Overview
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
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), contracts his own alliance with the King of France for an invasion of Italy.
Season 2
Having survived the French invasion with his Papacy intact (just barely), Alexander VI containues to advance his agenda. But the Sforza family continues to thwart him, leading him to make physical war upon them. Nor has Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere given up trying to rid the Vatican of Alexander. Having failed to depose the Pope legally, Cardinal della Rovere plots to assassinate him.
Season 3
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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Cast & Crew
Jeremy Irons
Rodrigo Borgia
François Arnaud
Cesare Borgia
Holliday Grainger
Lucrezia Borgia
Peter Sullivan
Cardinal Ascanio Sforza
Sean Harris
Micheletto
Joanne Whalley
Vanozza Cattaneo
Colm Feore
Giuliano Della Rovere
Lotte Verbeek
Giulia Farnese
Vernon Dobtcheff
Cardinal Versucci
Bosco Hogan
Cardinal Piccolomini
David Oakes
Juan Borgia
Gina McKee
Caterina Sforza
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Frequently Asked Questions
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...
The Borgias has 3 seasons with 29 episodes.
The Borgias premiered on April 3, 2011.
No, The Borgias has ended. The final episode aired on June 16, 2013.
The Borgias originally aired on Showtime. Check your local streaming services for availability.
The Borgias was created by Neil Jordan.
The Borgias has a rating of 7.6/10 based on user reviews.
The Borgias is classified as Drama, Crime.