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This is not necessarily true in every case.
Machiavelli cites Cesare Borgia as an example of a lucky prince who escaped this pattern.
Through cunning political maneuvers, he managed to secure his power base.
Cesare was made commander of the papal armies by his father, Pope Alexander VI, but was also heavily dependent on mercenary armies loyal to the Orsini brothers and the support of the French king.
Borgia won over the allegiance of the Orsini's followers with better pay and prestigious government posts.
When some of his mercenary captains started to plot against him, he had them imprisoned and executed.
When it looked like the king of France would to abandon him, Borgia sought new alliances.
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