History Series / Borgia

** [[spoiler: And one time, Juan briefly tries to rape Lucrezia.]]

* ExactWords: Lucrezia asks Cesare to not make her children orphans. Cesare, [[spoiler: with Alfonso D'Este, organize Alfonso di Calabria's murder and takes all the blame, so Lucrezia would marry D'Este: with a stepfather the children aren't - tecnically - orphans]].

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Try and count the characters that haven't plotted/committed at least one murder - you probably won't run out of fingers

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Lucrezia and her first husband GiovannI. She is not impressed, and he is later divorced for said failure.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Cesare [[spoiler: after leaving his son to die on a hilltop - he gets over it]]
* MySecretPregnancy: Lucrezia's political value lies in her marriageability, which would be severely damaged by an illegitimated son, so Rodrigo has her confined in her apartament and then gives the child away. In the end Cesare [[spoiler: declares the baby his son and leaves him with his sister saying his duties precluded his caring for him]].
* OneSteveLimit: Very much averted; with two regally appearing noblemen named Alfonso and many people called Giovanni

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Cesare in 'Prelude to an Apocalypse']]

* TellMeAboutMyFather: Lucrezia to Vannozza in '1492'

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: In 'The Serpent Rises' Cesare gets so drunk that he blacks out [[spoiler: and does not know if he was the one who killed Juan]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: Subverted in a very interesting way. Cesare and Lucrezia [[spoiler: never actually have sex, but get very close to it multiple times. They have a romantic dynamic, and while they never have sex, it's more due to circumstances than lack of intrest.]] The more-likely historical truth (that people said they were incestious to hurt the Borgias) is also present in the story, and discussed. These rumors appear to be made up separately from the true incest.

* CainAndAbel: Juan and Cesare [[spoiler: Subverted, because it's reviled that Cesare didn't kill Juan. And then double subverted, because Juan'a other sibling — his unsuspected, seemingly innocent little sister Lucrezia — ''did'' kill him.]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: Subverted in a very interesting way. Cesare and Lucrezia [[spoiler: never actually have sex, but get very close to it multiple times. They have a romantic dynamic, and while they never have sex, it's more due to circumstances than lack of intrest.]] The more likely historical truth (that people said they were incestious to hurt the Borgias) is also present in the story, and discussed. These rumors appear to be made up separately from the true incest.

* CainAndAbel: Juan and Cesare [[spoiler: Subverted, because Cesare didn't kill Juan. Double subverted because his other, unsuspected sibling, Lucrezia, did.]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: Subverted in a very interesting way. Cesare and Lucrezia [[spoiler: never actually have sex, but get very close to it multiple times. They have a romantic dynamic, and while they never have sex, it's more due to circumstances than lack of intrest.]] The fact that people are saying they are incestious to hurt the Borgias is also discussed. [[spoiler: And one time, Juan briefly tries to rape Lucrezia.]]

* IncestSubtext: Cesare and Lucrezia, [[spoiler: Rodrigo and Lucrezia]]

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Giovanni and Lucrezia, she is not impressed

* CainAndAbel: Juan and Cesare [[spoiler: Though ultimately averted as it's Lucrezia who kills Juan]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: Cesare and Lucrezia get very close to this trope after [[spoiler: Juan's death]]

* LawsOfInverseFertility: TruthInTelevision for Lucrezia and Alfonso D'Este: after delivering two healty sons before their marriage, Lucrezia has a long series of miscarriages and babies who died in infancy. Considering her value as Alfonso's wife is in her ability to bear an heir, the whole thing is not only devasting but dangerous to her position.

