The Scandals & Crimes Of The Borgia Family

Out of the many religious leaders through history, one in particular stands out as the most infamous and disliked. Why was Pope Alexander VI so controversial? Dominique Dibbell guides us through medieval history to look further into the Borgia Family's crimes and scandals. Credits: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/150088 Welcome to the BuzzFeed Unsolved Network! This channel is your one-stop destination for all things mystery, conspiracy, supernatural, true crime, and everything in between. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/2zuaR06. MERCH: We've got it! SHOP NOW: https://bzfd.it/2MDBk2d MUSIC Unholy Church_Full Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc. Conjurers Dance_Full Mix Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc. No Remorse_60 Sec Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc. STILLS Cesare Borgia in Capua, by Previati Gaetano, 19th Century, 1880-1890, oil on canvas, cm 283 x 580 Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images Michelotto Corella, executioner of Cesare Borgia strangle the Duke Alfonso of Aragon Stefano Bianchetti/Getty Images Autographed letter by Cesare Borgia DEA / A. DE GREGORIO/Getty Images Borgia, Cesare (1475-1507) statesman, commander, ItalyDuque of Valentinois and Romagna contemp. painting ullstein bild Dtl./Getty Images A Glass of Wine with Caesar Borgia, 1893, (1914) Print Collector/Getty Images Cesare Borgia kills the husband of his sister DEA / BIBLIOTECA AMBROSIANA/Getty Images Style of Giancristoforo Romano Sepia Times/Getty Images Caesar Borgia, painting by Raphael Santi in the old book in the old book Rembrandt by Knuckfus, S. Peterburg, 1890 by A. Andreieva, St. Petersburg, 1878 Vladi333/Getty Images Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia; 1431-1503), wood engraving, published in 1881 ZU_09/Getty Images Cesare Borgia Hulton Archive/Getty Images Pope Alexander VI Hulton Archive/Getty Images Treaty Of Tordesillas MPI/Getty Images Galleria dell' Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy Art Images/Getty Images Letter from Pope Alexander VI... DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/Getty Images Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois, Italian military leader.Artist: Aubrier Print Collector/Getty Images L. Borgia illegitimate daughter- pope Alexander VI DEA / BIBLIOTECA AMBROSIANA/Getty Images Lucrezia Borgia Fototeca Storica Nazionale./Getty Images Cesare Borgia Print Collector/Getty Images Spain/ Portugal: CantinoÕs map of 1502 shows the meridian line in the Atlantic that demarcates Spanish territory (west of the line) from Portuguese possessions (east). Pictures from History/Getty Images Borgia Pope Hulton Archive/Getty Images Pope Alexander VI Hulton Archive/Getty Images Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia, 1431-1503), pope fro Roger Viollet Collection/Getty Images Savonarola refusing the honour DEA / A. DAGLI ORTI/Getty Images Pope Alexander VI DE AGOSTINI/Getty Images Pope Alexander VI. Print Collector/Getty Images Papst Alexander VI. (1492-1503) ullstein bild Dtl./Getty Images Poisoning Of Pope Alexander,Son Cesare Bettmann/Getty Images Lucrezia Borgia dancing in the presence of her father, Pope Alexander VI, and his cardinals Universal History Archive/Getty Images Pope Alexandre VI to celebrate his daughter Lucrezia's marriage Stefano Bianchetti/Getty Images The Borgia Family Print Collector/Getty Images Pope Alexander VI Hulton Deutsch/Getty Images Alexander Vi Print Collector/Getty Images Portrait Of Pope Alexander Vi (1431-1503) Heritage Images/Getty Images Alexander Vi (Rodrigo Borgia Heritage Images/Getty Images Lucrezia Borgia. Photo 12/Getty Images Lucrezia Borgia holding the papacy DEA / L. PEDICINI/Getty Images The Madonna of the Recommended DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/Getty Images Roman 15th or 16th Century Sepia Times/Getty Images Portrait of Pope Alexander VI DEA / ICAS94/Getty Images Italy: Pope Alexander VI, born Rodrigo Borgia (1431 - 1503) Pictures from History/Getty Images Italy: Pope Alexander VI, born Rodrigo Borgia (1431 - 1503). Cristofano dell'Altissimo (1525-1605) Pictures from History/Getty Images Italy: Portrait of a Courtesan as Flora, oil on wood. Bartolomeo Veneto (1470-1531), c. 1520s Pictures from History/Getty Images France duncan1890/Getty Images 19th centruy engraving of St. Peter's Square, Vatican Nastasic/Getty Images EXTERNAL CREDITS Dominique Dibbell https://dominiquedibbell.com/