Pope Alexander VI, born Roderic Llançol i de Borja (va, Rodrigo Lanzol y de Borja roˈðɾiɣo lanˈθol i ðe ˈβorxa; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) was Pope from 11 August 1492 to his death on 18 August 1503. He is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, and his Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia, became a byword for li...