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Alexander VI.
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Called Borgia from his mother, a Spaniard by birth, obtained the popehood by bribery in 1492 in succession to Innocent VIII., lived a licentious life and had several children, among others the celebrated Lucretia and the infamous Cæsar Borgia; d . in 1503, after a career of crime, not without suspicion of poison. In addition to Alexanders III. and VI., six of the name were popes: Alexander I., pope from 108 to 117; Alexander II., pope from 1061 to 1073; Alexander IV., pope from 1254 to 1261; Alexander V., pope from 1409 to 1410; Alexander VII., pope from 1653 to 1667, who was forced to kiss his hand to Louis XIV.; Alexander VIII., pope from 1689 to 1691.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alexander VI.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/alexander-vi.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alexander VI.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/alexander-vi.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
