uprysing: History meme: (3/5) Assassinations ➝ “Giovanni Borgia” He was murdered the nig
uprysing:History meme: (3/5) Assassinations ➝ “Giovanni Borgia” He was murdered the night of 14 June 1497 near what later became the Piazza della Giudecca in the Ghetto of Rome. His grief-stricken father launched an intensive investigation into the murder, only to end it abruptly a week later. While the Orsini family had ample motive to kill Giovanni, it was later rumored that his own brother Cesare Borgia had him murdered.However, there is another rumor which says that his younger brother Gioffre Borgia murdered him due to Giovanni’s relationship with Gioffre’s wife, Sancia. His richly-attired body was recovered from the Tiber River with 30 golden ducats untouched in the purse at his belt. To the immense grief of the pope, this act occasioned the epigram by Sannazzaro on the pope as “fisher of men”. Borgia’s only attendant was also slain, so there were no known witnesses -- source link
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