Borgia Rodrigo Borgia Uncle was Pope Callistus III

Borgia

Rodrigo Borgia • Uncle was Pope Callistus III • Named Cardinal then vice-chancellor to his uncle • Was elected Pope as Pope Alexander VI • Created line of demarcation splitting new world • Created 12 new cardinals

Cesare Borgia • Studied law • Studied to be a priest at Pisa • Became bishop of Pamplona at 16 • Then archbishop of Valencia at 17 • Became a cardinal at age 18 • Known as “handsomest man in Italy” • Was adviser to the pope

Cesare Borgia • Younger brother Juan became commander of Papal Army • Juan dead a year later • First person in history to give up being Cardinal • Became captain general of the Papal army • Received title Duke of Valentinois • And aid of French army

Conquest of the Romania • Sought to claim papal states from the Vicars • Carve out a Borgia state with Cesare as an Italian Prince • Conquered • • Imola Forli Rimini Pesaro Faenza Urbino Camerino Senigallia • Magione Conspiracy

Conquest of the Romania • Was poised to claim Tuscany • Then him and his father caught Malaria • He survived but his father didn’t • New pope Julius II was fierce enemy

Conquest of the Romania • Took away his titles of Duke of Romagna and captain general • Escaped before arrest • Arrested in Naples when trying to get army to go against pope • Imprisoned in Spain in which he escapes • Went to Navarre to help king defeat rebellion • Died fighting off 100 s of men singlehandedly

Borgia Legacy • Used Leonardo Da Vinci for war machines, and architecture • Machiavelli had 2 chapter of “The Prince” written about Cesare