Episode 187: Borgia High Tide
Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia schemes to make his son Cesare the unrivaled master of Italy. Forming an alliance (and then unforming it before forming it again) with the French King Louis XII, Pope Alexander almost succeeds at making Cesare the duke of Naples and Romagna... almost.
Sources:
The Borgias: Power and Fortune
The Borgias: The Hidden History
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