Lucrezia Borgia

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Lucrezia Borgia

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LUCREZIA BORGIA CHARACTER STATS

Name: Lucrezia Borgia Position: Daughter of the Pope, firstly Countess of Pesaro, then Duchess of Bisceglie, finally Duchess of Ferrara Personality type: Innocent, curious, romantic Endearing trait(s): Beautiful and friendly Strength(s): Beauty, charm, trend setter, charitable, competent, graceful, educated Weakness(es): Her reputation, though probably mostly slander, prejudiced her in the eyes of most Italian nobility Quirks: Rumoured that Lucrezia owned a "hollow ring" in which she used to put poisons in to poison people. She has also been suspected to have sexual relationships with her brother, Cesare. Want to meet the historical Lucrezia Borgia? Visit Lucrezia Borgia's Historical Profile for an in-depth biography

"So love and marriage, are they incompatible?"

LUCREZIA BORGIA PREVIOUS SEASONS Season One Season Two LUCREZIA BORGIA BIO

A beautiful young woman who is also wise beyond her years, Lucrezia is the apple of her father's eye. However, this does not prevent him from marrying her off at the earliest opportunity to Giovanni Sforza, a loutish brute whose family rules the powerful city-state of Milan. *Source Showtime Her name derives from the Roman legend of Lucretia, a woman who killed herself rather than suffer the shame of being raped. Lucretia is a symbol of womanly chastity. It was rumored that one of her children was fathered by her brother Cesare Borgia. She enjoyed a romance with her brother in law, Francesco II Gonzaga. She may have had an affair with a poet named Pietro Bembo later Cardinal Bembo while duchess of Ferrara.

She died on the 24th of June, 1519, from a fever contracted shortly after giving birth to her seventh child.

LUCREZIA BORGIA CONNECTIONS
Family members: Rodrigo Borgia - Father Juan, Joffre and Cesare Borgia- Brothers Vanozza dei Cattanei - Mother Giovanni - illegitimate son Romance(s): Flirtation with Prince Djem (Season 1) Paolo (Season 1 & 2) Rafaelo Pallavacini (Season 2) Cesare Borgia (Season 3) Friends: Sancia of Naples and Giulia Farnese Enemies: Giovanni Sforza, Juan Borgia	Allies: -- Marriage(s):- Giovanni Sforza (Season 1) Alfonso of Aragon (Season 3) Alfonso d' Este (future) Victim(s):

LUCREZIA BORGIA QUOTES FROM THE BORGIAS

“So then. I shall become a nun. For I shall never love a husband as I love you, Cesare.” “My husband cannot ride. And he cannot rut. He cannot hunt. Even the deer are happy.” "There was a reason for my marriage brother. Remind me of it" "And I thought I would never know sweetness" to Paolo "A mosquito killed my Moor?" Lucrezia: "And what if my husband proves ungallant?" Cesare: "I shall cut his heart out with a dinner knife and serve it to you." “Young lovers are always doomed.” - Lucrezia "To have my blessing, you would need my forgiveness." - to Juan, after his murder of Paolo (season 2) "A boy of clay to mould into a man of my liking." - to Rodrigro, about Alfonso of Aragon

DEFINING EPISODES | MEMORABLE SCENES

Season 1, Episode 4 - Lucrezia's Wedding, raped by her husband Giovanni Sforza Season 1, Episode 6 - The French King, began an affair with stablehand Paolo Season 1, Episode 8 - The Art of War, cleverly coerced the French King to not attack Rome, and instead meet with the Pope Season 2, Episode 2 - , rekindled her romance with Paolo upon his arrival in Rome, resulting in his murder by Juan Season 2, Episode 3 - Beautiful Deception, refused to feed her son and sank into a depression until Paolo was buried, despite his supposed suicide. Season 2, Episode 3 - Beautiful Deception, tried to murder Juan by placing a candle under the ropes holding a chandelier above his bed, resulting in the death of the woman in bed with him. Season 2, Episode 4 - , sat on the Chair of St. Peter and worked as acting Pope while her father was with the army against the French Season 2, Episode 4 - , used her place as acting Pope to further the charitable reforms begun by her alliance with Giulia Farnese and her mother Vanozza. Season 2, Episode 6 - The Choice, refused to marry again, despite her father insisting she must for the family's safety and the need of an alliance. Season 2, Episode 6 - The Choice, allowed her mother to be her representative as she observed her potential suitors, both to stall her father and have some say in the matter; eventually rejected them all so far. Season 2, Episode 6 - The Choice, accepted a gift of a bloodied knife from Cesare: the knife he used to kill her brute of an ex-husband, Giovanni Sforza. Season 2, Episode 10 - The Confession, asking Cesare to marry her... to Alfonso, and he refuses because his hands are too stained with "blood and sin to marry two such tender creatures" Season 3, Episode 3 - Siblings, Lucrezia after Alfonso leaves her on their wedding night leaving to go and make love to Cesare for the first time.

THE BORGIAS VS. HISTORY
How does Lucrezia Borgia in The Borgias compare to actual history? Compare the facts with the fiction below!
ON THE BORGIAS...	IN HISTORY...
Appears to be about 15 or 16 years old Had an illegitimate son at the age of 15 1st husband, Giovanni Sforza, looks to be about 35 or 40 years at his marriage to Lucrezia Was raped on her wedding night by Sforza. Currently a part of a triumvirate alliance with her mother Vanozza and Giulia Farnese, to provide charitable works around Rome.	Was about 12 years old in the year 1492 (born 1480) Was about 18 years old when she was rumored to have an illegitimate son (Giovanni Borgia) in 1498. Giovanni Sforza as only 27 when they married in (celebrated) 1493 Lived for over a year without consummating her marriage with him, on the orders of her father as part of the original marriage contract. No such alliance is recorded.

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