Pope Alexander VI Pope Alexander VI ( it, Alessandro VI, va, Alexandre VI, es, Alejandro VI; born Rodrigo de Borja; ca-valencia, Roderic Llançol i de Borja ; es, Rodrigo Lanzol y de Borja, lang ; 1431 – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Churc ...

(r. 1492–1503) created 43 new

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in 9 consistories:

31 August 1492

# Juan de Borja-Llanzol (Llançol) de Romani, papal nephew, archbishop of Monreale – cardinal-priest of S. Susanna, † 1 August 1503

20 September 1493

All the new cardinals received the

titles A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify either generation, an official position, or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may be inserted between the f ...

on 23 September 1493. #

Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas or Jean Villier de la Grolaie, or Groslaye etc., also called the Cardinal of Saint-Denis (died 1499), was a French Roman Catholic abbot, bishop and from 1493 cardinal. He died as French ambassador in Rome, and is re ...

, O.S.B., bishop of Lombès, ambassador of the King of France – cardinal-priest of S. Sabina, † 6 August 1499 #

Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio (died 14 March 1509) was an Italian canon lawyer and Cardinal. Agostino Oldoino calls him the leading jurisconsult of his age. Kenneth Pennington has called him one of the ‘last two great commentators on feudal law’. ...

, bishop of Alessandria – cardinal-priest of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo, then cardinal-bishop of Tusculum (23 December 1503), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (17 September 1507), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (22 September 1508), † 14 March 1509 #

Bernardino López de Carvajal Bernardino López de Carvajal (8 September 1456, in Plasencia, Extremadura – 16 December 1523, in Rome) was a Spanish Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal. He was a nephew of Juan Carvajal (cardinal), Cardinal Juan Carvajal, and advanced rapidly ...

, bishop of Cartagena – cardinal-priest of SS. Marcelino e Pietro, then cardinal-priest of S. Croce in Gerusalmme (2 February 1495), cardinal-bishop of Albano (3 August 1507), cardinal-bishop of Tusculum (17 September 1507), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (22 September 1508), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (28 March 1509); excommunicated and deposed on 24 October 1511 for his participation in the schismatic pseudo-council of Pisa; reinstated on 27 June 1513 as cardinal-bishop of Sabina, then cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri (24 July 1521), † 16 December 1523 #

Cesare Borgia Cesare Borgia (; ca-valencia, Cèsar Borja ; es, link=no, César Borja ; 13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507) was an Italian ex- cardinal and '' condottiero'' (mercenary leader) of Aragonese (Spanish) origin, whose fight for power was a major ...

, Son of the Pope – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria Nuova; resigned his cardinalate on 18 August 1498, † 12 March 1507 # Giuliano Cesarini, ''iuniore'' – cardinal-deacon of SS. Sergio e Bacco, then cardinal-deacon of S. Angelo (12 June 1503), † 1 May 1510 #

Domenico Grimani Domenico Grimani (19 February 1461 – 27 August 1523) was an Italian nobleman, theologian and cardinal. Like most noble churchman of his era Grimani was an ecclesiastical pluralist, holding numerous posts and benefices. Desiderius Erasmus d ...

– cardinal-deacon of S. Nicola inter Imagines, then cardinal-priest of S. Nicola inter Imagines (28 March 1498), cardinal-priest of S. Marco (25 December 1503), cardinal-bishop of Albano (22 September 1508), cardinal-bishop of Tusculum (3 June 1509), cardinal-bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (20 January 151), † 27 August 1523 # Alessandro Farnese – cardinal-deacon of SS. Cosma e Damiano, then cardinal-deacon of S. Eustachio (11 October 1503), cardinal-bishop of Tusculum (15 June 1519), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (9 December 1523), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (18 December 1523), cardinal-bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (20 May 1524), cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri (15 June 1524), became Pope Paul III on 13 October 1534, † 10 November 1549 #

Bernardino Lunati Bernardino Lunati (1452–1497) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. His entire ecclesiastical career was due to his patron, Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, whom he served first as secretary, then as chancellor. As cardinal, he aided Sforza in his p ...

– cardinal-deacon of S. Ciriaco, † 8 August 1497 #

Raymond Peraudi Raymond Peraudi (1435–1505) was a French Augustinian, papal legate, and Cardinal. He was a perpetual traveler, engaging in diplomatic negotiations at various times for the pope, the emperor and the king of France. He was an effective administrato ...

, O.S.A., bishop of Gurk – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin, then cardinal-priest of S. Vitale (1494), cardinal-priest of S. Maria Nuova (29 April 1499), † 5 September 1505 # John Morton, archbishop of Canterbury – cardinal-priest of S. Anastasia, † 15 September 1500 #

Fryderyk Jagiellończyk Frederick Jagiellon ( pl, Fryderyk Jagiellończyk; 27 April 1468 – 14 March 1503) was a Polish prince, Archbishop of Gniezno, Bishop of Kraków, and Primate of Poland. He was the sixth son and ninth child of Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland ...

, administrator of Kraków – cardinal-priest of S. Lucia in Septisolio, † 14 March 1503 #

Ippolito d'Este Ippolito (I) d'Este ( hu, Estei Hippolit; 20 March 1479 – 3 September 1520) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, and Archbishop of Esztergom. He was a member of the ducal House of Este of Ferrara, and was usually referred to as the C ...

, administrator of Esztergom – cardinal-deacon of S. Lucia in Silice, † 3 September 1520

May 1494

Luigi d'Aragona Luigi d'Aragona (1474–1519) (called the Cardinal of Aragón) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. He had a highly successful career in the church, but his memory is affected by the allegation that he ordered the murder of his own sister and ...

– cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin, † 21 January 1519

16 January 1495

# Guillaume Briçonnet, bishop of St.-Malo – cardinal-priest of S. Pudenziana, then cardinal-bishop of Albano (17 September 1507), cardinal-bishop of Tusculum (22 September 1508), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (3 June 1509); excommunicated and deposed on 24 October 1511 for his participation in the schismatic pseudo-council of Pisa; reinstated on 7 April 1514 as cardinal-priest of S. Pudenziana, † 14 December 1514

21 January 1495

Philippe de Luxembourg Philippe de Luxembourg (1445 – 2 June 1519) was a French Cardinal Life He was bishop of Le Mans in 1476. He was bishop of Thérouanne 1496 to 1513, and bishop of Saint-Pons in 1509, when his nephew died, and until 1512, when he resigned i ...

, bishop of Le Mans – cardinal-priest of SS. Marcellino e Pietro (received the title on 2 February 1495), then cardinal-bishop of Albano (3 June 1509), cardinal-bishop of Tusculum (20 January 1511), † 2 June 1519

19 February 1496

All the new cardinals received the titles on 24 February 1496. # Juan López, bishop of Perugia – cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere, † 5 August 1501 #

Bartolomé Martí Bartolomé Martí (died 1500) (called the Cardinal of Segorbe) was a Spanish Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Bartolomé Martí was born in Valencia, ca. 1430-40. Early in his career, he became the majordomo of Cardinal Roderic Llançol i ...

, bishop of Segorbe – cardinal-deacon of S. Agata in Suburra, † 25 March 1500 #

Juan de Castro Juan de Castro (1431–1506) (called the Cardinal of Agrigento) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Juan de Castro was born in Valencia on March 22, 1431, the son of nobles Pedro Galcerán de Castre-Pinòs y Tramaced a ...

, bishop of Agrigento – cardinal-priest of S. Prisca, † 29 September 1506 # Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, ''el menor'', relative of the Pope, bishop-elect of Melfi – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata, † 17 January 1500

17 September 1498

Georges d'Amboise Georges d'Amboise (1460 – May 25, 1510) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and minister of state. He belonged to the house of Amboise, a noble family possessed of considerable influence: of his nine brothers, four were bishops. His father, ...

, archbishop of Rouen – cardinal-priest of S. Sisto, † 25 May 1510

28 September 1500

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Quiñones Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Quiñones (b. Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Guadalajara, Spain, 1444 – d. Madrid, October 14, 1502) was a Spanish noble from the House of Mendoza and the Archbishop of Sevilla. Biography He was the son of Íñigo ...

, archbishop of Seville – cardinal-priest of S. Sabina (received the title on 5 October 1500), † 14 October 1502 #

Amanieu d'Albret Amanieu d'Albret (1478 – 1520) (called the Cardinal d'Albret) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Amanieu d'Albret was born in the Kingdom of France ca. 1478, the son of Alain I of Albret Alain I of Albret (1440–1522), called ...

– cardinal-deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (received the title on 5 October 1500), † 20 December 1520 #

Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, O.S.Io.Hieros. (1472 – 4 October 1511) was a Roman Catholic cardinal and cardinal-nephew and papal military leader. He received a wide variety of sinecures during the papacy of his great-uncle, Pope Alexande ...

