Alexander VI

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noun

1. Rodrigo Borgia, 1431?–1503, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1492–1503 (father of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia).

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Alexander VI British  

noun

1. original name Rodrigo Borgia. 1431–1503, pope (1492–1503): noted for his extravagance and immorality as well as for his patronage of the arts; father of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, with whom he is said to have committed incest

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Alexander VI

Unable to challenge Portugal’s dominance at sea, Isabella and Ferdinand asked Pope Alexander VI to intercede.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Rivers said that to confront Christian nationalism honestly, churches and other houses of worship need to focus on a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 known as the Doctrine of Discovery.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022

Pope Alexander VI had four children, including, memorably, Lucretia Borgia.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2019

Rodrigo Borgia, while a priest, had four children with his mistress before he became Pope Alexander VI, an excess that helped spur Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2019

Alexander VI never did anything else, nor thought about anything else, than to deceive men, and he always found someone to whom he could do this.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli