April 8, 2024 • 17 mins
El origen español de la dinastía de los Borgia procede de la localidad aragonesa de Borja, de hecho Borgia es la adaptación fonética italiana. En la segunda mitad del siglo XV, cuando la época medieval daba paso a la Edad Moderna, pasaron en pocas décadas de ser una familia casi desconocida de la pequeña nobleza del Reino de Valencia (cuya estirpe tuvo su origen en el Alto Aragón) a colocarse en el epicentro del poder de Roma y, por tanto, del mundo occidental. Aunque su fortuna comenzó cuando uno de los suyos, Alfonso de Borja, se convirtió en papa con el nombre de Calixto III y el definitivo golpe de suerte les llegó cuando Rodrigo Borgia fue elegido asimismo pontífice, en 1492, como Alejandro VI, lo cierto es que los Borja eran una familia de antigua estirpe que aparece establecida en el Reino de Valencia desde el siglo XIII. Remontándonos un poco más atrás en la historia, sus orígenes están ligados a la localidad de Borja, en la provincia de Zaragoza, en el Alto Aragón, y a la disputada fortaleza que la corona. Tomada en la Edad Media por los moros que habían expulsado del territorio a los cristianos, la denominación de la localidad deriva de la etimología árabe que le dieron los musulmanes, que se establecieron en el siglo VIII sobre la antigua Borsao. Escucha la historia completa en el podcast. Déjanos tu comentario en Ivoox o Spotify, o escríbenos a podcast@zinetmedia.es Comparte nuestro podcast en tus redes sociales, puedes realizar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o Spotify. Texto: Carolina del prado Dirección, locución y producción: Iván Patxi Gómez Gallego Contacto de publicidad en podcast: podcast@zinetmedia.es
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(00:05):
Great reports of very history presents.The Borgia set of power in the second
half of the 15th century, whenmedieval times gave way to the modern age.
In a few decades they passed frombeing an almost unknown family of the
(00:30):
small nobility of the Kingdom of Valencia, whose Estrupe had its origin in Upper
Aragon, to being placed in theepicenter of the power of Rome and,
therefore, of the Western world.Another chapter one was the Spanish origin of
(00:55):
the Los Borja dynasty, a textby Carolina del Prado, although his fortune
began when one of his own,Alfonso de Borja, became pope with the
name of Calixto III, and thedefinitive coup of the south came to them
when Rodrigo Borgia was elected to himselfpontiff in a thousand four hundred and ninety
(01:19):
- two, as Alexander VI.The truth is that the Borgia Borja is
the Italian phonetic adaptation. They werean ancient family that appears established in the
Kingdom of Valencia since the 13th century, returning a little further back in history.
(01:42):
Its origins are linked to the townof Borja, in the province of
Zaragoza, in Upper Aragon, andto the disputed fortress that the crown taken
in the Middle Ages by the Moorswho had expelled Christians from the territory.
The name of the town derives fromthe Arab etymology given to it by the
musulmons that were established in the secondcentury on the old terminal. At the
(02:05):
beginning of the 13th century, thereconquest of the Ebro Valley began from Navarre,
and the castle of Borja was peacefullyrecovered in one hundred and twenty by
the forces of Alfonso II. Thecoat of arms of the Borjas showed in
their upper field precisely the castle,with its many towers. The social ascension
(02:28):
of the Aragonese Borja began in athousand three hundred and forty- eight with
the support of Pedro IV, theceremonious in the war of the Union revolt
led by the city of Valencia andfollowed by several villages and villages of the
kingdom except burrian and sativa years later, when, in the middle of the
(02:54):
thirteenth century, James I launched himselfto the conquest of the neighboring Muslim kingdom
of Valencia. In his army therewere inhabitants of Borja who followed the king
to the south until reaching the valleyof Satiba, the ancient Roman Saetevis in
this city of the Crown, whichpossessed a good castle, hospitals and convents,
nine members of the Borja family receivedland as a reward for the merits
(03:16):
demonstrated on the battlefield, and sothey settled with Esteban Borja as clan leader
at the end of the 14th century. His lineage was also considered that Rodrigo
Gil, grandfather of Alexander VI,was able to choose a young woman from
(03:38):
a distinguished family of local nobility ashis wife. This first lady of the
family an Adoms wore on her shieldthree golden stripes on dark blue cloth that
Alexander VI would have them later figureon the family shield. But before that
(04:00):
the one who would become Calixto IIIdid not belong to the main trunk of
the Borja family, but to apoorer secondary branch. When Alfonso de Borja
was born in Sátiva, there wereseveral families with his surname, but only
the Gill de Borja belonged to thenobility the branch from which Plebella came was
part of the local mercantile elite.His parents, Domingo de Borja and Francisca
(04:26):
Yansol lived in the Tower of Canals, where he was born on December thirty
- one of a thousand three hundredand seventy- eight. Alfonso had four
sisters, Juana, Catalina, Isabeland Francisca. The latter was single.
