La madre di Lucrezia Borgia: Vannozza dei Catanei

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Vannozza dei Cattanei
Born	(1442-07-13)13 July 1442 Mantova
Died	24 November 1518(1518-11-24) (aged 76)
Title	Countess of Cattanei
Partner(s)	Pope Julius II Pope Alexander VI
Children	---- Giovanni Borgia Cesare Borgia Lucrezia Borgia Gioffre Borgia

 

 

Vannozza dei Cattanei (Giovanna de Candia, contessa dei Cattanei; 13 July 1442 – 24 November 1518) was an Italian noblewoman from the House of Candia, who was one of the MANY mistresses of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI).

 

Among them, she was the one whose relationship with him lasted the longest.

 

 

Born in 1442 in Mantova to noble parents, Vannozza moved to Rome where she was landlady of several inns (Osterie), at first in the Borgo, then in Campo de' Fiori.

 

Before becoming Rodrigo Borgia's mistress, she had a relationship with Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (Pope Julius II).

 

 

The connection with Rodrigo Borgia  began in 1470, and she bore him four children whom he openly acknowledged as his own.

 

 

-- Giovanni Borgia, afterwards duke of Gandia (Spagna) (1474–1497)

-- Cesare Borgia (1475–1507)

-- Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519)

-- Gioffre Borgia (1481/1482–1518)^[1]

Before his elevation to the papacy, Rodrigo Borgia's passion for Vannozza somewhat diminished, and she subsequently led a very retired life.

However, Rodrigo Borgia's love for his children by Vannozza remained as strong as ever.

Rodrigo Borgia's love for his four children, proved, indeed, the determining factor of his whole career.

Rodrigo Borgia lavished vast sums on his four children and lauded them with every honour.

Vannozza had four husbands.

First, she married Domenico d'Arignano.

Her second husband was Antonio da Brescia.

In 1480 she married Giorgio della Croce.

She had a son named Ottaviano with him.

When she became a widow she finally married Carlo Canale.

In Showtime's 2011 series The Borgias, she is played by Joanne Whalley.

In Borgia, the French/German production of the same year created by Tom Fontana, she is played by Assumpta Serna.

References

1. ^ I. Cloulas, The Borgias, p. 52

• Ref: Registri e Lapide sepolcrale di Giovanna de Candia, contessa dei Cattanei, detta "Vannozza Cattanei" (Portico della Basilica di San Marco) Roma, Italia

Sources [edit]

• R. Gervaso Borgiowie, Katowice 2007
• Cloulas, Ivan. The Borgias. 
• Spinosa, Antonio (1999). La saga dei Borgia. Mondadori. 
• Los Borgia, Juan Antonio Cebrián, Temas de Hoy, 2006. ISBN 84-8460-596-5

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Name	Cattanei, Vannozza dei
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Date of birth	13 July 1442
Place of birth	Mantua
Date of death	24 November 1518
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Categories:

• 1442 births
• 1518 deaths
• People from Mantua
• 16th-century Italian nobility
• Papal mistresses
• 15th-century Italian people
• Pope Alexander VI