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None. Pope Alexander VI [Note 2] (born Rodrigo de Borja [Note 3]; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) ( epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian ") [6] was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into the prominent Borgia family in Xàtiva in the Kingdom of Valencia under the Crown ...
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Banquet of Chestnuts. The Banquet of Chestnuts (sometimes Ballet of Chestnuts, Festival of Chestnuts, or Joust of Whores) was a supper purportedly held at the Papal Palace in Rome and hosted by former Cardinal Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, on 31 October 1501.
Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia. Died. 18 August 1503. (1503-08-18) (aged 72) Rome. Other popes named Alexander. Pope Alexander VI ( Latin: Alexander Sextus; 1431–1503), born Rodrigo Lanzol y Borja, was an Spanish cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 215th Pope from 1492 to 1503. [1]
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Click to enlarge. Alexander VI POPE, (RODRIGO BORGIA), b. at Xativa, near Valencia, in Spain, January 1, 1431; d. in Rome, August 18, 1503. His parents were Jofre Lancol and Isabella Borja, sister of Cardinal Alfonso Borja, later Pope Callixtus III. The young Rodrigo had not yet definitely chosen his profession when the elevation of his uncle ...
Alexander VI, orig. Rodrigo de Borja y Doms, (born 1431, Játiva, Aragon—died Aug. 18, 1503, Rome), Pope (1492–1503).Born into the Spanish branch of the Borgia family, he amassed great wealth and lived scandalously, fathering four illegitimate children (before his election as pope), who played an important role in his complicated dynastic plans.
The Holy See Pontiffs Alexander VI ... IT - PT] Alexander VI 214th Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 11,26.VIII.1492:
Alexander VI. Pope Alexander VI (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503), born Rodrigo Borja (Italian: Rodrigo Borgia ), Pope from 1492 to 1503), is the most controversial of the Popes of the Renaissance, whose surname became a byword for low standards in the papacy of that era. More interested in wealth and power than in theology or spirituality ...