Borgia, Cesare

1. An Italian politician of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, known for his treachery and cruelty. He was the brother of Lucrezia Borgia.

Example Sentences

He moved on to Florence and finally in 1502 into the employ of the "Bloody Borgia," Cesare, to follow for a year in the violent wake of the Borgia's bull bannerols.

From Time Magazine Archive

Borgia, Cesare, and Leonardo, vi, 43.

From Project Gutenberg