# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pope-alexander-vi
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:39:49.645Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/pope-alexander-vi"
name: "Pope Alexander VI"
slug: "pope-alexander-vi"
description: "A Renaissance pope whose family name became shorthand for corruption. Alexander VI fathered multiple children by mistresses while leading the Catholic Church, carved up the New World between Spain and Portugal by decree, and steered Vatican policy to enrich his kin — most notoriously his son Cesare, whom he backed as a warlord."
tagline: "Pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ES"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1431-01-01"
deathDate: "1503-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  186
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Roderic de Borja around 1431 in the Kingdom of Valencia, he studied law at Bologna and was made a cardinal in 1456 after his uncle became Pope Callixtus III. A year later he rose to vice-chancellor of the Catholic Church, serving under four consecutive popes and amassing influence and wealth. Elected pope in 1492, he took the name Alexander VI and promptly issued papal bulls confirming Spain's claims in the New World after Columbus's voyages. During the second Italian war he supported his son Cesare Borgia as a condottiero fighting for the French king, shaping foreign policy to benefit his family. He died in August 1503, leaving a legacy so steeped in acknowledged mistresses, fathered children, and dynastic scheming that "Borgia" itself became synonymous with libertinism and nepotism.