(04:47):
Joan married a certain Martin Catherine toJohn of Milan. Their children and grandchildren
would play an important role in thehistory of the papal lineage e. Isabel
with her paternal cousin, I jofréGil de Borja. Alfonso' s future
began to emerge, being a goodchild. When Dominican Vicente Ferrer, at
(05:10):
the end of a sermon, approachedthe young man and prophesied that he would
reach Dad and then canonize him.Although this is an undocumented fact, Yes
there is documentation in which it isevident that Calixto III recounted this anecdote with
total conviction. In any case,Ferrer convinced his mother to let Alfonso undertake
(05:34):
the ecclesiastical career, assuring him thata great future awaited him. The young
man began his sensitive studies and thenwent to the ecclesiastical schools of Zaragoza and
from there to the General Study ofthe Wound. It can be said that
from adolescence to thirty, Alfonso deBorja brought a quiet existence, dedicated in
(05:57):
body and soul to study. Hechose the legal career necessary to occupy relevant
positions within the church and for whichhe was exceptionally endowed. In a thousand
four hundred and eleven he was adoctor of Canon Law and in a thousand
(06:17):
four hundred and thirteen he graduated inCivil Law. Despite its worth, its
non- aristocratic origin, it wasa stumbling block for its ecclesiastical promotion.
That is why he organized his sisterIsabel' s wedding with her paternal cousin,
Joffré Gil de Borja, of thenoble branch of the family, was
(06:40):
the son of Rodrigo Gil and ofthe noble similia Doms La Bride brought a
good dowry and an influential brother toaristocrats politically and economically diminished and the Borja
wealthy traders, but of low lineage, connected with the distasteful nobility. From
that moment on, the hill ofBorja came to be called just the border.
(07:00):
In this way both branches were unifiedand Alfonso finally acquired the noble cradle
he needed from the marriage of JofréGil de Borja and Isabel de Borja,
five children were born, Pedro LuisRodrigo, Tecla, Juana and Beatriz Rodrigo.
As a second son, he wasdestined for the church and with the
(07:25):
support of his uncle Alfonso, alreadyas Calix O III, he would go
far whatever the opinion was about thehidalguía of the Borja, whose last name
was Calixto II. There' sno question about Isabel' s husband.
