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Squillace is an ancient town and comune in the Province of Catanzaro, part of Calabria, Southern Italy.
Burg von Squillace
Sancha of Aragon was an Italian noblewoman and the first wife of Gioffre Borgia, the youngest legitimized son of Pope Alexander VI and his chief mistress, Vannozza dei Cattanei.
Squillace
…in Squillace by governors. Gioffre Borgia (1482–1516), son of Pope Alexander VI and younger brother of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia, married Sancia (Sancha) of Aragon, daughter of Alfonso II of Naples. Gioffre thereby obtained both the Principality of Squillace (1494) and the Duchy of Alvito (1497) as his wife's…
A supposed depiction of Sancha, 1485–1490; painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio
Her husband Gioffre
Sancha and Gioffre illustrated by Pinturicchio, Borgia Apartments
Detail from the Birth of Mary, purported to portray Sancha