"In none of the numerous despatches of the day is this suspicion mentioned, although in a private letter of Malipiero's, dated Rome, June 17, 1497, and in one of Polo Capello's reports, allusion is made to the "rumor" regarding the criminal relations of Don Giovanni and his sister. Could the fact that Lucretia never engaged in any love intrigue—at least she is not charged with having done so—with anyone else, when there were in Rome so many courtiers, young nobles, and great cardinals who were her daily companions, have given rise to these reports? It is a fact that nothing has been discovered which would indicate that this beautiful young woman ever did engage in any love affair. Even the report of the ambassador, who, writing to Ferrara, not from Rome but from Venice, states that Lucretia had given birth to a child stands alone. She had at that time been separated from her husband Sforza a whole year. But even if we admit that this rumor was well founded, and that Lucretia did engage in some illicit love affair, are not these relations and slips frequent enough in all societies and at all times? Even now nothing is more readily glossed over in the polite world."
— Lucretia Borgia, According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day, Ferdinand Gregorovius (January 1, 1904)
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"Lucrezia, indeed, seems to have been the only person with whom Cesare established any real contact, the only person who could penetrate the façade of polished charm with which he faced the word."
— The Fall of the House of Borgia, E. R. Chamberlin (1974)
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Stills from a pitched opening title sequence and art that were unused, creator unknown.
Showtime would later use a title sequence from Gary Waller.
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LUCREZIA BORGIA and GIULIA FARNESE
THE BORGIAS (2011-2013) ꕥ 1.04 'Lucrezia's Wedding'
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Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia
THE BORGIAS (2011–2013)
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