Lucrezia Borgia

Spanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1480-1519)

  • Fame65.4
  • Momentum9.1
  • Historical Figures rank#156
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  • Fame65.4
  • Momentum9.1
  • Historical Figures rank#156
  • Wikipedia181.8K
Lived 1480–1519, aged 39Italy
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    1480–1519
    Aged 39
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

The daughter of a pope, married off three times before she turned twenty-one, and trapped in centuries of rumor that made her the emblem of Renaissance scandal whether she earned it or not.

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Lucrezia Borgia was born 18 April 1480, the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. Her family used her as a bargaining chip: she was married to Giovanni Sforza, Lord of Pesaro, then to Alfonso of Aragon, Duke of Bisceglie and illegitimate son of the King of Naples, and finally to Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. She served as governor of Spoleto. Tradition holds that her brother Cesare may have had her second husband murdered once his political value faded. She died 24 June 1519, but the notorious tales about the Borgias outlasted her, casting Lucrezia as a fem…

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65.4
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Historical30.5
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Source confidence65.0
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