Calixto III addressed his sister Elizabeth ina thousand four hundred and fifty- five,
(07:45):
calling her Nobill Isabel German in OstreBidue, and years later, Ferdinand
the Catholic legitimized Caesar, son ofCardinal Rodrigo, to receive feuds and barony
in the states of the crown ofAragon, and referring to him with mos
as one of the burgh hanobles exeopatrie genitum kietiamex Nobilli Borgerium projeniy straight via
(08:07):
originem ducit that means born of thatfather, who also goes back his origin
in a successful way in the noblelineage of the Borgia. And so the
good work of Alfonso de Borja cameto the ears of King Alfonso V the
(08:31):
magnanimous and in a thousand four hundredand seventeen he was already his patient and
shrewd advisor. Among his responsibilities werenegotiations on ecclesiastical matters. In fact,
he played a prominent role in theconclusion of the Western schism, for it
was he who, following the King' s mandate, convinced Antipapa Clemente VIII,
(08:52):
successor of Benedict XIII, Pope Luna, to renounce, thus restoring peace
between King Alfonso V and Pope MartinV. Elected after the Council of Constance
as a reward for his significant diplomaticsuccess, he was appointed at the royal
(09:18):
request Bishop of Valencia, one ofthe richest dioceses of that kingdom, on
19 August of a thousand and fourhundred and twenty- nine in the village
of San Mateo, in Castellón.I was 50 years old. That was
the moment when Pope Martin V decidedto translate the name of the new Bishop
of Valencia into Latin and from thenon, the family adopted this modification of
(09:43):
his surname. As a reminder ofhis important and first appointment, El Borja
original de la familia, which wasalso written Boria or Borge, became the
Borgia de los Papas. In hisLatinization, Alfonso remained the right hand of
the Aragonese monarch and when he decidedto reside in Naples, he settled there.
(10:09):
Also in your hands. They receivedthe administrative reform of the Kingdom,
the presidency of the Royal Council andthe education of the illegitimate son of the
ferrant king as ambassador to the Councilof Florence between his king and Pope Eugene
IV, who eventually recognized him assovereign of Naples. The prize was also
(10:33):
not expected this time and the magnanimousasked for the cardinal' s chapeau for
Alfonso, who was appointed cardinal onMay 2, 1994, forty- four
with the title of First Santiquat andCoronati. Its titular church would be the
basilica of the four crowned saints,but it retained the bishopric of Valencia.
It was at this point in hislife that Alfonso made Rome his place of
(10:56):
residence, moving away for the firsttime from the director service of R Oranimo.
However, from his episcopal palace,where he spent eleven years as a
cardinal, he would continue to servethe interests of King Alfonso. Cardinal Borgia
(11:18):
had no children, but he turnedwith two of his nephews, Pedro Luis
and Rodrigo, sons of his sisterIsabel and of Jofré. When his mother
widowed, Rodrigo was ten years old, they all went to live in Valencia,
the episcopal palace with his uncle.The Bourja brothers were the nephews of
the Bishop of Valencia, but alsoof the Chancellor of the King. And
(11:39):
a few years after a cardinal,so all the palaces of the nobility opened
to them. The gates had climbedmany steps on the social ladder of an
important city, the most prosperous andsafest in Spain, immersed in the clerical
world. Of the fourteen years,Rodrigo focused on studying, although his uncle
(12:01):
Alfonso spent most of his time inRome. He asked for regular reports on
his progress. It would not beuntil the summer of one thousand four hundred
forty- nine, already at eighteenyears of age, when, by order
of the Cardinal, he moved toRome together with his brother Peter Louis and
his cousin Louis John of Milan.His uncle knew that Rome could not offer
(12:22):
much to the two young people,for whom he decided to send them to
Bologna to study laws, while PeterLouis was only interested in military matters.
Rodrigo was an excellent student. Hefinished his doctorate in civil law and norms
and learned the art of debate andargumentation. It was in Bologna that in
(12:43):
a thousand four hundred and fifty-five he received the news of the death
of Pope Nicholas V and the electionof his uncle as Calixto III. The
Borja brothers passed from nephews of acardinal to nephews of the high pontiff.
(13:05):
The nepotism of the new Pope quicklyexalted his young relatives. In February of
one thousand four hundred and fifty-six he appointed Rodrigo, who was only
twenty- five years old, andhis cousin Luis Juan of Milan. A
few months later it would be theturn of the papal attentions to Pedro Luis,
who was named governor of the castleof San Angelo, standard porta of
(13:28):
the church and governor of Orvieto.Espoletto, NEPPI and eight other strongholds of
the Papal States. Rodrigo' ssubsequent appointment as vice- chancellor of the
Roman Church, a position he heldfor thirty- five years, serving five
popes, was an extra attribution ofpower. After the death of Callisto,
(13:50):
Rodrigo maintained a close relationship with differentpopes, Pius II Paul II. Sixth
quarter twenty years later they would beor named Pope and create a whole lineage
of Roman Borgias. But let's go back over a hundred years.
