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The Borgias, also known as the Borjas, Borjia,
were a European Papal family of Spanish origin with the name stemming
from the familial fief seat of Borja ...
The Borgias, also known as the Borjas, Borjia, were a European Papal family of Spanish origin with the name stemming from the familial fief seat of Borja belonging to their Aragonese Lords; they became prominent during the Renaissance.
The Borgias were patrons of the arts, and their support allowed many
artists of the Renaissance to realize their potential. The most
brilliant personalities of this era regularly visited their court.

The Borgias became prominent in ecclesiastical and political affairs
in the 1400s and 1500s. Today they are remembered for their corrupt rule
when one of them was pope. They have been accused of many different crimes, including adultery, simony, theft, rape, bribery, incest, and murder (especially murder by arsenic poisoning^[1]). Because of their search for power, they made enemies of other powerful families such as the Medici and the Sforza, as well as the influential Dominican friar Savonarola.