Lucrezia borgia, italian noblewoman and a central figure of the infamous borgia family of the italian renaissance. Mercilessly cruel and defiantly decadent, the borgias use bribery, simony, intimidation and murder in their relentless quest for wealth and power that make them historys most infamous crime family. Lucrezia borgia, an 1833 play written by victor hugo. She had two younger sisters, grit, who also became an actress, and johanna 19031964. The series is set in renaissanceera italy and follows the borgia family in their scandalous ascension to the papacy. He already had four children by a selection of mistresses and cesare was the first of four others he would father by vannozza catanei. Borgia, lucrezia definition of borgia, lucrezia by the free dictionary. The secret nights of lucrezia borgia poster 1 goldposter. Juliane haid was born in vienna on 16 august 1895, the first child to georg haid 18641951 and juliane haid 18731939. Lucrezia borgia, brewer of poisons, adulteress and murderer, does her best to live up to an image of womankind created by men, and just as passionately she does whatever she can to find a new identity.
She was born on april 18, 1480, the illegitimate daughter of future pope alexander vi, then cardinal rodrigo borgia and his longtime mistress vannozza dei cattanei. Lucrezia borgia is born 18 april 1480 on this day in 1480, lucrezia borgia was born as an illegitimate child of the spanish cardinal rodrigo borgia, who later became pope alexander vi, and vannozza dei cattanei, one of his many roman mistresses. Following the advice of his chief adviser niccolo macchiavelli, cesare borgia decides to attempt to unify the country in order to become even more powerful. Lucrezia borgia, duchess of ferrara, earned a reputation as a political schemer in fifteenth century italy. Haid trained both as a dancer and singer and became the epitome of the su. Her brother was the notorious despot cesare borgia. They killed her husbands because they no longer could benefit them. Lucrezia borgia biography life, family, children, history. Trailer of the premiere on february 23, 2009 at the bavarian state oper, munich musical direction. References eedit eedit soorce bellonci, maria 2003. Cesares contribution is by warfare, intrigue and murder lucrezias by marriage.
Lucrezia borgia, a german film directed by richard oswald. Lucrezia borgia simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lucrezia borgia bayerische staatsoper 2016 lucrezia. There is zero evidence to indicate cesare and lucrezia borgia had an incestuous relationship. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. It is, indeed, a cruel irony that this woman, who was the least awful of her clan, has received a reputation as being among its worst. In actuality, she was simply used by her father and brother to further their own political goals.
Lucrezia borgia, an italian silent film directed by augusto genina. Lucrezia borgia simple english wikipedia, the free. Lucrezia borgia was a woman who has been shamefully and undeservedly maligned for centuries and whose few champions have been only very moderately successful in setting the record straight. Isabella maria deste born an died on 14 juin 1519 complications at birth caused the daith o lucrezia ten days later. Lucrezia borgia, duchess of ferrara 1480 1519 genealogy. Donate today and show your support for the archive.
The stories about the lucrezia borgias life ruthless manipulator, possessor of a poison ring, sexual predator often overshadow the more nuanced and fascinating story of her life. Lucrezia borgia italian noblewoman and patron of the arts duchess of ferrara, borgia. Her brothers included cesare borgia, giovanni borgia, and gioffre borgia. Lucrezias family was typical of the ruthless machiavellian politics and sexual corruption of the. Before the age of, she was engaged to two spanish princes. Despite a wonderful piece or two for tenor and baritone and the justly famous il segreto for mezzo, most of the burden falls upon the shoulders of the heroine. Lucrezia borgia, an 1833 opera composed by gaetano donizetti. German contributor names donizetti, gaetano 17971848 composer romani, felice, 17881865. Borgia, lucrezia definition of borgia, lucrezia by the. Two of them, cesare and lucrezia, are the means by which alexander vi, as pope, attempts to advance the family fortunes. In every case, faunce portrays lucrezia believably, with wit and sensitivity. Lucrezia borgia, an italian film directed by gerolamo lo savio. Lucrezia borgia 14801519, dancing at the court of the pope alexander vi, her father and plotter of her three political marriages.