(14:13):
To talk about Gandea' s duchy. We moved King James II to the
year one thousand three hundred and twenty- three. The righteous granted the Lordship
of Gandía to his son, theinfant Peter of Aragon and Anjou in a
thousand three hundred and fifty- nineis inherited by his son, Alfonso of
Aragon, the old man, whoin the year one thousand three hundred and
ninety- nine receives from the kingthe title of Duke of Gandía, who
(14:39):
raises the category of the Royal AdducedLordship and begins the construction of the palace
and the buildings adjacent to the villa, like the church of Santa Maria.
His son in name, Alfonso willalso be the one who inherits from the
duchy, but his premature death withoutdescent in one thousand four hundred twenty-
four, makes the palace revert tothe king passes by several owners until and
(15:03):
we return to the time that wewere before. In a thousand four hundred
and eighty- five, Cardinal Rodrigode Borja bought the Duchy, including the
palace, from Ferdinand the Catholic forhis son, Pedro Luis, thus acquired
one of the most prosperous ducats inthe Kingdom of Valencia and a saga of
eleven generations was born from the Bourjain Gandía. In a thousand four hundred
(15:28):
and eighty- eight, upon thedeath of Peter Louis, without having entered
into the marriage he had with MariaEnríquez, of moon cousin sister of King
Ferdinand the Catholic, and without children, inherited the duchy his brother John,
who would inaugurate a Valencian ducal line, separated from Italian affairs, which kept
the border in its surname, whilethe various Italian branches changed it to Borgia.
(15:52):
The second Duke of Gandía did marryMaria Enríquez and although he would die
very young, murdered in a thousandfour hundred and ninety- seven, he
left two sons Elizabeth and John,third Duke of Gandía and father of San
Francisco de Borja public. The goodadministration of the subsequent dukes and the profits
from the cultivation of sugar cane broughtthe moment of maximum splendor to the village.
(16:18):
However, the last duke died withoutdescent and the palace and duchy ended
up in the hands of the dukesof Osuna. The title was incorporated into
the house of Osuna at the endof the 18th century, XXXI XXXIX.
(16:42):
This has been the introduction to thehistory of a family. In the next
few episodes we will talk about theblack legend, the corruption in the Vatican,
the patrons, the great works ofart. We' ll talk about
one of the world' s mostpowerful families, the rs and their power
(17:07):
set. Thank you very much forlistening to great stories of great history.
You know you can share your contenton social media or leave your comments on
eBox or Spotify
Great reports of very history presents.The Borgia set of power in the second
half of the 15th century, whenmedieval times gave way to the modern age.
In a few decades they passed frombeing an almost unknown family of the
(00:30):
small nobility of the Kingdom of Valencia, whose Estrupe had its origin in Upper
Aragon, to being placed in theepicenter of the power of Rome and,
therefore, of the Western world.Another chapter one was the Spanish origin of
(00:55):
the Los Borja dynasty, a textby Carolina del Prado, although his fortune
began when one of his own,Alfonso de Borja, became pope with the
name of Calixto III, and thedefinitive coup of the south came to them
when Rodrigo Borgia was elected to himselfpontiff in a thousand four hundred and ninety
(01:19):
- two, as Alexander VI.The truth is that the Borgia Borja is
the Italian phonetic adaptation. They werean ancient family that appears established in the
Kingdom of Valencia since the 13th century, returning a little further back in history.
(01:42):
Its origins are linked to the townof Borja, in the province of
Zaragoza, in Upper Aragon, andto the disputed fortress that the crown taken
in the Middle Ages by the Moorswho had expelled Christians from the territory.
