Giovanni Sforza
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Giovanni Sforza d'Aragona was an Italian condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara from 1483 until his death. He is best known as the first husband of Lucrezia Borgia. Their marriage was annulled on cla
Giovanni Sforza, 1466–1510, Lord of Pesaro
coin of the 16th century with the profile of Giovanni Sforza on it
Lucrezia Borgia
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Lucrezia Borgia was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She was a former governor of Spoleto.
Giovanni Sforza
…July 1466 – 27 July 1510) was an Italian condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara from 1483 until his death. He is best known as the first husband of Lucrezia Borgia. Their marriage was annulled on claims of his impotence in March 1497. The illegitimate son of Costanzo I Sforza, he was a member of the powerful House…
Portrait by Dosso Dossi which is purported to depict Lucrezia, c. 1518
Purported portrait of Lucrezia as Saint Catherine of Alexandria in a fresco by Pinturicchio. The "Hall of the Saints" within the Borgia Apartments in the Vatican, c. 1494
Duke Alfonso of Aragon depicted in a painting by Pinturicchio