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Gioffre Borgia (1481– January 1517), also known as Goffredo ( Italian ), or Jofré Borja ( Valencian ), was the youngest illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei, and a member of the House of Borgia. He was the youngest brother of Cesare, Giovanni, and Lucrezia Borgia.
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Pope Alexander VI (born Rodrigo de Borja; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) (epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian")) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503.
- 11 August 1492
- 17 September 1456, by Callixtus III
- 18 August 1503
- Pius III
- Rodrigo Borgia had such a wild party that he got a reprimand from the pope. Born in Xàtiva, near Valencia, Rodrigo Borgia was a career churchman and power player.
- Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) operated a pilgrim scam. There have certainly been mixed views of Pope Alexander VI over the years. While he won praise from several of his papal successors, one 19th-century historian called him a ‘satanic priest’ who surrounded himself in the Vatican with ‘harlots, sorcerers, and bravos [hitmen]’.
- Alexander once insisted on sleeping with his son’s would-be bride. Pope Alexander was nearly 40 when he fell for the 28-year-old Vannozza dei Cattanei, mother of Lucrezia and Cesare and two of their siblings.
- Cesare Borgia liked to use prisoners as target practice. Cesare was handsome and a highly capable military leader and administrator, but he was also a ruthless tyrant.
Borgia Family, descendants of a noble line, originally from Valencia, Spain, that established roots in Italy and became prominent in ecclesiastical and political affairs in the 1400s and 1500s. The house of Borgias produced two popes and many other political and church leaders.
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Oct 14, 2013 · Gioffre Borgia. Gioffre, or Jofré, Borgia (1481-1518) was the youngest son of Rodrigo Borgia and Vanozza Catanei. The baby of the family, he was also regarded as its weakest. At the age of 11, he was married to 16-year-old Sancia of Aragon as part of a political move by his father.
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Joffre Borgia (1482-1518), also known as Gioffre Borgia or Goffredo Borgia, was Prince of Squillace from 1494-1518 and Duke of Alvito from 1497-1506. He was the youngest son of Pope Alexander VI and his mistress Vannozza dei Cattanei, and he was married to Sancia of Naples as a young boy.
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