Borgia

[ bawr-juh, -zhuh; Italian bawr-jah ]

noun
  1. Ce·sa·re [che-zah-re], /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/, 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.

  2. Lu·cre·zia [loo-kree-shuh, -zhuh; Italian loo-kre-tsyah], /luˈkri ʃə, -ʒə; Italian luˈkrɛ tsyɑ/, Duchess of Ferrara, 1480–1519, sister and political pawn of Cesare Borgia: patron of the arts.

  1. their father, Ro·dri·go [raw-dree-gaw]. /rɔˈdri gɔ/. Alexander VI.

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Borgia

/ (Italian ˈbordʒa) /


noun
  1. Cesare (ˈtʃezare), son of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI). 1475–1507, Italian cardinal, politician, and military leader; model for Machiavelli's The Prince

  2. his sister, Lucrezia (luˈkrɛttsja), daughter of Rodrigo Borgia. 1480–1519, Italian noblewoman. After her third marriage (1501), to the Duke of Ferrara, she became a patron of the arts and science

  1. Rodrigo (rodˈriɡo).: See Alexander VI

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