Background
In 1494, she was married to Gioffre Borgia, youngest son of Pope Alexander VI.
In 1494, she was married to Gioffre Borgia, youngest son of Pope Alexander VI.
Her affair with Juan is sometimes said to be the reason for Cesare"s alleged murder of Juan in 1497. Sancha"s brother, Alfonso of Aragon, married Lucrezia Borgia. Sancha"s life among the Borgias became a turbulent one after Cesare made an advantageous marriage with a French princess, Charlotte d"Albret, in order to secure French support for his military campaigns.
This put Cesare"s interests in direct conflict with those of the Italian states.
Sancha"s home city of Naples was no exception, and it had long been nervous about militant French interests. lieutenant is rumored that Alfonso was brutally murdered in 1500 by Cesare, due to interests with France against Naples.
Sancha, now a political embarrassment, was imprisoned in the Castel Sant"Angelo in Rome until the death of Pope Alexander in 1503. Cesare visited her not long after and asked if she would take on the care of Giovanni "The Roman Infant", possibly Lucrezia"s illegitimate child, which she agreed to do.
She died of an undisclosed illness in 1506, a year before Cesare"s own death.
In the 1981 mini-series The Borgias, Sancia was played by Eleanor David. In the 2006 Spanish film Los Borgias, Sancia was played by actress Linda Batista. In the 2011 Showtime original series The Borgias, Sancia is played by actress Emmanuelle Chriqui.
She only has affairs with Juan.
In the 2011 Canal + original series Borgia, Sancia is played by Czechoslovakian actress Eliška Křenková.
The 2005 Jeanne Kalogridis novel The Borgia Bride is told from Sancia"s point of view, except for her death, mentioned in an Afterword.