Definition of: Borgia

(bôr′jä)
Aristocratic Spanish family, a branch of which emigrated to Italy.
—Alfonso,
1378–1458; became Pope Calixtus III, 1455–58.
—Cesare,
1478–1507, Duc de Valentinois, Italian cardinal, soldier, and adventurer.
—Francisco de,
1510–72, Spanish Jesuit, third general of the order; canonized 1671.
—Lucrezia,
1480–1519, sister of Cesare, and wife of Alfonso, Duke of Esté; heroine of opera by Donizetti.
—Rodrigo Lanzol y,
1431–1503; became Pope Alexander VI, 1492–1503.