165 - The Borgias are the bosses (1492 - 1497)
A History of Italy19 Maalis 2024

165 - The Borgias are the bosses (1492 - 1497)

After his election as pope Alecander VI Rodrigo Borgia gets straight down to business, sorting out the lawlessness in Rome, tinkering with the delicate national balance with the Duchy of Milan, the Republics of Florence and Venice as well as the kingdom of Naples. He then has to also deal with the descent of French King Charles VIII, but most of all, he wants to sort out his children, Cesare, Giovanni, Lucrezia and Goffredo.

When the pope decides to pin all hopes for a future Borgia dynasty on Giovanni, Cesare is not at all pleased and makes some plans of his own, which may have included his brother's body washing up the banks of the Tiber.

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120 – Braccio da Montone, early life of a condottiero (1368 – 1406)

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119 – Joanna II of Naples and some schism fixing

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118 Sicily goes Spanish and Naples gets big ideas (1372 – 1414)

118 Sicily goes Spanish and Naples gets big ideas (1372 – 1414)

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3 Elo 202130min

117 – Eleonora of Arborea and the fall of Sardinia (1326 – 1410)

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NewsCappuccino: Roman helmets and insulting Austria – The Italian national anthem

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116 – Venice in mortal peril (1356 – 1400)

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