Jofré Llançol i Escrivà, (c. 1390 - 1436/37), also known as Jofré de Borja y Escrivà and Jofré de Borja y Doms, was a Spanish noble from Xàtiva,

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. He was related by marriage to the Borgia family. He was an uncle of Cardinal Luis Juan del Milà and the father of

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Biography

Jofré Llançol i Escrivà was born in Xàtiva,

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, around 1390. He was head of the branch of the

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that resided on Ventres Street in Xàtiva. He was the son of

Rodrigo Gil de Borja y Fennolet Roderic Gil de Borja i Fennolet was a Valencian noble from Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, with origins in the town of Borja, Zaragoza. He held the title of the Jurat de l'Estament Militar de Xàtiva in 1395, 1406 and 1407 respectively, a title tha ...

, Jurado del Estamento Militar de Xàtiva, and his wife, Sibilia de Escrivà y Pròixita. Jofré died in either 1436 or 1437, in

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Marriage and Descendants

Jofré Llançol i Escrivà married Isabel de Borja y Cavanilles, who was actually his distant cousin, from Valencia. She was the daughter of Domingo de Borja and his wife, Francina Llançol, and the sister of Alfons de Borja y Cavanilles, who would later go on to become

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. Isabel gave birth to 5 children: * Pere Lluís de Llançol y Borja (b. ? - d. 1458), who became the

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and

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* Roderic de Borja y Borja (b. 1431 - d. 1503), who would later become the

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Joana de Llançol y Borja Joana the equivalent of Joanna in Catalan () and Portuguese (). The Galician form of the name is Xoana (). It may refer to: * Joana Benedek – a Mexican actress * Joana of Braganza, a.k.a. Joana of Portugal (1635-1653) – a Portuguese princess, ...

, who married Pedro Guillén Llançol, 8th Lord of Villalonga *

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(b. ? - d. c. 1462), who married Vidal de Vilanova, Lord of Pego and Murla * Beatriu de Llançol y Borja, who married Ximen Pérez de Arenós, Lord of Puebla de Arenos.

References

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