Cesare Borgia (;, ; 13 September 1475 or April 1476 – 12 March 1507 ), Duke of Valentinois, was an Italian condottiero, nobleman, politician, and cardinal.

Stefano Infessura writes that Cardinal Borgia falsely claimed Cesare to be the legitimate son of another man — Domenico d ' Arignano, the nominal husband of Vannozza de ' Cattanei.

Profile portrait of Cesare Borgia in the Palazzo Venezia in Rome ca.

Cesare Borgia leaving the Vatican ( 1877 ) by Giuseppe Lorenzo Gatteri

However, when his father died, and a rival to the Borgia family entered the Papal seat, Cesare was overthrown in a matter of months.

Machiavelli attributes two episodes to Cesare Borgia that were at least partially executed by his father: the method by which the Romagna was pacified, which Machiavelli describes in chapter VII of The Prince, and the assassination of his captains on New Year's Eve of 1503 in Senigallia.

Cesare Borgia briefly employed Leonardo da Vinci as military architect and engineer between 1502 and 1503.

Cesare Borgia had wanted to take over Mantua while Isabella d ' Este was ruling.

Cesare was also father to at least 11 illegitimate children, among them Girolamo Borgia, who married Isabella Contessa di Carpi, and Lucrezia Borgia, who, after Cesare's death, was moved to Ferrara to the court of her aunt, Lucrezia Borgia.

* The 1981 BBC series The Borgias, starring Oliver Cotton as Cesare Borgia.

* The 2011 Showtime series The Borgias, starring François Arnaud as Cesare Borgia.

* The 2011 Canal + series Borgia, starring Mark Ryder as Cesare Borgia.

* The 2009 CBBC series Horrible Histories, with Mathew Baynton playing Cesare Borgia in one of the sketches.

* Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia ( 2009 ) by Robert Lalonde

* Cesare Borgia by Sarah Bradford

* In Resident Evil ( video game ), a portrait of Cesare Borgia can be seen hanging in the dining room of the mansion.

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This is related to Cesare Burali-Forti's " paradox " that there can be no greatest ordinal number.

Like nearly all aspects of Cesare Borgia's life, the date of his birth is a subject of dispute.

Cesare is the main antagonist of the video game Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, acting as Captain-General of the Papal army in Rome and ordering an assault on the castle-town of Monteriggioni, home to the protagonist Ezio Auditore da Firenze's uncle, Mario Auditore.

It is often suggested that Cesare and Lucrezia may have had an incestuous relationship.

The generally accepted version is that Lucrezia was informed of this by her brother Cesare, and she warned her husband, who fled Rome.

It is widely rumored that Lucrezia's brother Cesare was responsible for Alfonso's death, as he had recently allied himself ( through marriage ) with France against Naples.

* 1500 – Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.

* Italian natural philosopher Giulio Cesare Vanini publishes a radically heterodox book in France after his English interlude De admirandis naturae reginae deaeque mortalium arcanis, for which he is condemned and forced to flee Paris.

The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution ( Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L ' inutile precauzione ) is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini.

* February 24 – Battle of Pavia: Spanish forces under Charles de Lannoy and the Marquis of Pescara defeat the French army and capture Francis I of France, after his horse is wounded by Cesare Hercolani.

* December 26 – Cesare Borgia kills Ramiro D ' Orco ; this incident is referenced in Machiavelli's The Prince

* October 30 – The Banquet of Chestnuts is held by Cesare Borgia in the Papal Palace of Rome.

It is named after Cesare Burali-Forti, who discovered it in 1897.

The widespread adoption of these authorization-based security strategies ( where the default state is DEFAULT = DENY ) for counterterrorism, anti-fraud, and other purposes is helping accelerate the ongoing transformation of modern societies from a notional Beccarian model of criminal justice based on accountability for deviant actions after they occur, see Cesare Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishment ( 1764 ), to a Foucauldian model based on authorization, preemption, and general social compliance through ubiquitous preventative surveillance and control through system constraints, see Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish ( 1975, Alan Sheridan, tr., 1977, 1995 ).

Francesco Sansovino described such a procession in minute detail in 1581, and his verbal description is confirmed and complemented by Cesare Vecellio's 1586 painting of a ducal procession in the Piazza San Marco.

The former category is much more numerous, and includes Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice and many Handel roles, such as the name parts in Giulio Cesare and Orlando, and Bertarido in Rodelinda.

One accurate copy, by Giampietrino, is in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the other, with some alterations to the background design, by Cesare da Sesto, is installed at the Church of St. Ambrogio in Ponte Capriasca, Switzerland.

Confusion with his brother may account for the statement ( without evidence ) of his appointment by Charles V as secretary to the viceroy at Naples, Don Pedro de Toledo ; there is no proof of his holding any official position, though Curione ( in 1544 ) writes of him as " cavalliere di Cesare.

It is named in honor of Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria.

Paolo Cesare Maldini ( born 26 June 1968 ) is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender, being adept with either foot although naturally right footed.

Paolo's father Cesare formerly played for and captained Milan, and is a successful national U-21 manager.

The presence of architects like Rosario Gagliardi, Francesco Sortino and others, made the new Noto a masterpiece of Sicilian Baroque, dubbed the " Stone Garden " by Cesare Brandi and is currently listed among UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.