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The Borgias - Season 1

"Flesh and Blood"

Pope Innocent VIII dies. Rodrigo Borgia wins election as Pope Alexander VI by bribing enough of the cardinals to vote for him in conclave. Alexander "packs" the College of Cardinals with 13 new members, including his son Cesare. He then tries to contract an alliance with the powerful family of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, one of his two original rivals for the Papacy. That alliance, ever fragile, breaks after Alexander's other rival, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (the future Pope Julius II), contracts his own alliance with the King of France for an invasion of Italy.

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Top Cast

  • Jeremy Irons

    Jeremy Irons

    Rodrigo Borgia

  • François Arnaud

    François Arnaud

    Cesare Borgia

  • Holliday Grainger

    Holliday Grainger

    Lucrezia Borgia

  • Sean Harris

    Sean Harris

    Micheletto

  • Thure Lindhardt

    Thure Lindhardt

    Rufio

  • Sebastian de Souza

    Sebastian de Souza

    Alfonso of Aragon

Overview

Pope Innocent VIII dies. Rodrigo Borgia wins election as Pope Alexander VI by bribing enough of the cardinals to vote for him in conclave. Alexander "packs" the College of Cardinals with 13 new members, including his son Cesare. He then tries to contract an alliance with the powerful family of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, one of his two original rivals for the Papacy. That alliance, ever fragile, breaks after Alexander's other rival, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (the future Pope Julius II), contracts his own alliance with the King of France for an invasion of Italy.

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