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Lucrezia Borgia

1480–1519 · Borgia

Spanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio. Born at Subiaco. Died at Ferrara.

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The pope's daughter

Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, married three times for her family's politics. Her second husband, Alfonso of Aragon, survived a stabbing in 1500 and was then strangled in his bed; her brother Cesare was widely rumoured to be behind it.

Family

Father: Alexander VI
Mother: Vannozza dei Cattanei
Married: Giovanni Sforza 1492
Alfonso of Aragon 1498
Alfonso I d'Este 1502
Children (6): Giovanni Borgia 1498
Rodrigo of Aragon 1499
Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara 1508
Ippolito II d'Este 1509
Eleonora d’Este 1515
Francesco d'Este 1516
Siblings (5): Pier Luigi de Borgia 1462
Cesare Borgia 1475
Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia 1476
Gioffre Borgia 1481
Giovanni Borgia 1498