* ArrangedMarriage: Lucrezia to Giovanni Sforza

* AddledAddict: Rodrigo and Guilia whilst taking vitriola (diethyl ether) in season two

* MayDecemberRomance: Rodrigo and Giuilia, though her age is never explicitly stated she does not appear to be much older than Lucrezia

* IncestSubtext: Cesare and Lucretzia, [[spoiler: Rodrigo and Lucretzia]]

* ThePope: Rodrigo becomes Pope Alexander XI

* CasualKink: Cesare appears to enjoy being tied to chairs
* CityStateEra: Complete with an ever changing web of alliances
* CorruptChurch: Almost all the cardinals seen have mistresses and most are very happy to accept bribes. TruthInTelevision

* ForgoneConclusion: The fates of many of the historical characters

* HistoricalDomainCharcter: Most characters

* IncestSubtext: Cesare and Lucretzia

* YourCheatingHeart: Lucrezia would much rather sleep with Alfonso D'Este than her husband [[spoiler: Alfonso d'Aragon]]

Not to be confused with ''Series/{{The Borgias}}'', the 2011 Showtime series based on the the Borgia family in renaissance Italy. How could anyone could possibly confuse them is a mystery.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: With the American series ''Series/TheBorgias''

* YourCheatingHeart: Lucrezia [[spoiler: would much rather sleep with Alfonso D'Este than her husband Alfonso d'Aragon]]

A 2011 Channel+ and EOS Entertainment production based on the rise and fall of the Borgia family in renaissance Italy. Also known as Borgia: Faith and Fear.

In 1492 Italy is divided into waring states and at the centre lies Rome where the ageing Pope Innocent VIII rules. As Vice Chancellor of the College of Cardinals Rodrigo Borgia plans to use all his influence in order to become the next Pope. Following the death of his eldest son he summons his other children; Juan, Cesare and Lucrezia, back to the Rome. Soon all three are embroiled in the plotting of the nobel families and the church.

The series is notable for how little it simplifies the shifting alliances of the many factions, city states and kingdoms.

Not to be confused with ''Series/{{The Borgias}}'', the 2011 Showtime series based on the the Borgia family in renaissance Italy. How could anyone possibly confuse them?

* AddledAddict: Rodrigo and Guilia whilst taking vitriola (diethyl ether) in seeson two

* CycleOfRevenge: Between Cesare and the Colonna in season 1

* ForgoneConclusion: The fates of the many historical characters
* TheFundamentalist: Savonarola, whose preaching angers the established church

* HistoricalDomainCharcter: Pretty much everyone

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Have fun trying to keep all the cardinals straight, let alone their allegiances to the various states
* MayDecemberRomance: Rodrigo and Giuilia

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Cesare in ''Prelude to an Apocalypse'']]

* TellMeAboutMyFather: Lucrezia to Vannozza in ''1492''

A 2011 Channel+ and EOS Entertainment production based on the rise and fall of the Borgia family in renaissance Italy. Also known as Borgia: Faith and Fear.

The show is centred around Rodrigo Borgia, the Vice Chancellor of the College of Cardinals, his illegitimate children (Juan, Cesare Lucrezia and Gioffe), his mistress Giulia Farnese and their many allies and enemies. The series depicts the brutality of renaissance Rome, with murder, rape and brutal methods of torture and execution alongside its beautiful dresses and interiors.

This all may sound very familiar; the show is not to be confused with ''Series/{{The Borgias}}'', the 2011 Showtime series based on the the Borgia family in renaissance Italy. How could anyone possibly confuse them?

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Try and count the characters that haven't plotted/committed at least one murder

* Nepotism: At times Rodrigo seems to think the name Borgia is the only qualification needed for any job

A 2011 Channel+ and EOS Entertainment production based on the rise and fall of the Borgia family in renaissance Italy.

This all may sound very familiar; the show is not to be confused with ''Series/{{The Borgias}}'', the 2011 Showtime series based on the the Borgia family in renaissance Italy.

* BookBurning:

* CitySateEra
* CorruptChurch: TruthInTelevision

* Nepotism: At times Rodrigo seems to think the name Borgia qualification for any job

* ThePope: Of course
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Cesare in season 1]]

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This all may sound very familiar; the show is not to be confused with ''Series/{{The Borgias}}'', the 2011 Showtime series.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: Lucrezia stabs Juan nine times and when he refuses to die has her lover cut his throat]]
* GreyandGrayMorality:

* RapeasDrama: [[spoiler: Cesare in season 1]]

* Grey and Gray Morality:

* The Pope: Of course
* Rape as Drama: [[spoiler: Cesare in season 1]]

* ArrangedMarriage: