- Sultan Cem of the Ottoman Empire arrives at Rome. Cesare declines his brothers request of using Michelotto. The Pope tries to decide who is to marry his daughter.
- Cardinal Della Rovere travels to Naples in the hope of gaining allies against the Borgia Pope. He finds the Neapolitan Prince Alfonso to be quite ruthless. The Pope and his son Cesare, now a Cardinal in his own right, plot their own future and Cesare dispatches his assassin to get rid of Della Rovere. The Pope decides to offer a home to the Jews who have recently been expelled from Spain. His price will be high, however. He also allows diplomatic relations with Islamic Constantinople - again for a princely sum, 40,000 ducats. Lucretia's parents agree that the girl must be married but the Pope decides that the marriage should be such as to protect them all. A marriage to the prince of Naples would be ideal but there are many suitors all with their own proposals. The Pope is concerned with Lucretia's more than passing interest in a young Muslim boy. Cesare and his younger brother Juan are tasked to resolve those concerns.—garykmcd
- After his lavish inthronisation, pope Alexander is broke, and he needs a dowry for daughter Lucrezia, who doesn't want to marry at all but can forge a vital alliance, preferably with a major Italian prince. Funds from Jewish refugees from Inquisition-struck Iberia won't suffice. For 40,000 ducats, the Borgias accept as Ottoman 'ambassador' the great sultan's brother Djem, as alternative to the Turkish court's traditional fratricide. The charming Oriental prince is the Borgias's palace guest and wins all hearts, even seeks conversion. But the lure of over 400,000 ducats makes Alexander decide to poison his unsuspecting ward. Cesare refuses even to lend Michelotto for the disgusting job, and Juan's amateur henchman does a gruesomely incompetent job. Michelotto failed to murder cardinal Della Rovere, who found shelter at the grim court of old, deaf king Ferrante of Napels and his equally cruel son, alternatively a significant candidate for Lucrezia's hand.—KGF Vissers
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