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Giovanni Borgia (March 1498 – 1548), known as the Infans Romanus ("the Roman child"), was born into the House of Borgia in secret and is of unclear parentage. Speculations of the child's parentage involve either Lucrezia Borgia with her alleged lover, Perotto Calderon or Cesare Borgia, or Pope Alexander VI as his father. [1]
- The 'Infans Romanus'
- Alfonso of Aragon
- Alphonso D'este and The Fall of The Borgias
During the prolonged process of the annulment, Lucrezia may have consummated a relationship with someone, either Alexander's messenger, Pedro Calderon, aka Perotto or—more infamously—Alexander himself, her own father. The result was that she was rumored to be pregnant when her marriage was annulled, despite it having never been consummated. That sh...
In order to strengthen ties with Naples, Pope Alexander in 1498 arranged a marriage between Lucrezia and the 17-year-old Alfonso, duke of Bisceglie, an illegitimate son of Alfonso II of Naples. However, after Cesare's alliance with the French king Louis XII (1499) and his subsequent campaign in the Duchy of Romagna, which threatened Naples, Alfonso...
Lucretia's third marriage helped consolidate her brother Cesare's position in the Romagna by opening the road to Tuscany, an important trade route of the day. This third marriage, to Alphonso d'Este (Prince of Ferrara), proved to be a lasting one, and she bore him six children. The fall of the power of the Borgias followed with her father's death i...
Vannozza dei Cattanei. Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandía (1476–1497) was the second born and the second son of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza Cattanei and a member of the House of Borgia. He was the brother of Cesare, Gioffre, and Lucrezia Borgia. He was murdered on 14 June 1497. Even today, it is not known with certainty who was ...
- c. 1476, Italy
- 1488–1497
- 14 June 1497 (aged 20–21), Rome
- Borgia
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House of Borgia. The House of Borgia ( / ˈbɔːr ( d) ʒə / BOR-zhə, BOR-jə, [2] [3] [4] Italian: [ˈbɔrdʒa]; Spanish and Aragonese: Borja [ˈboɾxa]; Valencian: Borja [ˈbɔɾdʒa]) was a Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. [5] They were from Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, the surname being a ...
- R.N. Borja; took over 2020; direct line extinct
- 1455; 568 years ago
- María Ana, 12th Duchess of Gandía
- From the Spanish town of Borja
Giovanni Borgia (March 1498 – 1548), known as the Infans Romanus ("the Roman child"), was born into the House of Borgia in secret and is of unclear parentage. Speculations of the child's parentage involve either Lucrezia Borgia with her alleged lover, Perotto Calderon or Cesare Borgia, or Pope Alexander VI as his father.
Feb 2, 2022 · One of them was Giovanni, also known as the Infans romanus, who, since birth, was the protagonist of a controversial story that first wanted him to be the illegitimate son of Lucrezia and a young Spanish lover in the service of his father, then the son of incest between the pope and Lucrezia and finally son of the pope and a married woman.
The ostensible reason was to discuss the initial steps to establish the four-year-old Giovanni Borgia, the so-called Infans Romanus (widely whispered to be Lucrezia’s illegitimate offspring, possibly by her father or brother) as heir to the Romagna dukedom. But no one believed for an instant that the apparent purpose was the real one, and ...
