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    The House of Borgia (/ˈbɔːr(d)ʒə/ BOR-zhə, BOR-jə; Italian: [ˈbɔrdʒa]; Spanish and Aragonese: Borja [ˈboɾxa]; Valencian: Borja [ˈbɔɾdʒa]) was a Spanish...
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    Lucrezia Borgia (18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI...
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    leader), an illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and member of the Spanish-Aragonese House of Borgia. His fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince...
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    dei Cattanei and a member of the House of Borgia. He was the brother of Cesare, Gioffre, and Lucrezia Borgia. Giovanni Borgia was the pope's favourite...
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  • Borgia is a historical drama television series created by Tom Fontana for Canal+, ZDF, ORF, and Sky Italia. The show recounts the Borgia family's rise...
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    Francis Borgia SJ (Valencian: Francesc de Borja; Spanish: Francisco de Borja; 28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. The great-grandson...
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    Borgia Apartments The Borgia Apartments are a suite of rooms in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, adapted for personal use by Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo...
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    others, Isabella Borgia and Girolama Borgia, born by unknown mothers, and Cesare Borgia, Giovanni Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia and Goffredo Borgia, all born by...
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    of the House of Borgia. He was the youngest brother of Cesare, Giovanni, and Lucrezia Borgia. Gioffre married Sancha of Aragon, natural daughter of Alfonso...
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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...
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    Girolama Borgia (Catalan: Jerónima de Borja; 1469 – 20 January 1483) was an illegitimate daughter of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, later Pope Alexander VI...
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    Valencian")) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into the prominent Borgia family in Xàtiva...
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    Louise Borgia (17 May 1500 – 1553) was a French noblewoman. She was the daughter of Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois, who died when she was almost seven...
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    – 6 August 1458), born Alfonso de Borgia (Valencian: Alfons de Borja), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 April 1455...
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  • Look up Borgia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The House of Borgia was a Valencian-Italian noble family prominent during the Renaissance. Borgia or the...
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  • The Borgias is a historical drama television series created by Neil Jordan; it debuted in 2011 and was canceled in 2013. The series is set in Renaissance-era...
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  • Cantarella (category House of Borgia)
    poison allegedly used by the Borgias during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI. It may have been arsenic, came in the shape of "a white powder with a pleasant...
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    of Aragon (also called Little Rodrigo, 1499–1512), Duke of Bisceglie and Sermoneta of the House of Trastámara, was the only child of Lucrezia Borgia,...
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  • The Borgias, also known as the Borjas, were a European papal family of Spanish origin that became prominent during the Renaissance. The family produced...
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    (1461–1466) Cesar Borgia, Prince of Andria, Prince of Venafro, Duke of Valentinois, Duke of Romagna created by apostolic authority and the college of Cardinals...
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    House of Barcelona to the House of Trastámara. The title was re-established in 1483 by Ferdinand II of Aragon as a favour to Rodrigo Cardinal Borgia for...
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    Valencian Parliament House of Borgia Route of the Borgias Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palau de Benicarló. Official website of the Valencian Parliament...
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    Xàtiva (category Route of the Borgias)
    the city became the cradle of one of the most powerful and controversial families of the Renaissance, the House of Borgia, which produced Popes like Callixtus...
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    Italian-Spanish noblewoman, religious and writer, daughter of Juan Borgia, II Duke of Gandia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI, and Maria Enriquez de Luna. Isabella...
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    The Route of the Borgias is a cultural route, that includes sites associated with the Borja or Borgia, located in their native Valencian Community, Spain...
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    and the wife of the widely notorious Cesare Borgia, whom she married in 1499. She was the mother of his only legitimate child, Louise Borgia, to whom she...
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  • Laura Orsini (redirect from Laura Borgia)
    her lover Pope Alexander VI Borgia. Laura Orsini was born in Rome, Italy, on 30 November 1492. She was the only child of Giulia Farnese (Pope Paulus III's...
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    Giovanni Sforza (category House of Borgia)
    of Pesaro and Gradara from 1483 until his death. He is best known as the first husband of Lucrezia Borgia. Their marriage was annulled on claims of his...
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    married to Gioffre Borgia, youngest son of Pope Alexander VI. Upon her marriage, she and her husband were created Prince and Princess of Squillace, a province...
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    Rodrigo Borja Cevallos (category House of Borgia)
    President of Ecuador from 10 August 1988 to 10 August 1992. He is also a descendant of the House of Borgia. Borja was born in Quito, the capital of Ecuador...
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