Pape Alexander VI

Pape Alexander VI, born Roderic Llançol i de Borja (Valencian pronunciation: [roðeˈɾiɡ ʎanˈsɔɫ i ðe ˈβɔɾdʒa], Spaingie: Rodrigo Lanzol y de Borja [roˈðɾiɣo lanˈθol i ðe ˈβorxa]; 1 Januar 1431 – 18 August 1503), wis Pape frae 11 August 1492 till his daith.

Pape Alexander VI
Installed	11 August 1492
Term endit	18 August 1503
Predecessor	Innocent VIII
Successor	Pius III
Orders
Ordination	1468[1]
Consecration	30 October 1471
Creatit Cardinal	17 September 1456 bi Callixtus III
Personal details
Birth name	Roderic Llançol i de Borja (Rodrigo Borgia)
Born	1 Januar 1431(1431-01-01) Xàtiva, Kinrick o Valencie, Croun o Aragon
Deed	18 August 1503(1503-08-18) (aged 72) Roum, Papal States
Buried	Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, Roum
Naitionality	Aragonese
Denomination	Catholic (Roman Rite)
Pawrents	Jofré Llançol i Escrivà Isabel de Borja
Bairns	Cesare (or Cesar) Giovanni (or Juan) Lucrezia Gioffre (or Giuffre, Jofré in Valentian, Goffredo) [note 1]
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Coat o airms
Ither papes named Alexander

Notes

1. Pape Alexander VI anly recognised fower bairns as his: Cesare, Giovanni, Lucrezia, an Gioffre. Some, includin Christopher Hibbert, recognise up tae sax mair: Girolama (or Jeronima), Isabella, Pier Luigi (or Pedro Luis), Bernardo, Ottaviano, an Laura. (Christopher Hibbert, 2008, The Borgias and Their Enemies. Harcourt, Inc. ISBN 978-0-15-101033-2)

References

1. Loughlin, James. "Pope Alexander VI." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 22 Jul. 2014