Cesare Borgia was born into the heart of Vatican corruption — the illegitimate son of Rodrigo Borgia, who would become Pope ...

Cesare Borgia was feared because he combined political cunning, calculated cruelty, and total ambition at a level few Renaissance leaders dared to match. Backed by his father, Pope Alexander VI, he ...

VATICAN CITY — Their lives steeped in intrigue, treason and lust, and set against a backdrop of luscious Italian landscapes and Renaissance masterpieces, the Borgias are probably the most famous — or ...