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Old 07-27-2018, 05:34 PM
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Nikki K
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Uncertain. It's possible he joined his nephew Rodrigo earlier when Sancia was still alive but the first sources I know of after Alexander VI's death – there was a gap following Cesare taking him and his illegitmate children to safety in the Castel Sant'Angelo during the interregnum and we only know he stayed with Rodrigo and Isabella of Aragon in 1506 before going to Capri and eventually to stay with Lucrezia in Ferrara. It is known that Giovanni had tutors and guardians while Alexander VI lived, namely Cardinal Cosenzas and Cardinal Ippolito d'Este –*Lucrezia's brother-in-law by her third marriage. They were probably paid to take care of his education.

Cesare had two natural children who he legitimized. One was daughter named Camila who eventually became a nun.

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