Juan Domingo de Borja y Doncel
Juan Domingo de Borja y Doncel (b. circa 1357[1] - d. ?) was a Spanish noble from Aragonese Valencia in the town of Borja, Zaragoza. He held the title over the Señor de la Torre de Canals. He was a member of the prestigious House of Borja.
Biography
Juan Domingo made his fortune in Xàtiva, where he was involved in local commerce, specifically in the sugar trade. He was son of Domingo I de Borja and Caterina whose family name is not known.[2]
On 2 February 1375, a Domingo de Borja, believed to be the father of Calixtus III, testified in a document as a citizen of Xàtiva.[3]
In 1404, Juan Domingo was recorded as having been granted the title of Sobreguarda of the frontiers of the Kingdom of Castile by King Martin of Aragon[4]
In 1408, Domingo's son, Alfonso de Borja y Cavanilles (future Pope Calixtus III), granted his father the power to collect the pension of a censor in Vall de Pego.[5]
Marriage and Descendants
Juan Domingo de Borja married Francina Llançol, also of Valencia, and the couple gave birth to one boy and four girls:
- Alfonso de Borja y Cavanilles, who would later become the first Borgia pope.[6]
- Isabel de Borja y Cavanilles, who later married her distant cousin, Jofre de Borja y Doms (also referred to as Jofré Llançol i Escrivà), and was mother to the infamous Pope Alexander VI.
- Catalina de Borja y Cavanilles, who married Juan de Milà, the duke of Mazalans.
- Francisca de Borja y Cavanilles
- Juana de Borja y Cavanilles, who married Mateu Martí, from Xàtiva, without issue.
References
- ↑ "Juan Domingo de Borja". RootsWeb. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ Batllori, Miguel (1999). La familia de los Borjas [The Borja Family] (in Spanish). Volume 18 of Clave Historial. Translated by Jerónimo Miguel (illustrated ed.). Madrid: Real Academia de la Historia. p. 19. ISBN 8489512345. ISSN 2172-8356. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "Diario Borja: 1373-1381" (in Spanish). Diario Borja. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ "Diario Borja: 1385-1408" (in Spanish). Diario Borja. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ "Diario Borja: 1385-1408" (in Spanish). Diario Borja. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ Sabatini, Raphael (9 February 2009). The Life of Cesare Borgia - Of France, Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, Prince of Andria and Venafri, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino and Urbino, Gonfalonier and Captain-General of Holy Church: A History and Some Criticisms. Chapter 1: The Rise of the House of Borgia, Book I. Project Gutenberg.
Florida International University (1998). "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church". Salvador Miranda. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
External links
- Los Borja señores de la Baronía de Anna.
- Diario Borja - Borgia (1385 – 1408)
- Diario Borja - Borgia (1409 – 1415)
- Diario Borja - Borgia (1424 – 1429)