Lucrèce Borgia

See also: Lucrèce (homonymy), Borgia (homonymy)

Lucrèce Borgia ( Lucrezia Italian Borgia in ) was born with Rome in April 1480 and died in Ferrare the June 24th 1519.

Life

Natural girl of the cardinal Spanish Rodrigo Borgia (future Pope Alexandre VI) and of Vanozza Catanei, a Roman patrician; on perhaps incestueuse of César Borgia, celebrates for its beauty as much as for its manners dissolues. Political tool of his/her father and his brother, it will not start to live the quiet existence to which it aspired only after its third marriage.

1493 : first marriage, with Giovanni Sforza cancelled in 1497 by his/her father the Pope, for diplomatic reasons: change of alliance. Officially, cancellation is due to the not-consumption of the union. Sforza, upset, will be the first to make run the noise of incestueux relationship between Lucrèce Borgia, its father and his brother.
1498 : second marriage, with Alphonse d' Aragon, assassinated in 1500 by his/her brother-in-law César Borgia because the couple having had a child, cancellation for not-consumption was not possible any more.
1501 : third marriage, with Alphonse Ier d' Este, future duke of Ferrare (in 1505).

In Ferrare, it becomes protective arts (celebrated by Arioste and Pietro Bembo).

She dies in 39 years of a consecutive Septicémie with the birth of a girl (who did not survive either).

Its descent

His/her children (of the 3rd marriage) are:

Rodrigo Borgia off Aragon (di Bisceglie) 1499 1512
a dull girl the September 5th 1507,
Ercole II of Este (1508 - 1559) duke in 1534 ∞ 1528 Renee de France (1510 - 1575) girl of the king de France Louis XII,
Ippolito II of Este (1509 - 1572), cardinal of Ferrare in 1538,
Alessandro d' Este (* April 1514, † July 10th 1516),
Eleonora d' Este (* July 3rd 1515, † July 15th 1575), Nun,
Francesco d' Este (* November 1st 1516, † February 22nd 1578) Prince of Massed ∞ 1540 Maria di Cardona († 1563),
a girl, died in the birth the June 21st 1519.

The myth of Lucrèce Borgia

As from the 20th century, many biographies call in question the charges of immorality carried against Lucrèce Borgia (of aucuns lent to him a son born of its incestueuses loves with its brother César, some bastard, an activity of empoisonneuse, etc) and introduce the character like the one rather cruel time old victim for the women. The reputation of Lucrèce Borgia suffered from the intrigues of its close relations, but the historians agree today to regard it as innocent multiple crimes and misdeeds which were charged to him.

Lastly, it should not be confused with Lucrèce, the legendary Roman heroin, violated by the son of Tarquin Superb the and whose suicide would have caused the advent of the Roman République in 509 before J. - C.

A character in Arts

Scandalous character, Lucrèce Borgia inspired by many authors, of which:

Literature

Lucrèce Borgia : tragedy of Victor Hugo of 1833 in three acts.
It viccolo of madama Lucrezia writes by Mérimée
Borgia - Of blood for the pope : 1st volume of a cartoon of Jodorowsky A. and Manara Mr. at Albin Michel (2004).
Borgia - capacity and the inceste : 2nd volume of a cartoon of Jodorowsky A. and Manara Mr. at Albin Michel (2006).

Music

Lucrezia Borgia : opera in a prolog and two acts of Gaetano Donizetti, created with the Scala of Milan, on December 28th 1833. (Booklet, inspired of the tragedy of Hugo, Felice Romani).

Cinema

1917 : The Eternal Sin , of Herbert Brenon, with Florence Reed in the role of Lucrèce Borgia ;
the actress Liane Haid will interpret Lucrèce Borgia twice, in Lucrezia Borgia (1922) and Bride off Revenge (1923);
1926 : Lucrezia Borgia , silent film;
1932 : Scarface of Howard Hawks is a transposition of the incestueux loves of Lucrèce Borgia and César Borgia in the medium of the underworld of Chicago;
1935 : Lucrèce Borgia , film of Abel Gance with Edwige Feuillère;
1949 : Support off Revenge (or Mask for Lucretia ) film on Mitchell Leisen with Paulette Goddard in Lucrèce and Macdonald Carey in César Borgia ;
1953 : Lucrèce Borgia , film of Christian-Jaque, with Martine Carol;
1974 : immoral Tales , film of Valerian Borowczyk. One of the tales rests on the topics of manners dissolues of Lucrèce Borgia.

The realizer Neil Jordan prepares a spectacular (60 million dollars) entitled Lucrezia Borgia whose title role should be interpreted by Christina Ricci, surrounded by Ewan McGregor, Jean Reno and John Malkovich.

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