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Juan Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (1474 - June 14, 1497) was the brother of the famous 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....
. 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. These doubts arise from contradictory Papal Bulls and letters about Cesare's birth.

Juan de Candia Borgia was born in Rome to 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....
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Juan Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (1474 - June 14, 1497) was the brother of the famous 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....
. 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. These doubts arise from contradictory Papal Bulls and letters about Cesare's birth.

Juan de Candia Borgia was born in Rome to 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....
. He married Maria Enriquez de Luna, the Spanish betrothed of his deceased older half-brother, Pedro Luis, in September of 1493. He was made 2nd Duke of Gandia, Duke of Sessa, Grand Constable of Naples, the Papal Gonfalonier and General Captain
Captain General of the Church

The Captain General of the Church was the de facto commander-in-chief of the papal armed forces during the Middle Ages. The post was usually conferred on an Italian noble with a professional military reputation or a relative of the pope....
, and Governor of St.Peters.

He was murdered the night of June 14, 1497 near what would later become the Piazza della Giudecca (in the Ghetto
Roman Ghetto

The Roman Ghetto was located in the Sant'Angelo , in the area surrounded by today's Via del Portico d'Ottavia, Lungotevere dei Cenci, Via del Progresso and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto close to the Tiber and the Theater of Marcellus, in Rome, Italy....
 of Rome). It has been speculated that his own brother 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....
 had him murdered. His richly attired body was recovered from the Tiber River with 30 golden ducats untouched in the purse at his belt. To the immense grief of the Pope, this act occasioned the heartless epigram by Sannazzaro
Jacopo Sannazaro

Jacopo Sannazaro or Sannazzaro was an Italy poet, Renaissance humanism and epigrammist from Naples.He wrote easily in Latin language, in Italian and in Neapolitan language, but is best remembered for his humanist classic Arcadia, a masterwork that illustrated the possibilities of poetical prose in Italian, and instituted the th...
 on the Pope as "fisher of men". Borgia's only attendant was slain, so there were no witnesses (Sabatini, II.4).

Although not proven, there is the possibility that the Duke of Gandia died at the hands of one Antonio Pico della Mirandola whose "house was near the Tiber" and "who also had a young daughter" - which could explain Juan's remark that he was going to '"amuse himself" on his mysterious ride (Ibidem)

Juan and Maria had two children: Juan Borja y Enriquez (also known as Juan Borgia), who became the 3rd Duke of Gandia
Duke of Gandia

The hereditary Spanish title Duke of Gand?a was created in 1483 by Ferdinand II of Aragon from the original Italian title "Duke of Candia" or "Duca di Candia" belonging to the Italian "Stato di Mare" or Italian Kingdoms of the Mediterranea Sea....
, and Francisca de Jesus Borja, who became a nun at a convent in Valladolid
Valladolid

||-||} is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, upon the Pisuerga River and within the Ribera del Duero wine-making region. It is the capital of the Valladolid and of the autonomous communities of Spain of Castile and Leon, therefore is part of the historical region of Castile ....
. This Juan was the father of Saint Francis Borgia.

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