House of Borgia

Borgia Borja
Noble house
Motto: "Either a Caesar or nothing" (Latin: Aut Caesar, aut nihil)
Country	Spain, Italy, France
Titles	"Pope" "Prince of Piombino" "Prince of Teano" "Grandee of Spain" "Duke of Gandía" "Duke of Sessa" "Duke of Urbino" "Duke of Valentinois" "Duke of Romagna" "Marquis of Navarrés" "Count of Diois"
Founded	1455 (1455)
Founder	Alfons de Borja
Final ruler	Pope Alexander VI
Current head	Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
Deposition	1672 (1672)
Ethnicity	Spanish

The House of Borgia (/ˈbɔːrʒə/; Italian: [ˈbɔrdʒa]; Spanish: Borja [ˈborxa]; Valencian: Borja [ˈbɔɾdʒa]) was an Italo-Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. They were from Valencia, the surname being a toponymic from Borja, then in the Crown of Aragon, in Spain.

The Borgias became prominent in ecclesiastical and political affairs in the 15th and 16th centuries, producing two popes: Alfons de Borja, who ruled as Pope Callixtus III during 1455–1458, and Rodrigo Lanzol Borgia, as Pope Alexander VI, during 1492–1503.

Especially during the reign of Alexander VI, they were suspected of many crimes, including adultery, incest, simony, theft, bribery, and murder (especially murder by arsenic poisoning). Because of their grasping for power, they made enemies of the Medici, the Sforza, and the Dominican friar Savonarola, among others. They were also patrons of the arts who contributed to the Renaissance.