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Spanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (–)

This article is about the historical person. For other uses, see Lucrezia Borgia (disambiguation).

Lucrezia Borgia^[a] (18 April – 24 June ) 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.

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Her family arranged several marriages for her that advanced their own political position, including Giovanni Sforza, Lord of Pesaro and Gradara, Count of Cotignola; Alfonso of Aragon, Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno; and Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara.

Alfonso of Aragon was an illegitimate son of the King of Naples, and tradition has it that Lucrezia's brother, Cesare Borgia, may have had him murdered, after his political value waned.

Notorious tales about her family cast Lucrezia as a femme fatale, a controversial role in which she has been latter portrayed in many