Noun: Borgia bor-zhu or bor-ju
- Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)
- Cesare Borgia
- Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519)
- Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara
- Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458)
- Pope Callixtus III, Calixtus III, Alfonso Borgia
- Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)
- Alexander VI, Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia
Derived forms: Borgias
Type of: Bishop of Rome, cardinal, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, Lady [Brit], noblewoman [Brit], peeress [Brit], pongo [Brit, informal], pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, soldier, Vicar of Christ
Encyclopedia: Borgia, Italy