BORGIA

bōrˈjä, Span. Borjabôrˈhä, Spanish-Italian noble family, originally from Aragón. When Alfonso de Borja, cardinal-archbishop of Valencia, was pope as Calixtus III (1455–58), several relatives followed him to Rome. His nephew Rodrigo became pope as Alexander VI, and Rodrigo's illegitimate children were Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia; the later reputations of these Borgias made the family name a synonym for avarice and treachery. To the Spanish branch of the family belonged St. Francis Borgia and Francisco Borja (1581–1658), a Spanish general and viceroy of Peru. The direct line of the family, whose senior members bore the title duke of Gandia, died out in the 18th cent.

See study by E. R. Chamberlin (1974).

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Lucretia Borgia: According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
Book by Ferdinand Gregorovius, John Leslie Garner; D. Appleton, 1903
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia--1480-1519, Italy--History--1492-1559, Renaissance--Italy
...death, 321- 322; his character, 323. Borgia, Catarina, sister of Calixtus III, 4. Borgia, Francesco, duke of Gandia, enters the...365; dies in Rome and is canonized, 365. Borgia, Giovanni, duke of Gandia, son of Vannozza...
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The Life and Times of Lucrezia Borgia
Book by Maria Bellonci, Bernard Wall, Barbara Wall; Harcourt Brace, 1953
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia--1480-1519, Italy--History--1492-1559
...230 -3, 255 , 258 -60, 314 -17 BORGIA, FRANCESCO, Archbishop of Cosen za...118 , 139 , 154 -5, 169 , 200 , 291 BORGIA GIOVANNI, 'the Greater', Arch bishop...later Cardinal, 24 , 43 , 93 , 102 , 219 BORGIA, GIOVANNI, 'the Less', of Melfi...
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The Renaissance: Savonarola Cesare Borgia -- Julius II. -- Leo X. Michael Angelo
Book by Arthur Count Gobineau, Oscar Levy; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1913
Subjects: Borgia, Cesare--1476?-1507, Julius--Ii--Pope--1443-1513, Leo--X--Pope--1475-1521, Michelangelo Buonarroti--1475-1564, Renaissance--Italy, Savonarola, Girolamo--1452-1498
...the side of a Julius II. and Caesar Borgia, of a Machiavelli, and Michael Angelo...Alexander VI. defends his son Caesar Borgia before his sister Lucrezia, whose husband, Don Alphonso dAragon, Caesar Borgia has just strangled: -- He is not...
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Then and Now: A Novel
Book by W. Somerset Maugham; Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946
Subjects: Borgia, Cesare--1476?-1507--Fiction, Italy--History--1492-1559--Fiction, Machiavelli, Niccolao--1469-1527--Fiction, Nobility--Papal States--Fiction, Statesmen--Italy--Fiction
...of the intrepid but unfortunate Caterina Sforza, whom Caesar Borgia now held prisoner in Rome. A bright fire of logs blazed on...his back to it. The only other person in the room was Juan Borgia, Cardinal of Monreale, the portly, shrewd nephew of Pope...
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Advances in the Study of Behavior - Vol. 36
Book by H. Jane Brockmann, Peter J. B. Slater, Charles T. Snowdon, Timothy J. Roper, Marc Naguib, Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards; Academic Press, 2006
Subjects: Animal Behavior, Human Behavior
...R. Soc. Lond. B 266, 2169-2174. Borgia, G. (1979). Sexual selection and...19-80. Academic Press, New York. Borgia, G. (1981). Mate selection in the...system. Anim. Behav. 29, 71-80. Borgia, G. (1982). Experimental changes...
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Lucrezia Borgia as Entrepreneur
Journal article by Diane Yvonne Ghirardo; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia, Nobles--Biography
Lucrezia Borgia as Entrepreneur. by Diane Yvonne Ghirardo...A few days after the death of Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (1480-1519...had none of their own. (10) Lucrezia Borgia presents quite a different case: it is...
