Pope Alexander VI
Rodrigo Borgia is remembered as the most notorious of the Renaissance popes, for his worldly life, his children and his ambitions for his family. In 1493, after the voyage of Columbus, his bulls divided the lands of the New World between Spain and Portugal.
- Pontificate
- 29 August 1492 – 7 September 1503 (11 years)
- Born
- 10 January 1431, Xàtiva
- Died
- 28 August 1503, Rome
- Preceded by
- Pope Innocent VIII
- Succeeded by
- Pope Pius III
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