The name of the town derives fromthe Arab etymology given to it by the
musulmons that were established in the secondcentury on the old terminal. At the
(02:05):
beginning of the 13th century, thereconquest of the Ebro Valley began from Navarre,
and the castle of Borja was peacefullyrecovered in one hundred and twenty by
the forces of Alfonso II. Thecoat of arms of the Borjas showed in
their upper field precisely the castle,with its many towers. The social ascension
(02:28):
of the Aragonese Borja began in athousand three hundred and forty- eight with
the support of Pedro IV, theceremonious in the war of the Union revolt
led by the city of Valencia andfollowed by several villages and villages of the
kingdom except burrian and sativa years later, when, in the middle of the
(02:54):
thirteenth century, James I launched himselfto the conquest of the neighboring Muslim kingdom
of Valencia. In his army therewere inhabitants of Borja who followed the king
to the south until reaching the valleyof Satiba, the ancient Roman Saetevis in
this city of the Crown, whichpossessed a good castle, hospitals and convents,
nine members of the Borja family receivedland as a reward for the merits
(03:16):
demonstrated on the battlefield, and sothey settled with Esteban Borja as clan leader
at the end of the 14th century. His lineage was also considered that Rodrigo
Gil, grandfather of Alexander VI,was able to choose a young woman from
(03:38):
a distinguished family of local nobility ashis wife. This first lady of the
family an Adoms wore on her shieldthree golden stripes on dark blue cloth that
Alexander VI would have them later figureon the family shield. But before that
(04:00):
the one who would become Calixto IIIdid not belong to the main trunk of
the Borja family, but to apoorer secondary branch. When Alfonso de Borja
was born in Sátiva, there wereseveral families with his surname, but only
the Gill de Borja belonged to thenobility the branch from which Plebella came was
part of the local mercantile elite.His parents, Domingo de Borja and Francisca
(04:26):
Yansol lived in the Tower of Canals, where he was born on December thirty
- one of a thousand three hundredand seventy- eight. Alfonso had four
sisters, Juana, Catalina, Isabeland Francisca. The latter was single.
(04:47):
Joan married a certain Martin Catherine toJohn of Milan. Their children and grandchildren
would play an important role in thehistory of the papal lineage e. Isabel
with her paternal cousin, I jofréGil de Borja. Alfonso' s future
began to emerge, being a goodchild. When Dominican Vicente Ferrer, at
(05:10):
the end of a sermon, approachedthe young man and prophesied that he would
reach Dad and then canonize him.Although this is an undocumented fact, Yes
there is documentation in which it isevident that Calixto III recounted this anecdote with
total conviction. In any case,Ferrer convinced his mother to let Alfonso undertake
(05:34):
the ecclesiastical career, assuring him thata great future awaited him. The young
man began his sensitive studies and thenwent to the ecclesiastical schools of Zaragoza and
from there to the General Study ofthe Wound. It can be said that
from adolescence to thirty, Alfonso deBorja brought a quiet existence, dedicated in
(05:57):
body and soul to study. Hechose the legal career necessary to occupy relevant
positions within the church and for whichhe was exceptionally endowed. In a thousand
four hundred and eleven he was adoctor of Canon Law and in a thousand
(06:17):
four hundred and thirteen he graduated inCivil Law. Despite its worth, its
non- aristocratic origin, it wasa stumbling block for its ecclesiastical promotion.
That is why he organized his sisterIsabel' s wedding with her paternal cousin,
Joffré Gil de Borja, of thenoble branch of the family, was
(06:40):
the son of Rodrigo Gil and ofthe noble similia Doms La Bride brought a
good dowry and an influential brother toaristocrats politically and economically diminished and the Borja
wealthy traders, but of low lineage, connected with the distasteful nobility. From
that moment on, the hill ofBorja came to be called just the border.
