Juan Domingo de Borja y Doncel
Domènech de Borja (b. circa 1357[1] - d. ?) was the father of future Pope Callixtus III. He held the title over the Barony La Torre de Canals. He was a member of the House of Borja.
Biography[]
Domènec made his fortune in Xàtiva, where he was involved in local commerce, specifically in the sugar trade. He was the son of and Caterina whose family name is not known.[2]
On 2 February 1375, Domènec de Borja, believed to be the father of Callixtus III, testified in a document as a citizen of Xàtiva.[3]
In 1404, Domènec was recorded as having been granted the title of Sobreguarda of the frontiers of the Kingdom of Castile by King Martin of Aragon[4]
In 1408, Domènec's son, Alfons de Borja i Cavanilles (future Pope Callixtus III), granted his father the power to collect the pension of a censor in .[5]
Marriage and descendants[]
Domènec de Borja married , of Valencia, and the couple had one boy and four girls:
- Alfons de Borja i Cavanilles, who later became the first Borgia pope.[6]
- , who later married her distant cousin, Jofré de Borja i Doms (also referred to as Jofré Llançol i Escrivà), and was mother to the infamous Pope Alexander VI.
- , who married , the duke of Massalavés. They had three children:
- Pere del Milà.
- Damiata del Milà.
- Lluís-Joan del Milà i de Borja, who became a cardinal.
- .
- , who married Mateu Martí, from Xàtiva, without issue.
References[]
- ^ "Juan Domingo de Borja". RootsWeb. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ (1999). La familia de los Borjas [The Borja Family] (in Spanish). Vol. 18 of Clave Historial. Translated by Jerónimo Miguel (illustrated ed.). Madrid: Real Academia de la Historia. p. 19. ISBN 8489512345. ISSN 2172-8356. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Diario Borja: 1373-1381" (in Spanish). Diario Borja. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ "Diario Borja: 1385-1408" (in Spanish). Diario Borja. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ "Diario Borja: 1385-1408" (in Spanish). Diario Borja. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Sabatini, Raphael (9 February 2009). The Life of Cesare Borgia - Of France, Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, Prince of Andria and Venafri, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino and Urbino, Gonfalonier and Captain-General of Holy Church: A History and Some Criticisms. Chapter 1: The Rise of the House of Borgia, Book I. Project Gutenberg.
Florida International University (1998). "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church". Salvador Miranda. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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