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Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy
Journal article by Nicholas Terpstra; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy (Book)--Book reviews
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy. by Nicholas Terpstra Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy...as a necessary evil that might keep Cesare Borgia at bay. After Alexanders death, she joined...
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The Burning of the Vanities: Savonarola and the Borgia Pope
Journal article by Donald Weinstein; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Burning of the Vanities: Savonarola and the Borgia Pope (Book)--Book reviews
The Burning of the Vanities: Savonarola and the Borgia Pope. by Donald Weinstein Desmond Seward. The Burning of the Vanities: Savonarola and the Borgia Pope. Phoenix Mill: Sutton Publishing Limited, 2006. 310 pp. + 16 b/w pls. index...
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The Expressive Body in Goya's Saint Francis Borgia at the Deathbed of an Impenitent
Journal article by Andrew Schulz; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998
Subjects: Art criticism, Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828), Painting, Visual artists
...Expressive Body in Goyas Saint Francis Borgia at the Deathbed of an Impenitent by Andrew Schulz Saint Francis Borgia at the Deathbed of an Impenitent (Fig...passages in the life of Saint Francis Borgia for the new chapel that has been constructed...
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Shakespeare's Critique of Machiavellian Force, Fraud, and Spectacle in Measure for Measure
Journal article by Zdravko Planinc; Humanitas, Vol. 23, 2010
Subjects: Actors--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Actors--Sexual behavior, Actresses--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Actresses--Sexual behavior, Basketball players--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Basketball players--Sexual behavior, Bloom, Allan, Borgia, Cesare, Borgia, Lucrezia, Bribery--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Execution (Punishment)--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Executions and executioners--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Fraud--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Machiavelli, Niccolo, Measure for Measure (Play), Plato, Prostitution--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Religion--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Sexual harassment--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Theater--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...more a philosopher-king than a Cesare Borgia. What is similar about their interpretations...modeled Duke Vincentio on Machiavellis Borgia, the man whose more popular name was...relevant parts of The Prince are necessary. Borgia is Machiavellis favorite; and nowhere...
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Machiavelli, Leonardo & Borgia: A Fateful Collusion: What Happened When a Philosopher, an Artist and a Ruthless Warrior-All Giants of the Renaissance-Met on Campaign in Northern Italy?
Magazine article by Paul Strathern; History Today, Vol. 59, March 2009
Subjects: Artists--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Borgia, Cesare--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Leonardo da Vinci--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Machiavelli, Niccolo--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Philosophers--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Politicians--Conferences, meetings and seminars
Machiavelli, Leonardo Borgia: A Fateful Collusion: What Happened...Romagna in northeastern Italy. Cesare Borgia (1475-1507), backed by his father...instructions to ingratiate himself with Borgia and, as far as possible, discover...
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Cesare Borgia at Sinigallia: December 31st, 1502
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 52, December 2002
Subjects: Borgia, Cesare--Military aspects, Borgia, Cesare--Political activity, Italy--History
Cesare Borgia at Sinigallia: December 31st, 1502. by Richard Cavendish CESARE BORGIA (1475-1517) was the most brilliant, ambitious...the illegitimate children of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, who became pope as Alexander VI in 1492. Ten...
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Death of Cesare Borgia: March 12th, 1507
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 57, March 2007
Subjects: Borgia, Cesare--Evaluation, Dukes--Evaluation
Death of Cesare Borgia: March 12th, 1507. THE BORGIAS CAME FROM SPAIN originally and the most famous of them died there, killed at the age of thirty...
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Washington National Opera: Lucrezia Borgia
Magazine article by Patrick Dillon; Opera Canada, Vol. 50, Spring 2009
Subjects: Fleming, Renee, Grigolo, Vittorio, Musical performances, Opera, Radvanovsky, Sondra, Washington DC, Washington National Opera
Washington National Opera: Lucrezia Borgia by Patrick Dillon Washington National Opera Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia is a prima donnas opera if ever there was one. Despite its melodic wealth and solid construction, its potentially poisonous...
