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Gioffre Borgia in Italian, or Jofré Borja in Catalan, (1482 – 1522) Prince of Squillace
Squillace

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, was the youngest son 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....
, sibling to 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....
, 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....
 and Giovanni Borgia
Giovanni Borgia (1474)

Juan Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia was the brother of the famous Cesare Borgia. According to several sources and opinions, Giovanni might have been only the second of the Pope's four children born in 1475 or 1476, and Cesare was the first-born from the relationship with Vanozza in 1474 or 1475....
, and half-brother to Isabella, Pier Luigi (Pedro Luis) and Girolamo, children of unknown mothers and Laura, Alexander's daughter by his mistress Giulia Farnese
Giulia Farnese

Giulia Farnese was one of the mistresses of the Pope Alexander VI. She was known as Giulia la bella, in Italian meaning "Julia the Beautiful"....
. He married Sancia (Sancha) of Aragon, daughter of 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....
. The marriage was an arranged one and Sancia slept with both of her husband’s older brothers, Cesare and Giovanni.

After Sancia's death he had a second marriage with Maria de Mila, and they had four children.






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Gioffre Borgia in Italian, or Jofré Borja in Catalan, (1482 – 1522) Prince of Squillace
Squillace

img_coa = squillace-Stemma.png| official_name = Comune di Squillace| region = Calabria | province = Province of Catanzaro |...
, was the youngest son 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....
, sibling to 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....
, 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....
 and Giovanni Borgia
Giovanni Borgia (1474)

Juan Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia was the brother of the famous Cesare Borgia. According to several sources and opinions, Giovanni might have been only the second of the Pope's four children born in 1475 or 1476, and Cesare was the first-born from the relationship with Vanozza in 1474 or 1475....
, and half-brother to Isabella, Pier Luigi (Pedro Luis) and Girolamo, children of unknown mothers and Laura, Alexander's daughter by his mistress Giulia Farnese
Giulia Farnese

Giulia Farnese was one of the mistresses of the Pope Alexander VI. She was known as Giulia la bella, in Italian meaning "Julia the Beautiful"....
. He married Sancia (Sancha) of Aragon, daughter of 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....
. The marriage was an arranged one and Sancia slept with both of her husband’s older brothers, Cesare and Giovanni.

After Sancia's death he had a second marriage with Maria de Mila, and they had four children. He did not lead as prominent a life as his siblings.