TV Series
Canceled
“Flesh and Blood”
7.6/10
2011
3 Seasons
29 Episodes
Drama
Crime
Overview
Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
Created By
Neil Jordan, Jack Rapke, Sheila Hockin
Select Season
3 Seasons • 29 Episodes Total
Season 1
9 Episodes • Aired April 2011
Overview
Pope Innocent VIII dies. Rodrigo Borgia wins election as Pope Alexander VI by bribing enough of the cardinals to vote for him in conclave. Alexander "packs" the College of Cardinals with 13 new members, including his son Cesare. He then tries to contract an alliance with the powerful family of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, one of his two original rivals for the Papacy. That alliance, ever fragile, breaks after Alexander's other rival, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (the future Pope Julius II), contracts his own alliance with the King of France for an invasion of Italy.
Episodes
9
First Aired
Apr 2011
