Pope Alexander VI

Pope Alexander VI
Bishop of Rome
Papacy began	11 August 1492
Papacy ended	18 August 1503
Predecessor	Innocent VIII
Successor	Pius III
Orders
Ordination	1468
Consecration	30 October 1471
Created Cardinal	17 September 1456 by Callixtus III
Personal details
Birth name	Roderic Borgia (Roderic Llançol i de Borja/Rodrigo Borgia)
Born	(1431-01-01)1 January 1431 Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, Crown of Aragon
Died	18 August 1503(1503-08-18) (aged 72) Rome, Papal States
Buried	Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, Rome
Nationality	Aragonese
Denomination	Catholic (Roman Rite)
Parents	Jofré de Borja i Escrivà Isabel de Borja
Children	Giovanni (or Juan) Cesare (or Cesar) Lucrezia Gioffre (or Giuffre, Jofré in Valentian, Goffredo)
Previous post	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere (1456–1471) Administrator of Girona (1457–1458) Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1458–1492) Administrator of Valencia (1458–1492) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1471–1476) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1476–1492) Administrator of Cartagena (1482–1492) Administrator of Mallorca (1489–1492) Administrator of Eger (1491–1492) Archbishop of Valencia (1492)
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Papal styles of Pope Alexander VI
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	None

Pope Alexander VI, born Roderic Borgia (Valencian: Roderic de Borja (Valencian pronunciation: [roðeˈɾiɡ ʎanˈsɔɫ i ðe ˈβɔɾdʒa], Spanish: Rodrigo de Borja [roˈðɾiɣo lanˈθol i ðe ˈβorxa]); 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), was Pope from 11 August 1492 until his death. He is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partly because he acknowledged fathering several children by his mistresses. Therefore his Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia, became a byword for libertinism and nepotism, which are traditionally considered as characterizing his pontificate. However, two of Alexander's successors, the also controversial pontiffs Sixtus V and Urban VIII, described him as one of the most outstanding popes since St. Peter.

Rodrigo de Borja was born on 1 January 1431, in the town of Xativa near Valencia, one of the component realms of the Crown of Aragon, in what is now Spain. His parents were Jofré Llançol i Escrivà (died bef. 24 March 1437), and his Aragonese wife and distant cousin Isabel de Borja y Cavanilles (died 19 October 1468). His family name is written Llançol in Catalan and Lanzol in Castillian (Spanish). Rodrigo adopted his mother's family name of Borja in 1455 following the elevation to the papacy of maternal uncle Alonso de Borja (Italianized to Alfonso Borgia) as Calixtus III.

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