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[intriguingpeoplebyangelafloyd]

CESARE BORGIA

CESARE BORGIA

13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507

            Cesare Borgia was the son of Pope Alexander VI. Cesare was an Italian nobleman who gained power and influence but lost it all after his father’s death. Cesare became a cardinal at the age of 17 and succeeded his brother-in-law as papal captain general. A brilliant soldier, he regained the central Italian states for the papacy.

            Borgia was born in Rome and was the son of the Pope and his mistress, Vannozza dei Cattaneihis. His father openly recognized his children born out of wedlock. Cesare was brought up for a career in the church and went on to study law. His brother Giovanni was assassinated in 1497 under mysterious circumstances.

            The pope gave Cesare a state in northern Italy where Cesare took power and became commander of the papal armies. He was sent to capture Imola and Forli, ruled by Caterina Sforza. He returned to Rome in triumph.

            Pope Alexander VI died in 1503, the next pope, Pius III supported Cesare but died after 26 days. Cesare’s enemy Pope Julius II came into power, and Cesare faced hostility from Ferdinand II of Aragon. In 1504, Cesare was taken to Spain and imprisoned there. He escaped and made it to Pamplona in 1506 and welcomed by King John III of Navarre, who needed a military commander.

            In the early hours of 12 March 1507, a group of knights discovered Cesare alone and had him trapped. He was killed with a spear, his luxurious clothing was stripped from him, his valuables were taken away and he was left naked. Cesare was buried in a mausoleum in Viana which was later destroyed. A bishop who considered him a ‘degenerate’ tore down his monument and his remains were moved numerous times since.  

            Borgias was married and had 11 children. He was rumoured to have had an affair with his sister Lucrezia Borgia. Her third husband was assassinated by her father and brother.

            Borgia had a reputation for treachery and murder but was also a patron of Leonardo Da Vinci. Cesare employed Leonardo da Vinci as an architect in 1502. He left Italy and went into service in France.

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[whitelilynh]

Redemption

Summary:

Lucrezia writes a last letter to her mother, a confession of sorts.

It must certainly will break your heart, mother, for a mother would not ever want to be forced to face such a truth about her children, her little sunbeams, the one thing in the entire world that, at least for a fraction of time, were hers and only hers. For I am a mother as well and I know. But I know as well as the love of God, that my heart seeks for relief and I must confess, if one last time, if for the first time in truth, what's been the fate of my condemned soul.

For I loved him and I love him still, with the intensity none other feeling has ever consumed my heart, not even for my beloved Giovanni and you, as a mother, must know what it is for me to say this (May God forgive my soul).

I'm afraid of him now, the one I love the most -I told you long back ago in my naivety, in my presumed ignorance perhaps, but to be honest, it was nothing but cowardice, for it was not Cesare (and never Cesare!) what I was afraid of; it was me, deep inside and rotten me.

Jealous is the word- I said -of any happiness I might snatch. Without him.

But it was me, mother! It was me who feared the day Cesare went to France, not because the implications of my husband's titles and country, no, but of what Cesare would find there, the promised wife, and perhaps a love, that could never be mine. The bride that would be waiting for him at the French court. Because of the happiness she could provide and I could not. It was me, who selfishly asked him upon our following meeting if he loved her, and on the despair of my soul when he said he did, I couldn't avoid asking (and begging in my heart for him to say no) if he loved her more than he loved me.

Could you love her more than you love me?... Could he ever love someone more than he loved me?

Such were the words I wanted to ask, such was the fear inside my heart. For Cesare could never die, dear mother, not in my mind. Did you ever know a mightier, a braver, a smarter man than him? Could you ever imagine a human capable of defeating Cesare? I certainly did not, and I know now, I took him for granted.

And when Alfonso provoked Cesare, and in the midst of his unhappiness accused him, please know dear mother, Cesare didn't lie.

My deceased husband said the whispers of Rome had it that in our marriage there wasn't two, but three involved. And Cesare, as proper as he may, answered but the truth. In my marriage, mother, weren't three, for in my heart there was no space for anyone but Cesare.

It was true, though, that nor in my soul, nor in my skin, nor in my lips were another name being told than Cesare's. In my thoughts there were no others but the ones that brought me back to him, in my hopes were no more than yearning to see him -to touch him- once more time. In my love there was no love but Cesare's.

And when he died, sun of my life, there was no longer reason to be alive for me.

I, on the other hand, lied and lied again. I lied when I said I wanted to be freed from him, I lied when I said I ambitioned a life far from his reach, I lied when I instigated to leave him to find happiness. What possible happiness could I ever meet if not the one I felt by his side?

I was afraid, and I am, of what I came up to be.

If Cesare killed Giovanni Sforza for me, it did not impress me. If Cesare (forgive his soul, mother) killed Juan for me, I was glad. And when he killed Alfonso, I felt nothing but the remorse of my own implication, for I dragged the Duke into this life knowing quite well that what was my brother's could never be his, and I provoked the madness that led him to, stupidly, think he had a chance against Cesare's hand. I knew Cesare didn't kill him, but I pretended not to, not to face my own negligence.

