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Giulia Farnese (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːlja farˈneːze,-eːse]; 1474 – 23 March 1524) was an Italian noblewoman, a mistress to Pope Alexander VI, and the sister of Pope Paul III. [2] Known as Giulia la bella ( Italian for 'Julia the beautiful'), she was a member of the noble Farnese family, who were prominent leaders in the Italian ...
Alexander VI: 1492–1503 Not married. Relationships with Vanozza dei Catanei and Giulia Farnese. Possibly Had a long affair with Vannozza dei Cattanei while still a priest, and before he became pope; and by her had his illegitimate children Cesare Borgia, Giovanni Borgia, Gioffre Borgia, and Lucrezia. [32]
Pope Alexander VI [Note 2] (born Rodrigo de Borja; [Note 3] c. 1431 ... Of Alexander's many mistresses, one of his favourites was Vannozza dei Cattanei, ...
Giovanna "Vannozza" (dei) Cattanei (13 July 1442 – 24 November 1518) [2] was an Italian woman who was the chief mistress of Cardinal Rodrigo de Borgia, later to become Pope Alexander VI. [ 3 ] Early life
The only son of Ludovico Orsini Migliorati (1425-1489) and Adriana de Mila (b. 1434), Orsino was related to Alexander VI through his mother, who was the Pope's cousin. . Adriana had been widowed at an early age and had sought the "protection" of her cousin, then-Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, in order to effectively administer her late husband's vast estates and to safeguard her son's considerable ...
Lucrezia Borgia was born on 18 April 1480 at Subiaco, near Rome. [2] Her mother was Vannozza dei Cattanei, one of the mistresses of Lucrezia's father, Cardinal Rodrigo de Borgia (later Pope Alexander VI).
Trogia Gazzella (also called Trusia or Turzia; 1460 - 1511) was an Italian noblewoman, mistress of King Alfonso II of Naples and mother of two of his illegitimate children, who both married one of illegitimate children of Pope Alexander VI Borgia by his mistress Vannozza Cattanei. Arms of family Gazzella of Gaeta
His daughter, Giulia, who was a mistress of Pope Alexander VI, further expanded the Roman fortunes of her family by persuading the Pope to bestow on her brother Alessandro the title of cardinal. Under Alexander's successor, Pope Julius II , he became governor of the Marca Anconetana and, in 1534, he was elected as pope and took the name of Paul ...