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Caterina's resistance to Cesare Borgia meant she had to face his fury and imprisonment. After she gained her freedom in Rome, she then went on to lead a quiet life in Florence.
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"I bend my knee to no man, unless I choose to."
―Catherina Sforza
The cunning head of the powerful Sforza clan of Milan, Catherina is one of the Pope's chief rivals for power on the Italian peninsula. Like the rest of the Sforzas, she refused to support the Pope against the impending invasion by the French. Known for her military prowess, she roundly defeated Juan Borgia and the papal armies in their siege at For...
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•Caterina's eldest son's name was Ottaviano, not Benito. None of her sons were named Benito.
•The incident of Caterina's eldest son being held hostage occurred in 1488 after the murder of her first husband, Giralomo Riario. Eye witness accounts differ as to whether or not she hiked her skirt, showing her genitals and saying she could always make more kids.
1.http://www.sho.com/sho/the-borgias/cast/21098/catherina-sforza
2."Siblings"
3."Death, on a Pale Horse"
4."The Siege at Forli"
Mar 15, 2019 · The troops of the Borgias, a powerful rival family, were holding her children hostage and threatening to kill them if she did not yield the fortress and her lands to them.
Jun 20, 2022 · When enemies laid siege to the fortress of Italian noblewoman Caterina Sfroza and captured her children, she stood on the walls of Imola and lifted her skirts, calling out that she could always make more children. She was indeed resilient.
Cesare Borgia was destined to combine his personal ambitions with his father’s political, military and dynastic aims— the ideal candidate to bring Romagna back under a single, stable domain and transform it into a bastion on the northern border of the Church States.
Jul 20, 2023 · The 2011 television series Borgias, created by Tom Fantana for European viewers, has Sforza deliver her iconic line to a frustrated Cesare Borgia, who anticipated an easy surrender from his female adversary during his military campaign to rule over a united Italy.
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Caterina became a prisoner and was brought to Rome, locked in Castel Sant’Angelo jails. She was mistreated and even tortured. She eventually was charged with having tried to poison the Pope Rodrigo Borgia therefore she was forced to face a long trial.
