The Borgias Season 3

Synopsis

Alexander VI survives Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere's assassination attempt, because his daughter Lucrezia knows how to treat catarella poisoning. Alexander's war with the Sforza family continues and escalates. Alexander now plots to turn the Papacy into an explicitly hereditary office.

Main Cast

Jeremy Irons

Rodrigo Borgia

Age : 75 | Popularity : 33%

François Arnaud

Cesare Borgia

Age : 38 | Popularity : 13%

Holliday Grainger

Lucrezia Borgia

Age : 36 | Popularity : 31%

Joanne Whalley

Vanozza Cattaneo

Age : 62 | Popularity : 24%

Colm Feore

Giuliano Della Rovere

Age : 65 | Popularity : 18%

Peter Sullivan

Cardinal Ascanio Sforza

Age : 59 | Popularity : 3%

Sean Harris

Micheletto

Age : 58 | Popularity : 12%

Lotte Verbeek

Giulia Farnese

Age : 41 | Popularity : 8%

Episodes

Episode 1

14 April 2013 - The Face of Death

Pope Alexander fights for his life; the cardinals fight for control of the papacy; Cesare and Micheletto track the assassin; Della Rovere prepares to make his move.

Episode 2

21 April 2013 - The Purge

Alexander tasks Cardinal Sforza with purging the College of Cardinals, old Roman families conspire against the Pope, and Lucrezia tries to seduce Cesare.

Episode 3

28 April 2013 - Siblings

The King of Naples refuses to accept Lucrzia's child as part of the marriage agreement and pointedly invites Caterins Sforza and other Borgia enemies to the wedding.

Episode 4

05 May 2013 - The Banquet of Chestnuts

Cardinal Farnese exposes the embezzlement of Cardinal Versucci while the King of Naples insists the consummation of Lucrezia's marriage to his cousin be witnessed.

Episode 5

12 May 2013 - The Wolf and the Lamb

Lucrezia and Micheletto plot the death of King Ferdinand when he refuses her her baby as Cesare's promise of an annulment for Louis X!. gain him a wife and army.

Episode 6

19 May 2013 - Relics

Cesare unites the sons of the five Romagna families with his own army against Forli, and the Pope negotiates for a with Constantinople Jews for a holy relic.

Episode 7

26 May 2013 - Lucrezia's Gambit

After the French king occupies a deserted Milan, he tasks Cesare with killing Ludivico, and Lucretia becomes involved in Neapolitan palace intrigue.

Episode 8

02 June 2013 - Tears of Blood

Micheleto learns his kept lover is a Sforza informant, Caterina Sforza mounts the Shroud of Turin as a rival holy relic, and Alfonso puts Lucrezia under house arrest.

Episode 9

09 June 2013 - The Gunpowder Plot

Lucrezia escapes with Alfonso and her baby from Naples while the Pope corners the market in sulfur, restricting others from manufacturing gunpowder.

Episode 10

16 June 2013 - The Prince

Micheletto returns to Cesare briefly to help him destroy the walls of Forli and capture Caterina Sforza and later recruit her assassin Rufio.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Concept Artist	Federico Costantini
Production	Executive Producer	Neil Jordan John Weber James Flynn Sheila Hockin
	Producer	Michael Hirst Justin Falvey
Department	Role	Name

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