lucrezia borgia

     

Mr. Peabody has to concoct a special poison to foil this woman from a famous Italian family

Trivia about lucrezia borgia

  • Donizetti's opera about this female Borgia is based on a play by Victor Hugo
  • This Borgia, seen here, looks far more innocent than all those nasty rumors would imply
  • In 1500 her husband, Alfonso of Aragon, was murdered on orders of her brother Cesare
  • In a Donizetti opera, this vengeful female Borgia treats a roomful of dinner guests to poisoned wine
  • Daughter of the man who became Pope Alexander VI, she became infamous for intrigues & poisonings
  • To further the ambitions of her brother, her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged several marriages for her
  • Her father, later Pope Alexander VI, arranged 3 marriages for her; the first was when she was 13
  • Pope Alexander VI sired Cesare Borgia & this notorious sister

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