Season 1
(2011)
Overview
Pope Innocent VIII dies. Rodrigo Borgia wins election as Pope Alexander VI by bribing enough of the cardinals to vote for him in conclave. Alexander "packs" the College of Cardinals with 13 new members, including his son Cesare. He then tries to contract an alliance with the powerful family of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, one of his two original rivals for the Papacy. That alliance, ever fragile, breaks after Alexander's other rival, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (the future Pope Julius II), contr…
Cast
as Rodrigo Borgia
as Cesare Borgia
as Lucrezia Borgia
as Vanozza Cattaneo
as Micheletto
Episodes
The Poisoned Chalice 6.4
April 3, 2011
Rodrigo successfully bribes and intimidates his way into an election as Pope Alexander VI, making him the new leader of…
The Assassin 6.4
April 3, 2011
The new Pope wastes no time consolidating power and balancing opposition to him in the College of Cardinals by elevatin…
The Moor 6.3
April 10, 2011
His coffers depleted by his expensive rise to power, Rodrigo seeks funds through a profitable marriage for Lucrezia tha…
Lucrezia's Wedding 6.4
April 17, 2011
Lucrezia's financially and politically motivated wedding to Milanese nobleman Giovanni Sforza is a disaster thanks to J…
The Borgias in Love 6.4
April 24, 2011
Alternately neglected and abused by her cruel husband, Lucrezia has an affair with Paolo, a handsome stable boy; Cesare…
The French King 6.1
May 1, 2011
Della Rovere reaches France and strikes a bargain with its ruler to invade Italy and install him on the Papal throne in…
Death, on a Pale Horse 6.2
May 8, 2011
The invasion by King Charles of France and Della Rovere proceeds with victory seemingly inevitable as the French sack t…
The Art of War 6.3
May 15, 2011
The invaders capture a fleeing and pregnant Lucrezia as they march on Rome, but she charms King Charles and is allowed …
Nessuno (Nobody) 7.3
May 22, 2011
Abandoned by even his cardinals, Alexander meets King Charles with humility and saves his throne, even eliciting a conf…