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Giovanni Sforza d'Aragona (5 July 1466 – 27 July 1510) was an Italian condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara from 1483 until his death. He is best known as the first husband of Lucrezia Borgia. Their marriage was annulled on claims of his impotence in March 1497.
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). [3] During her early life, Lucrezia Borgia's education was entrusted to Adriana Orsini de Milan, a close confidant of her father.
Pages in category "Husbands of Lucrezia Borgia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Politically, the wedding was designed to cement ties between the two families. Anna Sforza's death on 30 November 1497 marked the end of those ties, as Beatrice d'Este had died in January of that same year. In 1501, Alfonso married Lucrezia Borgia. Their children were: A stillborn daughter (1502); Alessandro d'Este (1505–1505);
Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandía (Spanish: Juan de Borja; Catalan: Joan de Borja; c. 1476 – 14 June 1497) was the second child of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei and a member of the House of Borgia. He was the brother of Cesare, Gioffre, and Lucrezia Borgia. Giovanni Borgia was the pope's favourite son, and Alexander VI ...
She bore four children whom Borgia openly acknowledged as his: Cesare (1475–1507) Giovanni (1476–1497), 2nd Duke of Gandia; Lucrezia (1480–1519) Goffredo (1481–1517) [4] [7] Domenico died before Giovanni was born. In 1480 Borgia arranged Vannozza's marriage to Giorgio di Croce, for whom he had procured a position as apostolic secretary. [8]
Lucrezia Borgia Rodrigo of Aragon (also called Little Rodrigo , 1499–1512), Duke of Bisceglie and Sermoneta of the House of Trastámara , was the only child of Lucrezia Borgia , daughter of Pope Alexander VI , and her second husband Alfonso of Aragon , son of Alfonso II of Naples .
Lucrezia Borgia (d. 1519), alleged by rivals of the Borgia family to be a poisoner, using a hollow ring to poison drinks with white arsenic; Edward Squire (d. 1598), English scrivener and sailor executed for conspiring to poison Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex; George Chapman, hanged after murdering three common-law wives