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Census • Person • Pope Alexander VI
aka: Roderic Llançol i de Borja

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1431, Jan 1	1492-1503	1503, Aug 18

Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 11 August 1492 until his death. He is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partly because he acknowledged fathering several children by his mistresses. Therefore his Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia, became a byword for libertinism and nepotism, which are traditionally considered as characterizing his pontificate. However, two of Alexander's successors, Sixtus V and Urban VIII, described him as one of the most outstanding popes since St. Peter.

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	08/11/1492	-	Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Pope Alexander VI
	05/31/1495	-	Emperor Maximilian I, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, and Isabella I and Venice sign anti-French Holy League	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Italian War of 1494–98:
	05/12/1497	-	Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Girolamo Savonarola: Excommunication and death
	06/25/1501	-	Pope Alexander VI accepts Treaty of Granada	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Italian War of 1499–1504: Treaties
	12/31/1502	-	Cesare Borgia (son of Pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino

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Cesare Borgia
...by Machiavelli. He was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (r. 1492–1503, born Rodrigo Borgia) and his long-term...
John Morton [1]
...priest of the church of St. Anastasia in Rome by Pope Alexander VI. He built the "Old Palace" of Hatfield House where...
Girolamo Piccolomini Sr.
...Piccolomini was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as both Bishop of Pienza and Bishop of Montalcino....
Pinturicchio
...He then returned to Rome, and was employed by Pope Alexander VI (Borgia) to decorate a recently completed suite of...

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Census • Person • Pope Alexander VIaka: Roderic Llançol i de Borja

Census • Person • Pope Alexander VIaka: Roderic Llançol i de Borja

Census • Person • Pope Alexander VI
aka: Roderic Llançol i de Borja

Census • Person • Pope Alexander VI
aka: Roderic Llançol i de Borja