Please submit feedback to contribute@factinate.com. In any case, Lucrezia seems to have been flagrantly thirsty for her not-so-secret boyfriend. Not unlike Lucrezia, Giovannis low birth was offset by his powerful connections (his uncle was the Duke of Milan), and the couple wed on June 12, 1493. {Some sources state that Giovanni returned the dowry. Lucrezia had become very weak during the pregnancy and fell seriously ill after the birth. [36][37], An early 20th-century painting by Frank Cadogan Cowper that hangs in the Tate Britain art gallery in London portrays Lucrezia taking the place of her father, Pope Alexander VI, at an official Vatican meeting. Cesare Borgia Her family arranged several marriages for her that advanced their own political position including Giovanni Sforza, Lord of Pesaro and Gradara, Count of Cotignola; Alfonso of Aragon, Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno; and Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. Lucrezia Borgia As part of Lucrezias Bad Girl of the Renaissance image, people would claim that her giving up Rodrigo was proof that she had an ice-cold heart. Lucrezia wasnt even a teenager, and she already had two failed engagements under her belt, and her love life would only get more scandalous. As weve seen, they were right. As weve seen, Lucrezia Borgia is famous for playing the field. Lucrezia Borgia, (born April 18, 1480, Romedied June 24, 1519, Ferrara, Papal States), Italian noblewoman and a central figure of the infamous Borgia family of the Italian Renaissance. But her dad wasnt one to let a perfectly eligible young lady sit around without a politically advantageous marriage. She became the Governor of Spoleto in her own right, and in addition to the official chores she performed, Lucrezia also did far more scandalous work. Catherine of Aragon was King Henry VIIIs first wife and longest-lasting Queen of England. Sure, men of the cloth were technically supposed to be celibate. But there was a legitimate reason for their intense attachments to one another. One example is the Banquet of Chestnuts. She slept with Isabellas husband, naturally. She is completing her PhD in Toronto, Canada. Meanwhile, Lucrezias relationship with another artist went waybeyond admiration and praise, After a lifetime of lewd accusations, Lucrezia may have finally taken the plunge and done something REALLY naughty. Seeking to strengthen his ties with Naples, the pope in 1498 arranged a marriage between Lucrezia and the 17-year-old Alfonso, duke of Bisceglie, an illegitimate son of Alfonso II of Naples. %PDF-1.6 % Dont get too mad about this. Despite their mutual adultery, Lucrezias final marriage to Alfonso dEste was also mutually affectionate. The Dukes reluctance, though merited, led Pope Alexander to take matters into his own hands. When she had to leave her little son, Lucrezia distracted herself by diving into her new role as the Duchess of Ferrara. Then when she went into a difficult labor, her daughter was stillborn. "The Renaissance" Simon and Schuster (1953), page 429, Francesco d'Este, Marquis of Massalombarda, "NGV Solves Mystery of Renaissance Portrait", "Observer review: Lucrezia Borgia by Sarah Bradford", The Byron Chronology: 18161819 Separation and Exile on the Continent, Only known painting of Lucrezia Borgia discovered in Australian gallery, Infamous Renaissance woman subject of mystery portrait, Portrait of Renaissance femme fatale Lucrezia Borgia found at NGV, "h2g2 A Brief History of Poisoning Edited Entry", "Behind the Brocade: Abel Gance's Lucrezia Borgia", "THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey Play Borgias in 'Bride of Vengeance,' at Paramount", "Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia ewwww (minor spoilers)", "Francois Arnaud talks sibling love in 'The Borgias', Lucrezia Borgia: The Family Tree in Pictures, Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucrezia_Borgia&oldid=1148947963, Illegitimate children of Pope Alexander VI, Burials at the Corpus Domini Monastery, Ferrara, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Valencian-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, A miscarriage / stillborn daughter (16 February 1499).