Individual Details
Domingo de Borja
(Abt 1340 - 1428)
Domingo de Borja
Domingo de Borja was born about 1340. He lived at Torre de Canals, a fortified manor near the ancient hill town of Játiva, a stronghold of Roman origin, which still overlooks the plains of Valencia. The family came originally from further north in Spain, taking their name from the town of Borja in the Ebro valley.
Early members of the family, soldiers and adventurers, followed King Jaime I of Aragón when he undertook the reconquest of Valencia from the Moors. When that task was done, the Borjas in 1240 received extensive lands and jurisdiction in the reconquered territory around Játiva. There they stayed, multiplied and prospered. In the fourteenth century a Borja owned a dye works in Játiva, and another kept a brothel in the port of Valencia. It was obviously a vigorous family of some local importance.
Documents described Domingo as a petty landholder, from the junior branch of the family and in reduced circumstances. With his wife Francisca (Marti), Domingo had five children but only one son, Alfonso, who was to become Pope Calixtus III. Of his daughters Catalina, Juana, Francisca and Isabella, only Catalina and Isabella married. Isabella married her cousin Jofré de Borja and was mother of Rodrigo who became Pope Alexander VI.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Domingo de Borja was born about 1340. He lived at Torre de Canals, a fortified manor near the ancient hill town of Játiva, a stronghold of Roman origin, which still overlooks the plains of Valencia. The family came originally from further north in Spain, taking their name from the town of Borja in the Ebro valley.
Early members of the family, soldiers and adventurers, followed King Jaime I of Aragón when he undertook the reconquest of Valencia from the Moors. When that task was done, the Borjas in 1240 received extensive lands and jurisdiction in the reconquered territory around Játiva. There they stayed, multiplied and prospered. In the fourteenth century a Borja owned a dye works in Játiva, and another kept a brothel in the port of Valencia. It was obviously a vigorous family of some local importance.
Documents described Domingo as a petty landholder, from the junior branch of the family and in reduced circumstances. With his wife Francisca (Marti), Domingo had five children but only one son, Alfonso, who was to become Pope Calixtus III. Of his daughters Catalina, Juana, Francisca and Isabella, only Catalina and Isabella married. Isabella married her cousin Jofré de Borja and was mother of Rodrigo who became Pope Alexander VI.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | Abt 1340 | ||||
| Death | 1428 | ||||
| Marriage | Francisca Marti | ||||
| Biography | Biography |  |
Families
| Spouse | Francisca Marti ( - ) |
| Child | Isabella de Borja (1400 - 1468) |
| Child | Catalina de Borja ( - ) |
| Child | Pope Calixtus III (Alonso de Borja) (1378 - 1458) |
Notes
Biography
Domingo de BorjaDomingo de Borja was born about 1340. He lived at Torre de Canals, a fortified manor near the ancient hill town of Játiva, a stronghold of Roman origin, which still overlooks the plains of Valencia. The family came originally from further north in Spain, taking their name from the town of Borja in the Ebro valley.
Early members of the family, soldiers and adventurers, followed King Jaime I of Aragón when he undertook the reconquest of Valencia from the Moors. When that task was done, the Borjas in 1240 received extensive lands and jurisdiction in the reconquered territory around Játiva. There they stayed, multiplied and prospered. In the fourteenth century a Borja owned a dye works in Játiva, and another kept a brothel in the port of Valencia. It was obviously a vigorous family of some local importance.
Documents described Domingo as a petty landholder, from the junior branch of the family and in reduced circumstances. With his wife Francisca (Marti), Domingo had five children but only one son, Alfonso, who was to become Pope Calixtus III. Of his daughters Catalina, Juana, Francisca and Isabella, only Catalina and Isabella married. Isabella married her cousin Jofré de Borja and was mother of Rodrigo who became Pope Alexander VI.
Source: Leo van de Pas