I've found something more:
The Borgias (Borjas) were the only two Popes of Spanish origin. The last one was Alexander VI, already mentioned, but his uncle
Calixtus III was also pope. He's described as
feeble and incompetent,
having called a crusade against the Ottomans that found no replies. He
also reviewed the proccess against Joan d'Arc, rehabilitating her
posthumously.
Pope Calixtus III, uncle of Alexander VI
And
HERE is another interesting article in Cesare, on whom it was said: "The Pope loves his son... and has great fear of him."
He and his father had planned a marriage betweem Cesare and Carlotta,
princess of Naples. For this reason he abandoned the habits and was
titled from then on as Duke of Valentinois. But the King of Naples
changed his mind and Cesare then allied with Louis XII of France who
claimed Naples and Milan. In exchange, Cesare was married with a
princess, Charlotte, of the Duchy of Guyenne, gaining also power and
richess in abundance.
While you, Pikeshoot, say that Cesare wasn't any great condottiero, he
was indeed a great statesman and commander, or at least he is regarded
as such by many, always ignoring the moral issues, of course. He
managed to control by force of arms or by diplomatic means all the
Romagna and the fact that Machiavelli chosed him as main model for his
most famous essay, is in itself relevant (though some suggest that
Machiavelli actually admired most Ferdinand of Aragon but didn't
dare to praise him too much)
...
Lucrezia's life is maybe the most complex and largely she seems to be a
tool of her father's and brother's ambitions. She was married first to
Giovanni Sforza, Count of Pesaro. But this marriage was annullated when
his help wasn't of use anymore for the Borgias. Later she was married
to the crown-prince of Aragon, Alfonso (after having been attested
purely virgin by Church offcials, despite being pregnant of 6 months,
not from Sforza but from a servant, apparently).
She was then for some time governor of Spoletto and Foligno, a
principality traditionally reserved for cardinals of the Church, that
she ruled well. This was the first sign that the marriage with Alfonso
wasn't anymore of use, once the war against Naples had started. Soon
after Alfonso was almost killed in Rome but he recovered under the
protection and care of Lucrezia. But Cesare didn't like to leave his
works half-finished and Alfonso was murdered anyhow.
After that, Lucrezia was married to Afonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, a
city-state, adjacent to Cesare's domains. As Duchess, Lucrezia survived
her relatives and bore descendants for that dynasty. She died when she was 39 after a
difficult pregnancy.
Lucrezia reigns in the Vatican in absence of her father, a totally Borgian scene
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