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Lucrezia Borgia

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The Resume

    (April 18, 1480-June 24, 1519)
    Born in Rome, Italy
    Daughter of Pope Alexander VI
    Sister of Cesare Borgia
    Married to Giovanni Sforza, Lord of Pesaro; Alfonso of Aragon, Duke of Bisceglie; and Alfonso d'Este, Prince of Ferrara

Why she might be annoying:

    Her first husband accused her of having incestuous affairs with her brother Cesare and her father.
    At the annulment of her first marriage, she was declared a virgin, despite being six months pregnant.
    She took the place of the Pope at an official Vatican meeting.
    She had a long-term affair with her third husband's brother.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Most historians think that her reputation as a serial poisoner was a fiction created by enemies of the Borgias.
    She and her third husband turned Ferrara into a leading center of the Italian Renaissance.
    She inspired a play by Victor Hugo and an opera by Gaetano Donizetti.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 61 Votes: 45.90% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 112 Votes: 49.11% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 161 Votes: 52.80% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 83 Votes: 50.60% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 168 Votes: 60.12% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 303 Votes: 72.94% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 105 Votes: 54.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 165 Votes: 70.91% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 134 Votes: 72.39% Annoying