How did the Pope Alexander VI die?

The Death of Pope Alexander VI, 1503. Printer Friendly Version >>>. The collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century created a political and cultural vacuum that was filled, in part, by the Roman Catholic Church. read more

Some have suspected that Pope Alexander VI had been killed by His son, Cesare, who might probably poisoned his father as indicated by the rapid decomposition of the Pope's dead body, although some commentaries doubt these stories and attribute the Pope's death to malaria, then prevalent in Rome, or to another such pestilence. read more

The Death of Pope Alexander VI, 1503 Printer Friendly Version >>> T he collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century created a political and cultural vacuum that was filled, in part, by the Roman Catholic Church. read more

Caesar Borgia, son of Pope Alexander the Sixth: a tragedy acted at the Duke's theatre by Their Royal Highnesses servants a 1679 play by Nathaniel Lee and John Dryden, dramatizes the life of Pope Alexander VI and his son Cesare Borgia. read more