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Alfonso of Aragon (1481 - 18 August, 1500) was the Duke of Bisceglie
Bisceglie

Bisceglie is a town on the Adriatic Sea, with a population of c. 53,700, in Apulia region, in the province of Bari.According to a theory, in Roman Empire times there would be here a settlement called Vigiliae ....
 and Prince of Salerno, as the son of King Alfonso II of Naples
Alfonso II of Naples

Alfonso II of Naples , also called Alfonso II d'Aragon, though he was King of Naples only from January 25, 1494 to 1495—with the title King of Naples and King of Jerusalem—was a patron of Renaissance poets and builders during his long tenure as the heir to the throne of Naples, with the title duca di Calabria....
 by his mistress Truzia Gazzela.

On 29 June, 1498, he married Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance Valencian who later became Pope Alexander VI, and Vannozza dei Cattanei....
, the daughter of Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI

Pope Alexander VI , born Roderic Llan?ol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja was Pope from 1492 to 1503. He is the most controversial of the Secularism popes of the Renaissance, and his surname became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era....
 and Vannozza dei Cattanei
Vannozza dei Cattanei

Vannozza dei Cattanei was one of the many mistresses of the Pope Alexander VI , and among them, the one whose relationship lasted the longest....
. On 15 July, 1500, he was attacked in the Piazza of St. Peter's Basillica on his way home. He survived and was cared for by Alexander VI's doctors, as well by his wife and his sister Sancha of Aragon.






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Alfonso of Aragon (1481 - 18 August, 1500) was the Duke of Bisceglie
Bisceglie

Bisceglie is a town on the Adriatic Sea, with a population of c. 53,700, in Apulia region, in the province of Bari.According to a theory, in Roman Empire times there would be here a settlement called Vigiliae ....
 and Prince of Salerno, as the son of King Alfonso II of Naples
Alfonso II of Naples

Alfonso II of Naples , also called Alfonso II d'Aragon, though he was King of Naples only from January 25, 1494 to 1495—with the title King of Naples and King of Jerusalem—was a patron of Renaissance poets and builders during his long tenure as the heir to the throne of Naples, with the title duca di Calabria....
 by his mistress Truzia Gazzela.

On 29 June, 1498, he married Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance Valencian who later became Pope Alexander VI, and Vannozza dei Cattanei....
, the daughter of Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI

Pope Alexander VI , born Roderic Llan?ol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja was Pope from 1492 to 1503. He is the most controversial of the Secularism popes of the Renaissance, and his surname became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era....
 and Vannozza dei Cattanei
Vannozza dei Cattanei

Vannozza dei Cattanei was one of the many mistresses of the Pope Alexander VI , and among them, the one whose relationship lasted the longest....
. On 15 July, 1500, he was attacked in the Piazza of St. Peter's Basillica on his way home. He survived and was cared for by Alexander VI's doctors, as well by his wife and his sister Sancha of Aragon. On 18 August, 1500, whilst recovering from his wounds, he was strangled in his bed. His brother-in-law, Cesare Borgia
Cesare Borgia

Cesare Borgia, born , Duke of Valentinois, and Romagna, Prince of Andria and Venafro, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino and Urbino, Gonfalone of the Church and Captain General of the Church, was a Spanish-Italian Condottieri, lord and cardinal....
, is widely considered to be the man behind his assassination.