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Lucrezia Borgia
Magazine article by Christopher Monk; Musical Opinion, Vol. 134, March 2011
Lucrezia Borgia by Christopher Monk English National Opera...Fido for who he is? Similarly, Lucrezia Borgia, ENOs new production which opened on...fascinated by the character of Lucrezia Borgia and felt the opera made little sense without...
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The ORIGINAL GODFATHER; like Don Corleone, Rodrigo Borgia Presided over a Family of Scheming Murderers. Now the Story of Medieval Italy's Most Scandalous Dynasty Is Coming to the Small Screen
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 13, 2011
Subjects: Alexander VI, Pope, Borgia, Cesare, Irons, Jeremy, Jordan, Neil, Middle Ages, Whalley, Joanne
...GODFATHER; like Don Corleone, Rodrigo Borgia Presided over a Family of Scheming Murderers...the story of the corrupt and despotic Borgia family to the big screen for ten years...head of the family is Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (Jeremy Irons), a man so desperate...
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Revealed after 500 Years, Face of Borgia
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 26, 2008
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia, Painting, Painting (Art)
Revealed after 500 Years, Face of Borgia. Byline: Richard Shears HER name has...sullenly from the painting was Lucrezia Borgia, painted by Giovanni di Niccolo de Luteri...and a bronze portrait medal of Lucrezia Borgia, made in 1502 and until now, the only...
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LUCREZIA Borgia May Not Be the [...]; Tonight's TV
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), February 23, 2011
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia
LUCREZIA Borgia May Not Be the ...; Tonights TV. Byline: Jade Wright LUCREZIA Borgia may not be the most famous opera, but perhaps...methods of artistic expression, tackling Lucrezia Borgia Live: The Directors Cut (Sky Arts 1, 7.30pm...
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Racing: Olivier Wants to Be Victor Borgia
Newspaper article by Gary Nutting; Sunday Mirror (London, England), October 3, 1999
Racing: Olivier Wants to Be Victor Borgia. by Gary Nutting OLIVIER PESLIER is singing...with the Derby, partners mud-loving Borgia in todays Longchamp showpiece. Peslier...turf to a bog is manna from heaven for Borgia, who looks cracking each- way value...
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Borgia Tonic; for Fallon
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 31, 1997
Borgia Tonic; for Fallon. Flu-hit Kieren Fallon...Hollywood Park next Saturday, German raider Borgia, was all the rage yesterday. William Hill...richest meeting, from 12-1 to 8-1. Borgia was also well backed with Coral, who cut...
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Borgia, Lucrezia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BORGIA, LUCREZIA lookra tsya bor ja, 1480 1519...Alfonso II of Naples. Her brother, Cesare Borgia , had her second husband murdered in 1500...not been proved. Nevertheless, Lucrezia Borgia remains best known as portrayed in Victor...
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Borgia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BORGIA bor ja, Span. Borja bor ha, Spanish...illegitimate children were Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia; the later reputations of these Borgias...branch of the family belonged St. Francis Borgia and Francisco Borja (1581 1658), a Spanish...
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Borgia, Cesare
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BORGIA, CESARE cha zara bor ja, 1476 1507, Italian...Julius II , an implacable enemy of Cesare Borgia. Louis XII then turned against him. Julius...R. Chamberlain, Fall of the House of Borgia (1989...
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Borgia, Francis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BORGIA, FRANCIS see Francis Borgia, Saint . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Francis Borgia, Saint
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRANCIS BORGIA, SAINT bor j , 1510 72, Spanish Roman Catholic reformer, third general of the Jesuits (see Jesus, Society of ). He was a member of the famous Borgia family, a great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, and cousin to Holy Roman...
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