Borgia
See also: Borgia (homonymy)
Borgia is the Italianized name of the family of Borja, of Valencian origin (Spain), which had a great political importance in Italy of the 15th century. It provided two popes, like several other characters, of which some acquired annoying re-elected.
The Borgia family underwent a black legend forged by her political enemies. Borgia were marked shovel-mixes with poisoning, fratricides, incestes… This legend contributed to make of Borgia the symbols of the decline of the Church at the end of the Middle Ages.
Some members
- Rodrigo Borgia
- Giovanni Borgia
- Alphonse Borgia (cat. Alphonse de Borja ), pope under the name of Calixte III of 1455 with 1458.
- Its nephew, Roderic Llançol I of Borja , joined it in Italy where it took the name of Rodrigo Borgia' . He was pope under the name of Alexandre VI of 1492 with 1503. He had several illegitimate children:
- César Borgia
- Lucrèce Borgia
- Jean, duke of Gandíe, of which the grandson was
- Saint François Borgia
- Francisco de Borja there Aragón, powerful prince of the Siècle of Spanish gold, viceroy of Peru of 1615 with 1621, which was also a writer.
Posterity
principal descendants of Borgia
Historical novel
- the Blood of Borgia , by Mario Puzo.
Historical film
Borgias , Spanish film of Antonio Hernandez (2006).----
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