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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Borgia , Span. Borja , 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.

Bibliography: See studies by E. R. Chamberlin (1974) and C. Hibbert (2008).

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Borgia

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Borgia the family name of Rodrigo Borgia (1431–1503), later Pope Alexander VI, and his illegitimate children Cesare (c.1476–1507) and Lucrezia (1480–1519); their traditional reputation was for ruthless ambition, and they were popularly believed to be skilled in poisoning.

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