Lucrezia Borgia was a cold-hearted bitch, according to author John Faunce. The facts about Lucrezia’s scandalous life as the bastard daughter of Pope Alexander VI are well-documented. The details ...
Not unlike many of the Renaissance families of Italy, the Borgias were power hungry, corrupt, and self-indulgent. But their bloodline produced two popes—are they worthy of this notorious legacy? A ...
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, ...
Seductress. Schemer. Poisoner. Such words (and worse) have often described Lucrezia Borgia, one of the scandalous children of Pope Alexander VI. Though Lucrezia is known as a Renaissance femme fatale, ...
Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia wears a mask at her first entrance, which the soprano singing the role at the opera's 1833 premiere, Henriette Méric-Lalande, did under protest: She was worried her fans ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - A rare portrait of Italian Renaissance noblewoman Lucrezia Borgia has been uncovered in an Australian gallery, art conservators said Tuesday, ending a 43-year mystery over the ...