Lucrezia Borgia - The Pope’s Poison Princess?
History Tea Time
Lindsay Holiday
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:44.3 | Hello and welcome to history tea time. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm Lindsay Holiday and I'm spilling the tea on history. |
| 0:56.3 | Lucrezia Bja, the Pope's Poison Princess. |
| 1:01.8 | For 500 years, Lucretia Borja has been the focus of operas, novels, movies, and television shows. |
| 1:10.5 | She was one of the inspirations for Circy |
| 1:12.9 | Lannister in Game of Thrones. It is said that she went through three husbands, used a poison |
| 1:20.2 | ring to murder her enemies, and slept with her father and brothers. But was she really such a depraved, licentious villain? |
| 1:31.6 | Or was she the victim of a twisted family and vengeful gossip? Let's separate reality from the |
| 1:39.2 | arsenic-dipped rumors and get to know the real Lucrezia Borja. Lucretia was born April 18th, 1480, near Rome in modern |
| 1:51.0 | day Italy. Her mother, Vanoza de Contane, was famed for her ethereal beauty and tendrils of golden curls. |
| 1:59.0 | But her four children, Chesire, Giov Giovanni, Lucrezia, and Joffrey were not fathered by any of her three successive husbands. |
| 2:09.6 | They were sired by Cardinal Rodrigo de Borgia. Lucrezia's earliest memories were of frequent visits from her warm and affectionate papa. |
| 2:19.3 | He had a rich, melodious voice and magical charisma. |
| 2:23.5 | Today, it may seem shocking that a man of the cloth who had taken a solemn vow of celibacy |
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