Borgia
Americannoun
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Cesare 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
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Lucrezia Duchess of Ferrara, 1480–1519, sister and political pawn of Cesare Borgia: patron of the arts.
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their father Rodrigo Alexander VI.
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Cesare (ˈtʃezare), son of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI). 1475–1507, Italian cardinal, politician, and military leader; model for Machiavelli's The Prince
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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
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Rodrigo (rodˈriɡo). See Alexander VI
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After participating in a prayer service attended by the Papal Nuncio to Lebanon, Paolo Borgia, who is touring Christian towns near the border, Jallad wept for her young son, holding a photograph of him.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
—Riley Padian, Palos Verdes: A junior midfielder who’s averaged four goals a game, and who Borgia did faceguard in an earlier game this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
The selection was curated by Italian photographer Gregorio Borgia.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
Joe Borgia, who retired from the N.B.A.’s referee operations department in 2020, also does commentary for Turner Sports.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
But Alexander died five years after Cesare Borgia had drawn his sword.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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