Individual Details
Jofre de Borja y Orms
(1385 - 24 Mar 1437)
Son of Rodrigo Gil de Borja and Dona Sibila de Orms, Jofré was heir to the main line of the Borja family in Játiva. He married his cousin Isabella de Borja, sister of the future Pope Calixtus III, and they had two sons and three daughters of whom a daughter Juana and a son Rodrigo, the future Pope Alexander VI, would have progeny.
On the night of 20 October 1420, Jofré and his brother-in-law Bartolomeu Serra, together with three henchmen, murdered Folo de Montferrat. Montferrat was on his way to Játiva to lay charges against Serra, accusing him of misuse of his feudal powers. Montferrat was waylaid and slaughtered, and in such a brutal and cowardly manner that the governor of Valencia himself came to Játiva to preside over the trial.
All the conspirators were condemned to death, and in addition ruinous fines were imposed on their families; but before the sentence could be carried out they had all escaped and fled from Aragón. In their absence their property was valued and a judicial order made for the sale on 21 March 1421. On the following day, however, the regent, Queen Maria of Aragón, abrogated the judgment and herself assumed jurisdiction over the case.
The families of Borja and Serra had appealed against the 'irregularity' of the sentence. There can be no doubt that the vice-chancellor, Alfonso de Borja, the future pope and brother-in-law to both Bartolomeu Serra and Jofré de Borja, was behind this development. The murder was notorious, and the judiciary at Valencia strongly defended its rights and its sentence, but could make no way against the influence of the vice chancellor.
King Alfonso, away on his Mediterranean wars, would not intervene. In 1422 he wrote to the queen commending 'Micer Alfons de Borja, our beloved councillor and vice-chancellor,' who had, the king said, 'undertaken a great mission, at peril to his own person'. Two years later Queen Maria decreed that the whole trial was null and void, and the sentence invalidated 'as it had never been passed'. Jofré died before 24 March 1437.
Source: Leo van de Pas
On the night of 20 October 1420, Jofré and his brother-in-law Bartolomeu Serra, together with three henchmen, murdered Folo de Montferrat. Montferrat was on his way to Játiva to lay charges against Serra, accusing him of misuse of his feudal powers. Montferrat was waylaid and slaughtered, and in such a brutal and cowardly manner that the governor of Valencia himself came to Játiva to preside over the trial.
All the conspirators were condemned to death, and in addition ruinous fines were imposed on their families; but before the sentence could be carried out they had all escaped and fled from Aragón. In their absence their property was valued and a judicial order made for the sale on 21 March 1421. On the following day, however, the regent, Queen Maria of Aragón, abrogated the judgment and herself assumed jurisdiction over the case.
The families of Borja and Serra had appealed against the 'irregularity' of the sentence. There can be no doubt that the vice-chancellor, Alfonso de Borja, the future pope and brother-in-law to both Bartolomeu Serra and Jofré de Borja, was behind this development. The murder was notorious, and the judiciary at Valencia strongly defended its rights and its sentence, but could make no way against the influence of the vice chancellor.
King Alfonso, away on his Mediterranean wars, would not intervene. In 1422 he wrote to the queen commending 'Micer Alfons de Borja, our beloved councillor and vice-chancellor,' who had, the king said, 'undertaken a great mission, at peril to his own person'. Two years later Queen Maria decreed that the whole trial was null and void, and the sentence invalidated 'as it had never been passed'. Jofré died before 24 March 1437.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | 1385 | ||||
| Death | 24 Mar 1437 | ||||
| Marriage | Isabella de Borja | ||||
| Biography | Biography |  |
Families
| Spouse | Isabella de Borja (1400 - 1468) |
| Child | Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) (1431 - 1503) |
| Child | Juana de Borja ( - ) |
Notes
Biography
Jofre de Borja y OrmsSon of Rodrigo Gil de Borja and Dona Sibila de Orms, Jofré was heir to the main line of the Borja family in Játiva. He married his cousin Isabella de Borja, sister of the future Pope Calixtus III, and they had two sons and three daughters of whom a daughter Juana and a son Rodrigo, the future Pope Alexander VI, would have progeny.
On the night of 20 October 1420, Jofré and his brother-in-law Bartolomeu Serra, together with three henchmen, murdered Folo de Montferrat. Montferrat was on his way to Játiva to lay charges against Serra, accusing him of misuse of his feudal powers. Montferrat was waylaid and slaughtered, and in such a brutal and cowardly manner that the governor of Valencia himself came to Játiva to preside over the trial.
All the conspirators were condemned to death, and in addition ruinous fines were imposed on their families; but before the sentence could be carried out they had all escaped and fled from Aragón. In their absence their property was valued and a judicial order made for the sale on 21 March 1421. On the following day, however, the regent, Queen Maria of Aragón, abrogated the judgment and herself assumed jurisdiction over the case.
The families of Borja and Serra had appealed against the 'irregularity' of the sentence. There can be no doubt that the vice-chancellor, Alfonso de Borja, the future pope and brother-in-law to both Bartolomeu Serra and Jofré de Borja, was behind this development. The murder was notorious, and the judiciary at Valencia strongly defended its rights and its sentence, but could make no way against the influence of the vice chancellor.
King Alfonso, away on his Mediterranean wars, would not intervene. In 1422 he wrote to the queen commending 'Micer Alfons de Borja, our beloved councillor and vice-chancellor,' who had, the king said, 'undertaken a great mission, at peril to his own person'. Two years later Queen Maria decreed that the whole trial was null and void, and the sentence invalidated 'as it had never been passed'. Jofré died before 24 March 1437.