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- With the negotiations now concluded, a dowry was agreed of 100,000 ducats and the marriage contract was finally drawn up on 26 August, 1501. The marriage itself was completed at the Belfiore on September 1, 1501, without Alfonso being present.
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Lucrezia Borgia and her marriage to Alfonso d’Este. By Samantha Morris. After two failed marriages, one of which had ended in the murder of Alfonso Duke of Bisceglie, Lucrezia Borgia was once more on the marriage market in the year 1500. She was a pawn, a chess piece for her father and brother’s political plans.
- She Was Illegitimate
- She Was only 13 at The Time of Her First Marriage
- Lucrezia’s Annulment Was Tainted with Accusations of Incest
- She Was Extremely Beautiful by The Standards of Her Day
- Her Second Husband Was Murdered – Possibly by Her Own Brother
- She Was Governor of Spoleto
- Rumours Began to Taint The Borgias
- Her Third Marriage Was Considerably More Successful
- Lucrezia Embarked on Passionate Affairs
- But She Was A Model Renaissance Duchess
Born on 18 April 1480, Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of Cardinal Rodrigo de Borgia (who would later go on to be Pope Alexander VI) and his chief mistress, Vannozza dei Cattanei. Importantly – and unlike some of her half-siblings – Rodrigo acknowledged heras his child. This meant she was permitted an education, and not merely a convent one. Lucre...
Lucrezia’s education and connections meant she would marry well – in a way that was advantageous to both her family and her prospects. At the age of 10, her hand was officially in matrimony for the first time: in 1492, Rodrigo Borgia was made Pope, and he cancelled Lucrezia’s existing engagement in order to create an alliance through marriage with ...
Giovanni Sforza was furious about the annulment – particularly given it was to be on grounds on non-consummation – and accused Lucrezia of paternal incest. Rumours also swirled that Lucrezia was in fact pregnant at the time of the annulment, hence why she retired to a convent for 6 months during the proceedings. The marriage was eventually annulled...
Lucrezia’s allure came not just from her wealthy and powerful family. Contemporaries described her as having long blonde hair, white teeth (not always a given in Renaissance Europe), hazel eyes and a natural grace and elegance.
Lucrezia’s second marriage was short-lived. Her father arranged for her to marry Alfonso d’Aragonawho was Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno. Whilst the match conferred titles and status on Lucrezia, it also proved to be something of a love match. It quickly became clear that shifting Borgia alliances were making Alfonso uneasy: he fled Rome f...
Unusually for the time, Lucrezia was granted the position of Governor of Spoleto in 1499. The role was usually reserved solely for cardinals, and for Lucrezia as opposed to her husband to be appointed was certainly controversial.
One of the most lasting rumours that has stuck surrounding Lucrezia was her ‘poison ring’. Poison was viewed as a woman’s weapon, and Lucrezia was said to have a ring in which she stored poison. She could open the catch and quickly drop poison into their drink whilst they were turned the other way. There is no evidence for Lucrezia poisoning anyone...
In 1502, Lucrezia was married – for political reasons – again, this time to Alfonso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara. The pair produced 8 children, 4 of whom survived until adulthood. Brutal and politically astute, Alfonso was also a great patron of the arts, commissioning work by Titian and Bellini most notably. Lucrezia died in 1519, aged just 39, after g...
Neither Lucrezia nor Alfonso was faithful: Lucrezia embarked on a feverish affair with her brother-in-law, Francesco, Marquess of Mantua – their ardent love letters survive to this day and give a glimpse into their desires. Later, Lucrezia also had a love affair with the poet Pietro Bembo, which appears to have been somewhat more sentimental than h...
Lucrezia and Alfonso’s court was cultured and fashionable – the poet Ariosto described her ‘beauty, virtue, chastity and fortune’, and she won the admiration and respect of the citizens of Ferrara during the excommunication crisis of 1510. After the unexpected death of Rodrigo, the son from her first marriage to Alfonso d’Aragona, she withdrew to a...
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Marriages. First marriage: Giovanni Sforza (Lord of Pesaro and Gradara) Alleged affair with Perotto. Second marriage: Alfonso d'Aragon (Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno) Third marriage: Alfonso d'Este (Duke of Ferrara) Appearance. Black legend. Children. In popular culture. Literature and opera. In fiction. Film and television. See also.
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Sep 2, 2020 · Four days later, the two were married in a private ceremony and the marriage was consummated that very night, with celebrations continuing on for days afterwards. During one of the celebrations, held in the Borgia apartments, seven dancers walked in dressed as different animals and danced about the room.
Jun 5, 2019 · Lucrezia Borgia and Alfonso d'Este were married by proxy at the Vatican on December 30, 1501. In January, she traveled with 1,000 in attendance to Ferrara, and on February 2, the two were married in person in another luxurious ceremony.
- Jone Johnson Lewis
Borgia family. Callixtus III (born December 31, 1378, near Játiva, kingdom of Aragon [Spain]—died August 6, 1458, Rome [Italy]) was the pope from 1455 to 1458. As a member of the Aragonese court, he reconciled King Alfonso V with Pope Martin V, who appointed Callixtus bishop of Valencia in 1429.
Jun 8, 2018 · Her marriage to Alfonso, nephew of Alfonso II of Naples, ended with Alfonso's murder (1500) by Cesare's henchman. After the collapse of Borgia aspirations in 1503, she forsook the political intrigue for which she was notorious and lived quietly, a patron of art, at Ferrara with her third husband, Alfonso d'Este.