(07:00):
In this way both branches were unifiedand Alfonso finally acquired the noble cradle
he needed from the marriage of JofréGil de Borja and Isabel de Borja,
five children were born, Pedro LuisRodrigo, Tecla, Juana and Beatriz Rodrigo.
As a second son, he wasdestined for the church and with the
(07:25):
support of his uncle Alfonso, alreadyas Calix O III, he would go
far whatever the opinion was about thehidalguía of the Borja, whose last name
was Calixto II. There' sno question about Isabel' s husband.
Calixto III addressed his sister Elizabeth ina thousand four hundred and fifty- five,
(07:45):
calling her Nobill Isabel German in OstreBidue, and years later, Ferdinand
the Catholic legitimized Caesar, son ofCardinal Rodrigo, to receive feuds and barony
in the states of the crown ofAragon, and referring to him with mos
as one of the burgh hanobles exeopatrie genitum kietiamex Nobilli Borgerium projeniy straight via
(08:07):
originem ducit that means born of thatfather, who also goes back his origin
in a successful way in the noblelineage of the Borgia. And so the
good work of Alfonso de Borja cameto the ears of King Alfonso V the
(08:31):
magnanimous and in a thousand four hundredand seventeen he was already his patient and
shrewd advisor. Among his responsibilities werenegotiations on ecclesiastical matters. In fact,
he played a prominent role in theconclusion of the Western schism, for it
was he who, following the King' s mandate, convinced Antipapa Clemente VIII,
(08:52):
successor of Benedict XIII, Pope Luna, to renounce, thus restoring peace
between King Alfonso V and Pope MartinV. Elected after the Council of Constance
as a reward for his significant diplomaticsuccess, he was appointed at the royal
(09:18):
request Bishop of Valencia, one ofthe richest dioceses of that kingdom, on
19 August of a thousand and fourhundred and twenty- nine in the village
of San Mateo, in Castellón.I was 50 years old. That was
the moment when Pope Martin V decidedto translate the name of the new Bishop
of Valencia into Latin and from thenon, the family adopted this modification of
(09:43):
his surname. As a reminder ofhis important and first appointment, El Borja
original de la familia, which wasalso written Boria or Borge, became the
Borgia de los Papas. In hisLatinization, Alfonso remained the right hand of
the Aragonese monarch and when he decidedto reside in Naples, he settled there.
(10:09):
Also in your hands. They receivedthe administrative reform of the Kingdom,
the presidency of the Royal Council andthe education of the illegitimate son of the
ferrant king as ambassador to the Councilof Florence between his king and Pope Eugene
IV, who eventually recognized him assovereign of Naples. The prize was also
(10:33):
not expected this time and the magnanimousasked for the cardinal' s chapeau for
Alfonso, who was appointed cardinal onMay 2, 1994, forty- four
with the title of First Santiquat andCoronati. Its titular church would be the
basilica of the four crowned saints,but it retained the bishopric of Valencia.
It was at this point in hislife that Alfonso made Rome his place of
(10:56):
residence, moving away for the firsttime from the director service of R Oranimo.
However, from his episcopal palace,where he spent eleven years as a
cardinal, he would continue to servethe interests of King Alfonso. Cardinal Borgia
(11:18):
had no children, but he turnedwith two of his nephews, Pedro Luis
and Rodrigo, sons of his sisterIsabel and of Jofré. When his mother
widowed, Rodrigo was ten years old, they all went to live in Valencia,
the episcopal palace with his uncle.The Bourja brothers were the nephews of
the Bishop of Valencia, but alsoof the Chancellor of the King. And
(11:39):
a few years after a cardinal,so all the palaces of the nobility opened
to them. The gates had climbedmany steps on the social ladder of an
important city, the most prosperous andsafest in Spain, immersed in the clerical
world. Of the fourteen years,Rodrigo focused on studying, although his uncle
(12:01):
Alfonso spent most of his time inRome. He asked for regular reports on
his progress. It would not beuntil the summer of one thousand four hundred
forty- nine, already at eighteenyears of age, when, by order
of the Cardinal, he moved toRome together with his brother Peter Louis and
his cousin Louis John of Milan.His uncle knew that Rome could not offer
(12:22):
much to the two young people,for whom he decided to send them to
Bologna to study laws, while PeterLouis was only interested in military matters.