But what terrified me, was to know I'd kill anyone and anytime for Cesare. To such abandon I love him, mother, that I wouldn't even think twice before staining my hands in blood for him.

It scares me that, even in the depths of grief after I knew of his passing, when we learned Charlotte was to give him a child, I was glad he never knew -for I could never bring such bliss upon him. For I might lose his love to that child, and I could not bear it, I could not bear him loving something that was not from me, from us. I could not bear any happiness he could snatch, without me.

I know I've broken your heart, mother, yet still I need not only your pardon, but your console. Could you tell me once again, for the last time, you might find still forgiveness and love for us inside you? Could you please explain why has God damned us with such a pure love, if it is but a sin?

For I never understood how could I love him with such a strength of feeling, with such passion and naturality, as if my life depended on it; and how the most sublime experience ever to be lived, when he was inside of me, was truly an abomination? Why, when he only but appeared in front of me, when his dark eyes rested upon my humble self, or when the tip of his fingers touched my face, it felt as if God himself was in the room with us, approving of such a pure love? How can a love as deep and magnificent not come from God?

Yet I am afraid, mother, that your words of console will not come soon enough to reach my ears, and it is my punishment to be left without your forgiveness. I am afraid that loving Cesare was not the last, but the first of my sins. For you must know, I would kill whoever needed to, to be able to be with him. And tell me mother, what's the one thing keeping me apart from his love now that he's no longer with us?

I pray to God your heart finds console, and my soul finds mercy, and I pray whoever it's will might be, wherever we might encounter each other, that in death we may meet the love in life we never had.

If my name still holds some value, know this was the last confession of Lucrezia Borgia.

[lisystrata]

Conrad on Friday

[princedelaromagne]

Just H.i.m

Jean-Claude Bouillon as Cesare Borgia in Les Borgia ou le Sang Doré (French 1977)

[whitelilynh]

There wasn't ever a love like Cesare's for Lucrezia 🥺

When we're together, God seems to sit in the room with us. God, or the Devil?

[sadiqssolitude]

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[borgialucrezia]

one day i'll get my hands on a canon url related to the borgias trust 🤞🤞

[whitelilynh]

If Francois says it then it is true, Idc 😌

[woodsteingirl]

when will there be a renaissance assassins musical. i feel excluded

[freyasmoments]

That copy of The Prince is beautiful.

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[danielchavez]

Mi pieza Borgia, mi obra magnum. Nunca puedo preverme superándolo porque absorbió tanta de mi fuerza vital en su producción de seis meses que estaba marchita y anémica al final de itXD Hecho curioso: Cesare Borgia era dueño de su propio jaguar, llegaría a una jaula de víboras antes batalla para conseguir él mismo secuestrado, y al menos se rumoreaba que eran amantes con un Leonardo DaVinci;P Por *el amor de Dios* si tienes acceso a la magnífica serie de Tom Fontana Borgia: Fe y Miedo no te prives de su histórico, dramático y sensual frutas uales un momento más.

[plasticbottlesonly]

Borgias photos

Borgia Family Appreciation Week (Jun 2020)

DAY 7 part 2: Anything you want! 

So I’m going to add here all my experiences with the Borgia Family, while I was travelling to some places. I have just a few, but I took photos of all of them and I hope you all enjoy.

1) Painting of Alexandre Borgia, in oil and gold (I found it in the Vatican museum)

2) Cesare Borgia’s sword (I found it on the Victoria and Albert museum, in London)

This is th detail:

And this is what it was written: 

3) The Borgia’s apartments: ceiling (This is a part of some rooms inside the Vatican Museum)

If you can’t read, it is writen “Alexandre Borgia”. This next detail is the Borgia’s coat of arms in the ceiling:

Again, the Borgia’s coat of arms, but more visible, this was near the window:

4) A painting of Vanozza (I found this painting in Galleria Borguese, in Rome, but we could not take photos inside, so I took one very hidden, that’s why it is all blur)

But you can see here that it is writen that this is Vanozza: 

5) A fireplace in The Borgias apartments (in the Vatican Museum)

6) All the popes reunited together (this was inside the Vatican, when you get out of the duomo of the Basilica di San Pietro)

And here is the detail of our dearest:

7) Special painting on the ceiling of the Borgia’s apartment (on the Vatican Museum)

And this two right here are Cesare (sitting down) and Lucrezia (with blond long hair looking at him):

7) Lucrezia Borgia’s Hair (I found it in the Biblioteca Ambrosia, in Milan)

This is what it was writen, in latin

And there was also this note, here, to listen to some information in italian or in english (its the second one)

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So this was my experience with the Borgia Family when I was travelling abroad! What do you think? Not a lot of pics, but its what I have got! And I hope you find them, too, when you travel!

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[dancingchopines]

idk why so many tv shows change history

So much of the real history is way funnier and more scandalous than whatever silly twists those schmucks come up with. The irl Borgias? Both Juan and Cesare were sleeping with Sancia(Joffre’s wife). That is absolutely bonkers and it is criminal that wasn’t included in either the Canal+ or Showtime show.

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