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SPEAKER_03: Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan and this is Encyclopedia Wamanica. Today's legend was one of the most controversial women of the Italian Renaissance. She was the daughter of an infamous Pope, a member of one of the most notorious Italian families in history and a muse for artists and writers alike. Though she's traditionally been remembered as the archetypal femme fatale, modern historians have begun to reevaluate her story, questioning if she was a perpetrator or a victim. Please welcome Lucrezia Borgia. Lucrezia was born on April 18th, 1480 in Subiaco, a town outside of Rome. Her father was the powerful Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia and her mother was Vinoza Cattane, one of his mistresses and mother to his sons, Cesare and Giovanni. The Borgia clan was known for violence, political corruption and ruthlessness. Lucrezia lived during the Italian Renaissance and received a well-rounded education befitting the era. She was fluent in Italian, Latin, Greek and French. In 1492, when Lucrezia was 12 years old, her father was elected Pope Alexander VI. Just a year later, Lucrezia was married to Giovanni Zforza, the Lord of Pissarro and Count of Catignola, who was merely 15 years her senior. This marriage followed two earlier arranged engagements that Lucrezia's father had broken off for more advantageous matches. By the time Lucrezia was 17, her marriage to Zforza had much less political value for her father than it once did. As a result, Pope Alexander decided to annul the marriage so that he could marry the beautiful Lucrezia off to a more strategically valuable husband. The reason given for the annulment was that the marriage was never consummated. Over the course of the annulment negotiations, Lucrezia stayed in a convent in San Sisto. Rumors ran rampant through Roman high society that she was secretly pregnant and that the baby was the product of incest, the son of either Lucrezia and her father or Lucrezia and her ruthless, violent brother, Cesare. At first, the Borgias refuted the rumors, but it was later confirmed that a baby was born in the Borgia household that year. Two papal decrees were eventually issued in 1501 regarding the baby. The baby was known to history as the Infans Romanus. The first claimed that the baby was the son of Cesare, and the second claimed it was Pope Alexander's son. Neither decree mentioned Lucrezia. To this day, the parentage of the baby is unclear. He certainly could have been Lucrezia's son, and there have been many theories about who the father was, but he also could very reasonably have been the child of another family member. The Borgia men were well known for their many mistresses and children. In 1498, Lucrezia was married off to Alfonso of Aragon, the son of the late king of Naples. The two had a child together in 1499 named Rodrigo. That same year, Lucrezia was also named governor of Spoleto. But by 1500, Pope Alexander and Cesare were looking to form a new alliance with France and against Naples. Lucrezia and Alfonso's marriage was thus seen as a major impediment to this politically expedient alliance. Alfonso had to go. On July 15th, 1500, Alfonso was stabbed multiple times in an attack, but managed to survive his injuries. Three days later, Alfonso was strangled in his bed while recovering from the stab wounds. It was widely rumored at the time, and is generally believed today, that his murders were hired by Cesare Borgia. After Alfonso's murder, Lucrezia was pushed by her father into a third marriage, this time to the powerful Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso d'Este. Alfonso initially balked at the match because of the Borgias' ruthless reputation and the fates of Lucrezia's first two husbands. But he apparently came around, and the two were married in early 1502. In what would prove to be a life-changing move, Lucrezia and her new husband soon left Rome to live in Ferrara, where Lucrezia was no longer constantly under the thumb of her father and his political scheming. There, life for Lucrezia improved dramatically. She finally had the opportunity to shrug off her previous reputation and the reputation of her family. Pope Alexander died in 1503, further stabilizing his daughter's settled situation. Over the subsequent 17 years, Lucrezia and her husband had eight children, though sadly many of them died young. Lucrezia also cultivated a new reputation for herself as a respected and accomplished duchess and as a great patroness of the arts, whose largesse helped to build Ferrara's famous artistic community. In 1512, Lucrezia decided to take a step back from public life in order to focus on religious pursuits. Many believe this was in response to the death of her son, Rodrigo of Aragon. Much less is known about her life during that period. Seven years later, on June 24th, 1519, Lucrezia died 10 days after giving birth to a stillborn baby. She was 39 years old. Lucrezia's historical legacy, which includes rumors of everything from intrigue to incest, has inspired numerous great works of art and literature over the centuries. Historians now question whether Lucrezia was an active participant in her family's crimes or whether she was simply stuck in an untenable position with much more limited agency than we imagine. Though she was willing to accept the fruits of her family's crimes and corruption, she may very well have been one of their longest suffering victims. For more on why we're doing what we're doing, check out our newsletter, Womanica Weekly. 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