In 1500 Cesare married Charlotte d’Albret ... She seemed to rise above the misfortune into which the rest of the Borgia family were falling. Pope Alexander VI died a year later, in August ...

whose family had long been persecuted by Rome ... The sarcophagus was demolished forthwith. The remains of Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and himself a cardinal at 18 ...

In the early 16th century Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by Cesare Borgia and his sister Lucrezia. In a ruthless power play, Cesare plots to have his sister’s husband murdered.