Season 3 poster

Season 3

(2013)

Overview

Alexander VI survives Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere's assassination attempt, because his daughter Lucrezia knows how to treat catarella poisoning. Alexander's war with the Sforza family continues and escalates. Alexander now plots to turn the Papacy into an explicitly hereditary office.

Cast

Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia
Jeremy Irons

as Rodrigo Borgia

François Arnaud as Cesare Borgia
François Arnaud

as Cesare Borgia

Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia
Holliday Grainger

as Lucrezia Borgia

Joanne Whalley as Vanozza Cattaneo
Joanne Whalley

as Vanozza Cattaneo

Colm Feore as Giuliano Della Rovere
Colm Feore

as Giuliano Della Rovere

Peter Sullivan as Cardinal Ascanio Sforza
Peter Sullivan

as Cardinal Ascanio Sforza

Sean Harris as Micheletto
Sean Harris

as Micheletto

Lotte Verbeek as Giulia Farnese
Lotte Verbeek

as Giulia Farnese

Thure Lindhardt as Rufio
Thure Lindhardt

as Rufio

Vernon Dobtcheff as Cardinal Versucci
Vernon Dobtcheff

as Cardinal Versucci

Episodes

The Face of Death poster

The Face of Death 8.1

April 14, 2013

Pope Alexander fights for his life; the cardinals fight for control of the papacy; Cesare and Micheletto track the assa…

The Purge poster

The Purge 6.9

April 21, 2013

Alexander tasks Cardinal Sforza with purging the College of Cardinals, old Roman families conspire against the Pope, an…

Siblings poster

Siblings 6.9

April 28, 2013

The King of Naples refuses to accept Lucrzia's child as part of the marriage agreement and pointedly invites Caterins S…

The Banquet of Chestnuts poster

The Banquet of Chestnuts 6.9

May 5, 2013

Cardinal Farnese exposes the embezzlement of Cardinal Versucci while the King of Naples insists the consummation of Luc…

The Wolf and the Lamb poster

The Wolf and the Lamb 7.7

May 12, 2013

Lucrezia and Micheletto plot the death of King Ferdinand when he refuses her her baby as Cesare's promise of an annulme…

Relics poster

Relics 6.8

May 19, 2013

Cesare unites the sons of the five Romagna families with his own army against Forli, and the Pope negotiates for a with…

Lucrezia's Gambit poster

Lucrezia's Gambit 6.7

May 26, 2013

After the French king occupies a deserted Milan, he tasks Cesare with killing Ludivico, and Lucretia becomes involved i…

Tears of Blood poster

Tears of Blood 6.8

June 2, 2013

Micheleto learns his kept lover is a Sforza informant, Caterina Sforza mounts the Shroud of Turin as a rival holy relic…

The Gunpowder Plot poster

The Gunpowder Plot 7.3

June 9, 2013

Lucrezia escapes with Alfonso and her baby from Naples while the Pope corners the market in sulfur, restricting others …

The Prince poster

The Prince 6.9

June 16, 2013

Micheletto returns to Cesare briefly to help him destroy the walls of Forli and capture Caterina Sforza and later recru…