Rodrigo Borgia

Rodrigo Borgia (1431-1503), who was of Spanish origin, bribed his way to the papacy in 1492. A wily, morally corrupt politician, whose love of woman was legendary, many doubted his suitability to be the new head of the church. This head of the Catholic Church fathered several illegitimate children by his mistress Vannozza Cattani, including a daughter called Lucrezia. He arranged two marriages for her when she was 12 and 13 purely to further his own ambitions, then when he’d got what he wanted out of them he arranged the divorces. Borgia had a picture of her made to look like the Virgin Mary painted over the door of his bedroom.
When Savonarola preached against his corrupt practices Alexander had him executed. He is said to have died of a poison he had prepared for his cardinals. Such was the late Pope’s unpopularity that only four prelates attend his the Requiem Mass.