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Borgia

American  
[bawr-juh, -zhuh, bawr-jah] / ˈbɔr dʒə, -ʒə, ˈbɔr dʒɑ /

noun

  1. Cesare 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.

  2. Lucrezia Duchess of Ferrara, 1480–1519, sister and political pawn of Cesare Borgia: patron of the arts.

  3. their father Rodrigo Alexander VI.

Borgia British  
/ ˈbordʒa /

noun

  1. Cesare (ˈtʃezare), son of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI). 1475–1507, Italian cardinal, politician, and military leader; model for Machiavelli's The Prince

  2. 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

  3. Rodrigo (rodˈriɡo). See Alexander VI

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