, O.S.Io.Hieros., archbishop-elect of Valencia – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (received the title on 5 October 1500), then cardinal-priest of S. Marcello (7 December 1503), † 4 October 1511 #

Jaume Serra i Cau Jaume Serra i Cau (, es, Jaime Serra y Cau; died 1517) was a Spanish Valencian cardinal, from the city of Valencia. He was tutor to the young Giovanni Borgia, and a close associate of his father Pope Alexander VI. He was archbishop of Orist ...

, archbishop of Oristano – cardinal-priest of S. Vitale (received the title on 5 October 1500), then cardinal-priest of S. Clemente (28 June 1502), cardinal-bishop of Albano (20 January 1511), † 15 March 1517 #

Pietro Isvalies Pietro Isvalies (died 1511) (called the Cardinal of Oristano) was an Italians, Italian Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal. Biography Pietro Isvalies was born in Messina, part of a ...

, archbishop of Reggio di Calabria – cardinal-priest of S. Ciriaco (received the title on 5 October 1500), then cardinal-priest of S. Pudenziana (18 August 1507), † 22 September 1511 #

Francisco de Borja Francisco de Borja y Navarro de Alpicat (1441 – 4 November 1511) was a Spanish cardinal, and the seventh of ten cardinal-nephews created by Pope Alexander VI. Biography Borja was born in 1441 in Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, from the Aragones ...

, archbishop of Cosenza – cardinal-priest of S. Cecilia (received the title on 5 October 1500), then cardinal-priest of SS. Nero ed Achilleo (11 August 1506), † 4 November 1511 #

Juan de Vera Juan de Vera (25 November 1453 – 4 May 1507), known as the Cardinal of Salerno, was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Juan de Vera was born in the castle at Alzira, Valencia. He was a relative of Pope Alexander VI. Juan ...

, archbishop of Salerno – cardinal-priest of S. Balbina (received the title on 5 October 1500), † 4 May 1507 #

Ludovico Prodocator Ludovico Prodocator or Podochatero, Podocatharo, Podocatharus, Podacatharus, Podocathro (? in Cyprus – 24 August 1504) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Capaccio. He was private secretary and possibly physician to Rodrigo ...

, bishop of Capacio – cardinal-priest of S. Agata in Suburra (received the title on 5 October 1500), † 25 August 1504 # Antonio Trivulzio, O.C.R.S.A., bishop of Como – cardinal-priest of S. Anastasia (received the title probably in November 1500), then cardinal-priest of S. Stefano in Monte Celio (1 July 1504), † 18 March 1508 #

Giovanni Baptista Ferrari Giovanni Baptista (also Battista) Ferrari (1584 in Siena – 1 February 1655 in Siena), was an Italian Jesuit and professor in Rome, a botanist, and an author of illustrated botanical books and a Syriac-Latin dictionary. Linguistically highly ...

, bishop of Modena – cardinal-priest of S. Crisogono (received the title on 5 October 1500), † 20 July 1502 #

Tamás Bakócz Tamás Bakócz (1442, in Erdőd15 June 1521, in Esztergom) was a Hungarian archbishop, cardinal and statesman. He was the son of a wagoner and was adopted by his uncle, who trained him for the priesthood and whom he succeeded as rector of Tét ...

, archbishop of Esztergom, chancellor of the Kingdom of Hungary – cardinal-priest of SS. Silvestro e Martino (received the title probably in November 1500), † 11 June 1521 #

Marco Cornaro Marco Cornaro (c. 1286 – 13 January 1368), also known as Marco Corner, was the 59th doge of Venice, ruling between 1365 and 1368. His brief reign saw the loss of Venetian territory to Genoa and the Ottoman Empire, though Venice was to enjoy eco ...

– cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Portico (received the title on 5 October 1500), then cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (19 March 1513), cardinal-priest of S. Marco (14 December 1523), cardinal-bishop of Albano (20 May 124), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (15 June 1524), † 24 July 1524 #

Gianstefano Ferrero Giovanni Stefano Ferrero (1474–1510) (called the Cardinal of Bologna) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Giovanni Stefano Ferrero was born in Biella on May 5, 1474, the son of Sebastiano Ferrero and Tomena Avogadro ...

, bishop of Vercelli (''in pectore'', published on 28 June 1502) – cardinal-priest of S. Vitale (received the title on 28 June 1502), then cardinal-priest of SS. Sergio e Bacco (22 December 1505), † 5 October 1510

31 May 1503

Juan Castellar y de Borja Juan Castellar y de Borja (1441–1505) (called the Cardinal of Trani and the Cardinal of Monreale) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Juan Castellar y de Borja was born in Valencia in late 1441, the son of Galcerán d ...