Lucrezia borgia is not one of donizettis masterpieces, but it nonetheless can be enormously stageworthy. Choar e oa da cesare borgia, a voe ivez kardinal, ha dug valentinois ha romagna. Lucrezia borgia april 18, 1480june 24, 1519 was the illegitimate daughter of pope alexander vi rodrigo borgia by one of his mistresses. Lucrezia was born in subiaco, italy to cardinal rodrigo borgia and roman mistress vannozza dei catanei. Cesare lucrezia the borgias one who desires the other. As in lucia, if there isnt a great lucrezia, its not a great lucrezia. Lucrezia borgia or lucrecia borgia april 14 or april 18, 1480 june 24, 1519 was the daughter of rodrigo borgia, the powerful renaissance spaniard who would later become pope alexander vi and vannozza cattanei. Felice romani wrote the italian libretto after the play lucrezia borgia by victor hugo, in its turn after the legend of lucrezia borgia. Lucrezia borgias history is full of stories of incest, poison, murder but lucrezia borgia was a victim of her father the pope and her cruel and vicious brother cesare. Lucrezia borgia s history is full of stories of incest, poison, murder but lucrezia borgia was a victim of her father the pope and her cruel and vicious brother cesare. One of the borgia popes first acts, in 1492, is to appoint cesare archbishop of valencia, following this with a cardinals hat in 1493. Her son gennaro falls in love at first sight with her unaware that she is his mother.
Daughter of pope alexander vi and sister of cesare, she is often accused of sharing in their many crimes and excesses but was more likely just an instrument for their ambitious projects. After her father became pope she was married to giovanni sforza in 1493 at the age of. Lucrezia borgia subiaco, 18 ebrel 1480 ferrara, 24 mezheven 1519 a oa merch da rodrigo borgia, kardinal spagnol hag a voe pab dindan an anv a alesant vi, ha da vannozza dei cattanei. Lucrezia borgia 14801519 was an italian aristocrat lucrezia borgia may also refer to. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Her brothers included cesare borgia, giovanni borgia, and gioffre borgia lucrezias family was typical of the ruthless machiavellian politics and sexual corruption of the times.
Overzealous, in the circle of his young friends, he disgraces her name. Borgia, lucrezia article about borgia, lucrezia by the. Lucrezia borgia april 18, 14801519 june 24 was the daughter of rodrigo borgia, the powerful renaissance valencian who later became pope alexander vi, and vannozza dei cattanei. This was slander on the part of the many people who didnt like the way pope alexander vi was running the catholic church. Filmed in 1935, lucrezia borgia ran into censorship problems in england thanks to its implicit antipapal stance, italy and germany, holding up its international release for nearly two years. Lucrezia borgia was born on april 18, 1480, the daughter of cardinal rodrigo borgia c. Did cesare borgia and lucrezia borgia have an affair. Borgia, lucrezia synonyms, borgia, lucrezia pronunciation, borgia, lucrezia translation, english dictionary definition of borgia, lucrezia. Mercilessly cruel and defiantly decadent, the borgias use bribery, simony, intimidation and murder in their relentless quest for wealth and power that. Lucrezia lucretia borgia 1480 1519 political pawn or machiavellian villain. It was alleged to be characteristic of the renaissance papacy.
The stories about the lucrezia borgia s life ruthless manipulator, possessor of a poison ring, sexual predator often overshadow the more nuanced and fascinating story of her life. Daughter of pope alexander vi and sister of cesare, she is often accused of sharing in their many crimes and excesses but was more. Lucrezia borgia has been the subject of several films including a 1935 french film starring edwige feuillere, and bride of vengence 1949 starring paulette goddard. Her brothers included cesare borgia, giovanni borgia, and gioffre borgia lucrezia s family was typical of the ruthless machiavellian politics and sexual corruption of the times. In 1519, at the age of 39 and after experiencing complications with giving birth to her eighth child, lucrezia borgia, herself, succumbed to death though she had already long outlived the contaminated, bloodstained legacy that her father laid down before his own horrific end, being accidentally poisoned by his own son. No single portrait of lucrezia borgia captures her contradictory nature more than an allegorical painting by titian that hangs in the borghese gallery in rome. Lucrezia borgia is a 1922 german silent historical film directed by richard oswald and starring conrad veidt, liane haid, paul wegener, and albert bassermann. Lucrezia borgia was born on 18 april 1480 at subiaco, near rome. Lucrezia borgia is a melodramatic opera in a prologue and two acts by gaetano donizetti. Yet, as bestselling biographer sarah bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait, the truth is far more fascinating than the myth. At the end of the 15th century, rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry cesare borgia, the eldest son of pope alexander vi.
Library journal hundreds of years after her death, lucrezia borgia remains one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of history, accused of incest, of poisoning her rivals, and even of murdering her own father. It was based on a novel by harry sheff, and portrayed the life of the renaissance italian aristocrat lucrezia borgia 14801519. Apr 14, 2020 lucrezia borgia, italian noblewoman and a central figure of the infamous borgia family of the italian renaissance. He even persuaded pope sixtus iv to pronounce cesare legitimate so that he could hold an office in the church. Lucrezia borgia bayerische staatsoper 2016 production. The task of raising lucrezia, however, was given to rodrigos cousin, the widow adriana damila. Check out our new thankyou gifts celebrating ao3s hugo award win. She had three political marriages, arranged for her familys advantage, and likely had several adulterous alliances. The very name lucrezia borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the renaissanceincest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs.
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