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'''Louise Borgia'''  (1500 – 1553) was a [[France|French]] noblewoman. She was the only legitimate child of [[Cesare Borgia]] via his wife, [[Charlotte d'Albret]]. Her paternal grandparents were [[Rodrigo Borgia|Alexander VI]] and [[Vannozza dei Cattanei]], while her maternal grandparents were {{Wiki|Alain I of Albret|Alain d'Albret}} and Françoise of Châtillon-Limoges. She had a minimum of eleven half-siblings born out of her father's liaisons with various women.
'''Louise Borgia'''  (Italian: ''Luisa''; 1500 – 1553) was a [[France|French]] noblewoman. She was the only legitimate child of [[Cesare Borgia]] via his wife, [[Charlotte d'Albret]]. Her paternal grandparents were [[Rodrigo Borgia|Alexander VI]] and [[Vannozza dei Cattanei]], while her maternal grandparents were {{Wiki|Alain I of Albret|Alain d'Albret}} and Françoise of Châtillon-Limoges. She had a minimum of eleven half-siblings born out of her father's liaisons with various women.


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early life===
Born from her father's selfish desire to keep France loyal to the Borgia, Louise was born on 17 May 1500.<ref name="WP">{{WP|Louise Borgia}}</ref> Without ever having met her father from birth, Louise was raised by her mother Charlotte.<ref name="Ch50">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – Chapter 50</ref>
On 17 May 1500, Louise was born, the product of a marriage alliance her father arranged in a bid to secure French loyalty.<ref name="WP">{{WP|Louise Borgia}}</ref> Without ever having met her father from birth, Louise was raised by her mother Charlotte, and seemed to speak French either primarily or exclusively even as a child living in [[Rome]].<ref name="Ch50">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – Chapter 50</ref>


In 1504, when she was four years old, Louise was present as the [[Assassins]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] confronted her mother in her villa in the Pinciano district asking for the whereabouts of Cesare. Charlotte's eager to leave for France with Louise couldn't help the Assassins.<ref name="Ch50" />
In 1504, when she was four years old, Louise was present as the [[Assassins]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] visited her mother in her villa in the Pinciano district to ask the whereabouts of Cesare. Charlotte, who was busy preparing to return to France with Louise, told the Assassins of Cesare's estrangement from herself and her daughter, and that she had no information to offer them.<ref name="Ch50" />


===Later life===
===Later life===
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Latest revision as of 21:17, 4 January 2024

Louise Borgia (Italian: Luisa; 1500 – 1553) was a French noblewoman. She was the only legitimate child of Cesare Borgia via his wife, Charlotte d'Albret. Her paternal grandparents were Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei, while her maternal grandparents were Alain d'Albret and Françoise of Châtillon-Limoges. She had a minimum of eleven half-siblings born out of her father's liaisons with various women.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Early life[edit | edit source]

On 17 May 1500, Louise was born, the product of a marriage alliance her father arranged in a bid to secure French loyalty.[1] Without ever having met her father from birth, Louise was raised by her mother Charlotte, and seemed to speak French either primarily or exclusively even as a child living in Rome.[2]

In 1504, when she was four years old, Louise was present as the Assassins Ezio Auditore and Niccolò Machiavelli visited her mother in her villa in the Pinciano district to ask the whereabouts of Cesare. Charlotte, who was busy preparing to return to France with Louise, told the Assassins of Cesare's estrangement from herself and her daughter, and that she had no information to offer them.[2]

Later life[edit | edit source]

Louise would go on to later to inherit her mother's title of Dame de Chalus in 1514 after her death. She married Louis II de la Trémoille in 1517, the marriage ended up being childless when he died in 1525. She married her second husband, Philippe de Bourbon, Seigneur de Bourbon-Busset on 3 February 1530 and together they had six children. Louise later died at the Château de Busset in 1553.[1]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Louise Borgia on Wikipedia
  2. 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Chapter 50