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Cesare Borgia

Duke of Romagna and former Catholic cardinal · Italy · Historical Figures · Lived 1475 to 1507 · aged 31

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The pope's son who quit the Church to become a warlord - and in doing so, gave Machiavelli the blueprint for *The Prince*.

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1507Died12 March 15071502“Without any sign of alteration.”In their wordsDecember 1502Cesare, in reply to Machiavelli, on not having a reputation similar to that of other lords (December 1502) as quoted by Rafael Sabatini,

“This is what I wanted to tell Monsignor di Volterra [Soderini] when he came to Urbino, but I could not entrust him with the secret.”In their wordsDecember 1502Cesare to Machiavelli, after telling him why he ordered his men to attack the soldiers of Vitelli and Orsini (December 1502) as quoted by

“The constellations this year seem unfavourable to rebels.”In their wordsOctober 1502Cesare to Machiavelli (October 1502), as quoted by Rafael Sabatini, 'The Life of Cesare Borgia', Chapter XV: Machiavelli's Legation

“Diet of bankrupts... To-day, Messer Paolo is to visit me, and to-morrow there will be the cardinal; and thus they think to befool me, at their pleasure.”In their wordsOctober 1502Cesare to Machiavelli about his contempt for the Orsini (October 1502), as quoted by Rafael Sabatini, 'The Life of Cesare Borgia', Chapter

“A matter which would be easily accomplished, as the best men of that State have already offered themselves to me.”In their wordsJuly 1502Cesare threatening Vitelli that he will deprive him of his state, of Citta di Castello, if he is disobedient. (July 1502), as quoted by

1501“However much Rome may be in the habit of speaking and writing, for my own part, I shall give these libellers a lesson in good manners.”In their wordsNovember 1501Cesare to his father, Pope Alexander VI, (November, 1501), as quoted by Rafael Sabatini, 'The Life of Cesare Borgia', Chapter XI: The

1475Born13 September 1475

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  1. Without any sign of alteration.

    Dec 1502, Cesare, in reply to Machiavelli, on not having a reputation similar to that of other lords (December 1502) as quoted by Rafael Sabatini,, Own words

  2. This is what I wanted to tell Monsignor di Volterra [Soderini] when he came to Urbino, but I could not entrust him with the secret.

    Dec 1502, Cesare to Machiavelli, after telling him why he ordered his men to attack the soldiers of Vitelli and Orsini (December 1502) as quoted by, Own words

  3. [I] had not forgotten the way to reconquer it [Urbino].

    Oct 1502, Cesare to Machiavelli, after the loss of Urbino (October 1502), as quoted by Rafael Sabatini, 'The Life of Cesare Borgia', Chapter XV:, Own words

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Cesare Borgia was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI, installed as a cardinal when his father took the papacy. After his brother's death in 1498, he resigned his Church position and reinvented himself as a condottiero. Around 1500 he fought for King Louis XII of France, occupying Milan and Naples during the Italian Wars while carving out his own state in Central Italy. His father's death cut the run short - he couldn't hold power without that papal backing. But Niccolò Machiavelli had been watching, and Borgia's ruthless, calculated reach for control became the major inspiration for *The Prince*.

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Italy
Category
Historical Figures
Type
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deceased
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Lived 1475 to 1507 · aged 31

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