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1480-1519. Duchess of Ferrara from 1501. She
was the illegitimate daughter of Pope
Alexander VI and sister of Cesare Borgia. She
was married at 12 and again at 13 to further
her father's
ambitions, both marriages being annulled by
him. At 18 she was married once more, but her
husband was murdered in 1500 on the order of
her brother, with whom (as well as with her
father) she was said to have committed
incest. Her final marriage was to the duke of
Este, the son and heir of the duke of
Ferrara. She made the court a centre of
culture and was a patron of authors and
artists such as Ariosto and Titian.