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Date of Birth: 1446.<br>
Profession: [[Cardinals|Cardinal]], [[Cesare Borgia|Cesare]]'s personal financier.

The first of ten nephews elected to the cardinalship by [[Rodrigo Borgia]], [[Juan Borgia the Elder|Juan]] sought out a privileged position in the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] court. He helped Cesare negotiate an alliance with the [[Octavian de Valois|Baron de Valois]] in 1499, impressing the young {{Wiki|Captain General of the Church|Captain General}} with his knowledge of [[France|French]] taste.

In an incident recorded by [[Johann Burchard|Bouchard]], the [[Papacy|Papal]] Master of Ceremonies, Juan and Cesare were seated, discussing financial matters, when a steward brought in a glass of wine. Juan took a sip, declared the wine to be false, accusing the astonished steward of drinking the real bottle. He then threw the wine over the steward and lit him on fire. Fortunately, the wine was not capable of igniting, but, unfortunately, the steward was still executed once the small fire was put out.

Such incidents must have impressed Cesare, as he shunned Rodrigo Borgia's banker [[Agostino Chigi]], to invest with Juan.

Juan was gradually put in charge of [[Rome]]'s finances. He used large amounts of the city's tax money to throw lavish parties for his friends, at one point tossing a hundred gold plates into the [[Tiber]] after their first use, outdoing Chigi, who had done the same with mere silver. Rome's citizens were also invited to the public areas of these parties, but many still complained privately that their money could be put to much better use.
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imported>Bovkaffe: Created page with "Date of Birth: 1446. Profession: Cardinal, Cesare's personal financier. The first of ten nephews elected to the cardinalship by [[Rodrigo ..."

imported>Bovkaffe: Created page with "Date of Birth: 1446.
Profession: Cardinal, Cesare's personal financier. The first of ten nephews elected to the cardinalship by [[Rodrigo ..."