Rodrigo was an excellent student. Hefinished his doctorate in civil law and norms
and learned the art of debate andargumentation. It was in Bologna that in
(12:43):
a thousand four hundred and fifty-five he received the news of the death
of Pope Nicholas V and the electionof his uncle as Calixto III. The
Borja brothers passed from nephews of acardinal to nephews of the high pontiff.
(13:05):
The nepotism of the new Pope quicklyexalted his young relatives. In February of
one thousand four hundred and fifty-six he appointed Rodrigo, who was only
twenty- five years old, andhis cousin Luis Juan of Milan. A
few months later it would be theturn of the papal attentions to Pedro Luis,
who was named governor of the castleof San Angelo, standard porta of
(13:28):
the church and governor of Orvieto.Espoletto, NEPPI and eight other strongholds of
the Papal States. Rodrigo' ssubsequent appointment as vice- chancellor of the
Roman Church, a position he heldfor thirty- five years, serving five
popes, was an extra attribution ofpower. After the death of Callisto,
(13:50):
Rodrigo maintained a close relationship with differentpopes, Pius II Paul II. Sixth
quarter twenty years later they would beor named Pope and create a whole lineage
of Roman Borgias. But let's go back over a hundred years.
(14:13):
To talk about Gandea' s duchy. We moved King James II to the
year one thousand three hundred and twenty- three. The righteous granted the Lordship
of Gandía to his son, theinfant Peter of Aragon and Anjou in a
thousand three hundred and fifty- nineis inherited by his son, Alfonso of
Aragon, the old man, whoin the year one thousand three hundred and
ninety- nine receives from the kingthe title of Duke of Gandía, who
(14:39):
raises the category of the Royal AdducedLordship and begins the construction of the palace
and the buildings adjacent to the villa, like the church of Santa Maria.
His son in name, Alfonso willalso be the one who inherits from the
duchy, but his premature death withoutdescent in one thousand four hundred twenty-
four, makes the palace revert tothe king passes by several owners until and
(15:03):
we return to the time that wewere before. In a thousand four hundred
and eighty- five, Cardinal Rodrigode Borja bought the Duchy, including the
palace, from Ferdinand the Catholic forhis son, Pedro Luis, thus acquired
one of the most prosperous ducats inthe Kingdom of Valencia and a saga of
eleven generations was born from the Bourjain Gandía. In a thousand four hundred
(15:28):
and eighty- eight, upon thedeath of Peter Louis, without having entered
into the marriage he had with MariaEnríquez, of moon cousin sister of King
Ferdinand the Catholic, and without children, inherited the duchy his brother John,
who would inaugurate a Valencian ducal line, separated from Italian affairs, which kept
the border in its surname, whilethe various Italian branches changed it to Borgia.
(15:52):
The second Duke of Gandía did marryMaria Enríquez and although he would die
very young, murdered in a thousandfour hundred and ninety- seven, he
left two sons Elizabeth and John,third Duke of Gandía and father of San
Francisco de Borja public. The goodadministration of the subsequent dukes and the profits
from the cultivation of sugar cane broughtthe moment of maximum splendor to the village.
(16:18):
However, the last duke died withoutdescent and the palace and duchy ended
up in the hands of the dukesof Osuna. The title was incorporated into
the house of Osuna at the endof the 18th century, XXXI XXXIX.
(16:42):
This has been the introduction to thehistory of a family. In the next
few episodes we will talk about theblack legend, the corruption in the Vatican,
the patrons, the great works ofart. We' ll talk about
one of the world' s mostpowerful families, the rs and their power
(17:07):
set. Thank you very much forlistening to great stories of great history.
You know you can share your contenton social media or leave your comments on
eBox or Spotify
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