# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giovanni-borgia-2nd-duke-of-gandia
# Generated: 2026-09-01T14:12:18.324Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/giovanni-borgia-2nd-duke-of-gandia"
name: "Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia"
slug: "giovanni-borgia-2nd-duke-of-gandia"
description: "The pope's favourite son, murdered in Rome at twenty-one in 1497 — stabbed, throat cut, dumped in the Tiber. The case was never solved, and the killing remains one of the Borgia era's coldest scandals."
tagline: "Son of Pope Alexander VI"
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gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1476"
deathDate: "1497-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             1.065320101163673
  historical:           21.95947066666667
  currentAttention:     2.45188181929631
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - name: "Early Modern Era"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Giovanni Borgia was born around 1476, the second child of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. He had three siblings: Cesare, Gioffre, and Lucrezia. His father lavished him with titles and position — he became the 2nd Duke of Gandía — and openly preferred him above the rest. On the night of 14 June 1497, Giovanni was murdered in Rome. His body was found in the Tiber, stabbed multiple times with his throat cut. No one was ever charged. Speculation pointed everywhere — rival families, his brother Cesare, political enemies — but the truth died with him.