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- Giovanni went to stay with Lucrezia in Ferrara after Alexander's death, where he was accepted as her half-brother.
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Lucrezia’s marriage to Giovanni lasted only four years. In 1497, his father, the Pope, felt that the alliance with the Sforza family was no longer the best option. Instead, he petitioned for an annulment of the union to negotiate a more profitable marriage alliance for Lucrezia.
Giovanni went to stay with Lucrezia in Ferrara after Alexander's death, where he was accepted as her half-brother. Second marriage: Alfonso d'Aragon (Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno) Duke Alfonso of Aragon by Pinturicchio
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Apr 18, 2024 · In 1491 the young Lucrezia was successively betrothed to two Spanish nobles. But after her father became pope in 1492, he sought an alliance with the Sforza family of Milan against the Aragonese dynasty of Naples. Accordingly, Lucrezia was in 1493 married to Giovanni Sforza, lord of Pesaro.
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The first in 1493 at age thirteen was to Giovanni Sforza, Lord of Pesaro. This was forcibly annulled when a Sforza alliance proved no longer useful, the Borgias claiming on the grounds of ‘impotence’ on the part of the groom. Humiliated, Sforza circulated rumours that Lucrezia conducted incestuous liasons with her father and brother.
Russell, Rinaldina. “Borgia, Lucrezia (1480–1519).” In Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. Edited by Diana Maury Robin, Anne R. Larsen, and Carole Levin, 51–54. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007. The entry on Lucrezia gives a clear, concise account of her life, in which all the appropriate names are ...
Dec 27, 2021 · Pope Alexander VI needed new and more powerful allies. Thus, he secretly ordered the murder of Lucrezia’s husband Giovanni Sforza. The story states that she got news of this, warning her husband who then had to flee Rome. Portrait of a Woman by Bartolomeo Veneto, traditionally assumed to be Lucrezia Borgia. (Bartolomeo Veneto / Public domain)
Feb 4, 2024 · On 12 June 1493, Lucrezia married Giovanni Sforza; however, when the Borgias no longer needed an alliance with the Sforza family, Alexander VI and Cesare organised an annulment on the basis that he was impotent. Angered by this, Giovanni initially refused the annulment and accused Lucrezia of incest with her father and brother.
