Where is Lucrezia Borgia buried? Corpus Domini, Ferrara, Italy. Who does Lucrezia Borgia marry? Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara m. Did Cesare Borgia become pope?
The Borgia family originally came from the Kingdom of Valencia, and rose to prominence during the midth century; Cesare's great-uncle Alphonso Borgia — , bishop of Valencia, was elected Pope Callixtus III in Who was pope after Alexander VI? Did Cesare Borgia have a son? Girolamo Borgia. You may change your billing preferences at any time in the Customer Center or call Customer Service.
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Yet this leaves us with a problem. Why did observers turn on them quite so comprehensively, and what was the reason for so dramatic a smear campaign? The first is simply that they were Spaniards , and as such, were yoked to shifting perceptions of Spanish influence in the Italian peninsula. The fact that the Borgias hailed from Valencia, and that Alexander VI had helped to involve the Spanish more closely in Italian affairs meant that the family was almost inevitably tarred with the same brush.
The second reason is that they were outsiders. Whichever way you looked at it, the papacy was dominated by Italians, directed in the interest of Italian states, and misused for the benefit of Italians. The Borgias were an anomaly. It was not merely that they were not Italian there would be only one other non-Italian pope between the end of the Great Schism in and the Sack of Rome in ; rather, it was that Callixtus III and Alexander VI sought to use the papacy to enrich their family at the expense of Italians.
They despoiled other Italian families of their land and titles; they invoked the help of foreign powers; and they generally disrupted the delicate balance of power in Italy.
As a consequence, it was almost natural that Italian commentators and historians — many of whom had experienced the rapaciousness of successive pontiffs — were willing to depict the Borgias inaccurately as especially corrupt and vile individuals. Although it was not unusual for families to base their success entirely on papal favour, most were canny enough to limit their ambitions, to consolidate their gains gradually and to graft themselves into other more established families. In other words, they started small, played the long game and tried not to ruffle too many feathers.
And, by and large, this was a technique that worked. The Piccolomini, the della Rovere, and the Farnese families all climbed the ladder slowly and effectively, and — in time — became dominant players in the game of Italian politics. This fact alone prevented anyone from taking too strong a dislike to them. You just had to get along with them.
But the Borgias were different. They were too hasty, too reliant on papal authority and foreign favour, and too unwilling to respect existing patters of landed power. Hopelessly outnumbered, he was dragged off his horse and overwhelmed. His killers stripped his armour off and left his naked, bloodstained body with the marks of at least twenty-five wounds showing he had sold his life dearly. The attackers did not realize who Cesare was and de Beaumonte, when he discovered, was furious at the loss of an exceptionally valuable potential captive for ransom.
Months Past. The Renaissance political figure died on 12 March Italy Political.
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