The man who held the throne of the Pope,Alexander VI Borgia, remained in history as the most depraved man in the entire 2000-year history of the Papacy. His whole life is a chain of debauchery, unprincipledness and intrigue. The vow of celibacy and pure, not aggravated connections with either men or women of life is mandatory for every Catholic monk, and he, who should be an example for every Catholic, was beloved, including the heroine of this story, Julia Farnese.

Alexander Borgia all his actions brought the time of the Reformation closer.

At home

Don Rodrigo Borgia became Cardinal at the age of 25years because he was the nephew of Pope Kalikst III. He was handsome, handsome, with a sharp look and a beautiful mouth. A brilliant interlocutor and a great speaker, he easily won hearts. And he attracted women like a magnet, and the young Cardinal of San Niccolo did not see the need to give up pleasure.

In Rome

Once in Rome, Cardinal San Niccolo was able to strengthenfor many years his position, although he was a foreigner, a native of Spain. Four popes visited the Holy See, and our cardinal was in favor at all and remained vice-chancellor. In the Vatican, his influence grew steadily. He had no allies, he was surrounded only by servants. At the same time, Rodrigo Borgia showed neither confusion nor fear, and managed to protect his interests in the distant future.

Hobbies

The beautiful floor did not only worry him, butand its predecessors. Katarina Sforza became the wife of the son of Pope Stikst VI. So on the Holy See, in connection with the ladies and the recognition of their children, they looked through their fingers. Rodrigo had a constant passion, which gave him two sons and a daughter. The prelate did not care about keeping secrets or disguising his pleasures, and they were chatted about at all the crossroads of Rome. His future love Julia Farnese was still in diapers.

Acquaintance with a young sweetheart

The aged 56-year-old cardinal met in the houseOrsini is the prettiest girl who was called La Bella. Her real name was Julia Farnese. The difference in their age was forty years. Cardinal fell in love with the golden-haired beauty.

He knew how to wish and achieve what he wanted. Immediately after the marriage with the young Orsini Julia Farnese became his lover.

Elevation

And at this time Pope Innocent VIII died. After 9 days, mourning over it ended, and the conclave was retired, immured in the voting hall. Three days later, as the thunder of heaven, the news came that Rodrigo Borgia was unanimously elected, now Pope Alexander VI.

It was a shock to everyone. The mistress of the Pope brought her brother Alessandro Farnese in 1493 a purple cardinal. Star Farnese began to rise from this time. The Dukes of Parma are not their brightest future. Two and a half centuries of their greatness and splendor will pass. Rod Farnese breaks at the top of the glory - Isabella, the last of their kind, will die in 1758 in the Queen of Spain.

The life of the beautiful Julia

She was born in Rome almost 250 years ago. Her father was a sovereign lord, whose estate was forty kilometers from Rome. In the family of Messire Farnese, there were three sons and two daughters. When Julia Farnese married a squint-eyed Orcino Orsini in 1489, she was given a considerable dowry for her.

In terms of modern money, it washalf a million US dollars. Just Orsini was the stepchild of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia's cousin. There is no exact information about the acquaintance of the beautiful Julia with the future Pope. One option has already been proposed. There is a possibility that they met in confession, and there is another opinion: Orsini's mother gave their consent to their connection in 1493, that is, when the girl was not even seventeen years old, and allowed her to settle in a palace built next to the Vatican , where freely could come at any time in love with Rodrigo. In the same year, her own brother became a cardinal, andLater he will rise even higher and become Pope Paul III. Julia gave birth to a daughter Laura, whose father, of course, called her lover. In 1494, she left Rome, which made the Pope extremely angry to be with her dying brother. When she returned to Rome, she was captured by the French who attacked Italy. The pope made a huge ransom for her. Their amicable separation occurred around 1500. Julia, widowed by this time, left for the city, given to the family of Orsini Alexander.

Once again she married Julia Farnese. Her biography tells that she perfectly controlled her city, in 1505 married the daughter of Laura for a close relative of Pope Julius II. Descendants of Laura marriages with the royal houses of Portugal and Spain. Julia herself died in the house of her brother-cardinal at the age of 50.