![]() ![]() Season 1, Episode 7: Death On A Pale Horse Rodrigo attempts to thwart the invasion through an alliance. Cesare strikes a bargain with Machiavelli.ĭella Rovere reaches France and strikes a bargain with its ruler to invade Italy and install him on the Papal throne in exchange for control of Naples. ![]() Lucrezia's financially and politically motivated wedding to Milanese nobleman Giovanni Sforza is a disaster thanks to Juan's inappropriately bawdy play in his sister's honor, Cesare's brazen flirting with a married baroness, and the arrival of the Borgia children's illegitimate mother.Īlternately neglected and abused by her cruel husband, Lucrezia has an affair with Paolo, a handsome stable boy. Micheletto is ordered to rid his patrons of the ongoing threat posed by Della Rovere. ![]() Rodrigo seeks funds through a profitable marriage for Lucrezia that will ally him with Milan. The new Pope wastes no time consolidating power and balancing opposition to him in the College of Cardinals by elevating his children to high office. In the season one premiere, Rodrigo successfully bribes and intimidates his way into an election as Pope Alexander VI, making him the new leader of the Catholic Church. Season 1, Episode 1: The Poisoned Chalice ![]()
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