1. Borgia - Noun
2. Borgia - Proper noun
Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)
Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458)
Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)
Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519)
Source: WordNetHe looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that he has forgotten to shove cyanide in the consommé, and the dinner-gong due any moment. P. G. Wodehouse
After the successful staging of Lucrezia Borgia in 1833, his reputation was further consolidated, and Donizetti followed the paths of both Rossini and Bellini by visiting Paris, where his Marin Faliero was given at the Théâtre-Italien in March 1835. Source: Internet
Allan Gilbert, Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1989, 3 vols., 163–169 Machiavelli's use of Borgia is subject to controversy. Source: Internet
Borgia cared strongly for the reestablishment of the unity of the church and his influence with the Aragonese monarch was the factor that allowed for the conclusion of the accord between the king and the new pope. Source: Internet
Also popular during this period were films about historical figures, such as Caserini's Beatrice Cenci (1909) and Ugo Falena 's Lucrezia Borgia (1910). Source: Internet
At first the papal troops were defeated and things looked bleak for the house of Borgia. Source: Internet