the new pope could do was attempt to bury his past. Oh, no.
TIL Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) fathered at least seven, and as many as ten illegitimate children after his ordainment, including the famous Cesare who he made Cardinal, creating Duchies for others, cementing alliances and dynasties to further the Borgia name. The Medicis bankrolled him. en.wikipedia.org.
- Cesare is the only man to ever quit the college of cardinals. Following the murder of his brother in 1497, Cesare Borgia became the sole Borgia heir. The problem was, he was a Cardinal, and Cardinals couldn’t have legitimate heirs.
- Cesare (probably) didn’t kill his brother. On 14 June 1497, Juan Borgia went missing after attending a dinner party at his mother’s house. As he left the party with his brother and uncle, he met with a strange, masked man.
- Incest – what incest? There is actually no solid proof that Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia were ever in an incestuous relationship. The whole thing is based on nothing but a rumour started by Lucrezia’s first husband, Giovanni Sforza.
- Cesare was a master of disguise. On 30 January 1495, Cesare Borgia proved to everyone just how wily he could be. At the demand of King Charles VIII of France, Cesare had accompanied him on his journey towards Naples, basically as a hostage.
Alexander VI fathered many children by a number of mistresses, but four were legitimized: Juan, Cesare, Jofré, and Lucrezia.
He fathered four illegitimate children and bribed other cardinals to elect him pope. Source for information on Alexander VI, Pope (1431–1503): Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture dictionary.
