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Plot

Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.

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

Creator

Network

Status

  • Canceled

First Aired Date

  • April 3, 2011

Last Aired Date

  • June 16, 2013

Production Companies

  • Take 5 Productions

  • Octagon Films

  • Showtime Networks

  • BellMedia

  • ImageMovers

  • Amblin Television

  • Myriad Pictures

Type

  • Scripted

Number of Season

  • 3

Number of Episodes

  • 29

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Season 3

2013|10 Episodes

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.

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