(1431 - 1503; r. 1492 - 1503) A prominent member of the Borgia family and the father of Cesare and Lucrezia. He excommunicated the Florentine friar Savonarola in 1498. With his son Cesare, he was accused of inviting prostitutes into the Papal Palace to host the scandalous 'Banquet of the Chestnuts.' In international affairs, Alexander VI assigned New World territory to Spain in the bull Inter Caetera, which became the basis for the Treaty of Tordesillas.

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1. (1431 - 1503; r. 1492 - 1503) A prominent member of the Borgia family and the father of Cesare and Lucrezia. He excommunicated the Florentine friar Savonarola in 1498. With his son Cesare, he was accused of inviting prostitutes into the Papal Palace to host the scandalous 'Banquet of the Chestnuts.' In international affairs, Alexander VI assigned New World territory to Spain in the bull Inter Caetera, which became the basis for the Treaty of Tordesillas.