Juan de Borja y Enriquez de Luna, III Duque de Gandía

Don Juan de Borja, tercer Duque de Gandía, cafó de primer matrimonio con Doña Juana de Aragon, hija de Don Alonfo de Aragon, Arzobifpo de Zaragoza, hijo del Rey Don Fernando el Catolico y de Doña Aldonza Iborra, y la madre de Doña Juana fue Doña Aldonza de Urrea. Historia de la Muy Ilustre Casa de Sousa Capitulo XVI. El Grande San Francisco de Borja, y fus defcendientes los Duques de Gandía. Pag 280

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Notes: His Grace Duke Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandía (1474 A. D. or 1476 A. D. – 1497 A. D.), was the son of His Holiness Pope Alexander VI, a member of the House of Borgia who was murdered in 1497 A. D. He was the brother of Cesare, Gioffre, and Lucrezia Borgia. His Grace Duke Giovanni, commonly known as Juan (or sometimes, Joan), is believed to be the eldest of the Pope's four children by Vannozza dei Cattanei, but this is disputed. Due to the contents of a number of papal bulls issued after his murder, it is unclear whether His Grace Duke Giovanni was born in 1474 A. D. or 1476 A. D. Early life, marriage, and family: His Grace Duke Giovanni Borgia was probably born in Rome to then-cardinal,His Excellency Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (later to become His Holiness Pope Alexander VI), and his mistress, Vannozza dei Cattanei, who was married to Domenico da Rignano. His Grace Duke Giovanni married Her Grace Duchess Maria Enriquez de Luna, the Spanish betrothed of his deceased older half-brother, Pedro Luis, in September, 1493 A. D. He was made 2nd Duke of Gandia, Duke of Sessa, Grand Constable of Naples, Governor of St. Peter's, and Gonfalonier and Captain General of the Church. His Grace Duke Giovanni and Maria had three children: twins His Grace Duke Juan de Borja y Enríquez (known as Juan Borgia, father of His Grace Duke Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía), who became the 3rd Duke of Gandía, and Sister Francisca de Jesús Borja, who became a nun at a convent in Valladolid. The younger Juan was the father of Saint Francis Borgia. Their third child, Mother Superior Isabel de Borja y Enríquez, was born after her father was killed; she grew up to be abbess of Santa Clara in Gandia. Murder: His Grace Duke Borgia was murdered the night of 14 June, 1497 A. D. near what later became the Piazza della Giudecca in the ghetto of Rome. Giovanni was last seen alive when he was leaving from a feast that his mother had in his honor at her villa with his other siblings Cesare, Lucrezia, and Gioffre; Gioffre's wife, Sancha, of Aragon, their cousin, Juan Borgia Lanzol, and Vannozza's husband, Carlo Canale, were all in attendance. The next morning his horse came back without its rider and with one of the stirrups cut. He was reported missing. A search party found his body in the Tiber with his throat slit, and about nine stab wounds on his torso. His grief-stricken father launched an intensive investigation into the murder, only to end it abruptly a week later. Whilst the Orsini family had ample motive to kill His Grace Duke Giovanni, it was later rumored that his younger brother, Gioffre Borgia, murdered him due to His Grace Duke Giovanni's relationship with Gioffre's wife, Sancha. His richly-attired body was recovered from the Tiber River with 30 golden ducats untouched in the purse at his belt. To the immense grief of the pope, this act occasioned the epigramme by Sannazzaro on the pope as "fisher of men." His Grace Duke Borgia's only attendant was also slain, so there were no known witnesses. Notes: Maxwell-Stuart, P. G., Chronicle of the Popes, London, Thames and Hudson, 1997, page 158 – 159, ISBN 0-500-01798-0 Christopher Hibbert: The Borgias and Their Enemies. Harcourt, Inc. 2008, p. 30 Sarah Bradford: Cesare Borgia; His Life and Times. London, 1876, p. 17 Williams, George L. (1998). Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. p. 217. ISBN 0-7864-2071-5. Sabatini, II.4. Dumas, Alexandre (1839). Celebrated Crimes. Volume 1 (1910 English ed.). New York: P. F. Collier. p. 48. Source: http://www.wikipedia.org