, archbishop of Trani – cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (received the title on 12 June 1503), † 1 January 1505 # Francisco de Remolins, archbishop of Sorrento – cardinal-priest of SS. Giovanni e Paolo (received the title on 12 June 1503), then cardinal-priest of S. Marcello (27 October 1511), cardinal-bishop of Albano (16 March 1517), † 5 February 1518 #

Francesco Soderini Francesco di Tommaso Soderini (10 June 1453 – 17 May 1524) was a major diplomatic and Church figure of Renaissance Italy, and brother of Piero Soderini. He was an adversary of the Medici family. Biography On 27 Mar 1486, he was ordained a priest ...

, bishop of Volterra – cardinal-priest of S. Susanna (received the title probably on 11 October 1503), then cardinal-priest of SS. XII Apostoli (15 September 1508), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (29 October 1511), cardinal-bishop of Tivoli (27 June 1513), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (18 July 1516), cardinal-bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (9 December 1523), cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri (18 December 1523), † 17 May 1524 #

Melchior von Meckau Melchior von Meckau (1440–1509) (called the Cardinal of Brixen) was a German Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop. Life and church Melchior von Meckau was born in Meissen in 1440, the son of Gaspar von Meckau, who later became a counselor of ...

, bishop of Brixen – cardinal-priest of S. Nicola inter Imagines (received the title on 25 December 1503), then cardinal-priest of S. Stefano in Monte Celio (4 January 1509?Eubel, III, p. 70, gives the date 4 January 1507, but see ''Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen'', 40, p. 477. The title of S. Stefano was assigned to cardinal Antonio Trivulzio until 18 March 1508. On 1 December 1507 Melchior von Meckau subscribed papal bull as cardinal-priest of S. Nicola inter Imagines and on the same bull Antoni Trivulzio subscribed as cardinal-priest of S. Stefano in Monte Celio , see ''Bullarium Romanum'', ed. Augustinae Taurinorum, Tomus IV, 1859, p. 464.), † 3 March 1509 #

Niccolò Fieschi Niccolò Fieschi (Genoa, c. 1456 – Rome, 1524) was an Italian Cardinal,From 1503; bishop of Albano 1518, bishop of Sabina 1521, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 1523, bishop of Ostia 1524. of the prominent family of the Republic of Genoa, ...

, bishop-elect of Fréjus – cardinal-priest of S. Lucia in Septisolio (received the title on 12 June 1503), then cardinal-priest of S. Prisca (5 October 1506), cardinal-bishop of Albano (5 February 1518), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (24 July 1521), cardinal-bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (18 December 1523), cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri (20 May 1524), † 15 June 1524 #

Francisco Desprats Francisco Desprats (1454–1504) (called the Cardinal of León) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Francisco Desprats was born in Orihuela in 1454. He was educated at the University of Lleida, becoming a doctor of both ...

, bishop of Leon – cardinal-priest of SS. Sergio e Bacco (received the title on 12 June 1503), † 10 September 1504 #

Adriano Castellesi Adriano Castellesi (-), also known as Adriano de Castello or Hadrian de Castello, was an Italian cardinal, an English agent in Rome, and a writer. He was born in Corneto, which is today's Tarquinia. He was the child of a modest family. Biograph ...

, bishop of Hereford – cardinal-priest of S. Crisogono (received the title on 12 June 1503); excommunicated and deposed on 5 July 1518, † December 1521 #

Jaime de Casanova Jaime de Casanova (died 1504) (called Cardinal Casanova) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Jaime de Casanova was born in Xàtiva, ca. 1435. Early in his career, Casanova came under the protection of Cardinal Roderic Llançol i de ...

– cardinal-priest of S. Stefano in Monte Celio (received the title on 12 June 1503), † 4 June 1504 #

Francisco Lloris y de Borja Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

, bishop of Elne – cardinal-deacon of S. Sabina (received the title on 12 June 1503), then cardinal-deacon of S. Maria Nuova (17 December 1505), † 22 July 1506

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, oclc=53276621 * Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica'', vol. II, Münster 1914 and vol. III, Münster 1922

Alexander VI Pope Alexander VI ( it, Alessandro VI, va, Alexandre VI, es, Alejandro VI; born Rodrigo de Borja; ca-valencia, Roderic Llançol i de Borja ; es, Rodrigo Lanzol y de Borja, lang ; 1431 – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Churc ...

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