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Gioffre Borgia
Son of Pope Alexander VI
Gioffre Borgia (– January ), also known as Goffredo Borgia (Italian) or Jofré Borja (Valencian), was the youngest illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei, and a member of the House of Borgia.
He was the youngest brother of Cesare, Giovanni, and Lucrezia Borgia.
Early relations
Gioffre married Sancha of Aragon, natural daughter of Alfonso II of Naples, obtaining as dowry both the Principality of Squillace (), and after a period of political turmoil in the Kingdom of Naples, the Duchy of Alvito ().
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Gioffre and Sancha were 12 and 16, respectively, at the time of their marriage. The marriage was a political one. Alfonso married his daughter to Gioffre and gave the over-large dowry in return for Pope Alexander's recognition of Alfonso's claim to the throne of Naples.
Almost as soon as the wedding ceremony was over, the political situation changed with the invasion of Italy by King Charles VIII of France, who