#lucreziaborgia

[whitelilynh]

Redemption

Summary:

Lucrezia writes a last letter to her mother, a confession of sorts.

It must certainly will break your heart, mother, for a mother would not ever want to be forced to face such a truth about her children, her little sunbeams, the one thing in the entire world that, at least for a fraction of time, were hers and only hers. For I am a mother as well and I know. But I know as well as the love of God, that my heart seeks for relief and I must confess, if one last time, if for the first time in truth, what's been the fate of my condemned soul.

For I loved him and I love him still, with the intensity none other feeling has ever consumed my heart, not even for my beloved Giovanni and you, as a mother, must know what it is for me to say this (May God forgive my soul).

I'm afraid of him now, the one I love the most -I told you long back ago in my naivety, in my presumed ignorance perhaps, but to be honest, it was nothing but cowardice, for it was not Cesare (and never Cesare!) what I was afraid of; it was me, deep inside and rotten me.

Jealous is the word- I said -of any happiness I might snatch. Without him.

But it was me, mother! It was me who feared the day Cesare went to France, not because the implications of my husband's titles and country, no, but of what Cesare would find there, the promised wife, and perhaps a love, that could never be mine. The bride that would be waiting for him at the French court. Because of the happiness she could provide and I could not. It was me, who selfishly asked him upon our following meeting if he loved her, and on the despair of my soul when he said he did, I couldn't avoid asking (and begging in my heart for him to say no) if he loved her more than he loved me.

Could you love her more than you love me?... Could he ever love someone more than he loved me?

Such were the words I wanted to ask, such was the fear inside my heart. For Cesare could never die, dear mother, not in my mind. Did you ever know a mightier, a braver, a smarter man than him? Could you ever imagine a human capable of defeating Cesare? I certainly did not, and I know now, I took him for granted.

And when Alfonso provoked Cesare, and in the midst of his unhappiness accused him, please know dear mother, Cesare didn't lie.

My deceased husband said the whispers of Rome had it that in our marriage there wasn't two, but three involved. And Cesare, as proper as he may, answered but the truth. In my marriage, mother, weren't three, for in my heart there was no space for anyone but Cesare.

It was true, though, that nor in my soul, nor in my skin, nor in my lips were another name being told than Cesare's. In my thoughts there were no others but the ones that brought me back to him, in my hopes were no more than yearning to see him -to touch him- once more time. In my love there was no love but Cesare's.

And when he died, sun of my life, there was no longer reason to be alive for me.

I, on the other hand, lied and lied again. I lied when I said I wanted to be freed from him, I lied when I said I ambitioned a life far from his reach, I lied when I instigated to leave him to find happiness. What possible happiness could I ever meet if not the one I felt by his side?

I was afraid, and I am, of what I came up to be.

If Cesare killed Giovanni Sforza for me, it did not impress me. If Cesare (forgive his soul, mother) killed Juan for me, I was glad. And when he killed Alfonso, I felt nothing but the remorse of my own implication, for I dragged the Duke into this life knowing quite well that what was my brother's could never be his, and I provoked the madness that led him to, stupidly, think he had a chance against Cesare's hand. I knew Cesare didn't kill him, but I pretended not to, not to face my own negligence.

But what terrified me, was to know I'd kill anyone and anytime for Cesare. To such abandon I love him, mother, that I wouldn't even think twice before staining my hands in blood for him.

It scares me that, even in the depths of grief after I knew of his passing, when we learned Charlotte was to give him a child, I was glad he never knew -for I could never bring such bliss upon him. For I might lose his love to that child, and I could not bear it, I could not bear him loving something that was not from me, from us. I could not bear any happiness he could snatch, without me.

I know I've broken your heart, mother, yet still I need not only your pardon, but your console. Could you tell me once again, for the last time, you might find still forgiveness and love for us inside you? Could you please explain why has God damned us with such a pure love, if it is but a sin?

For I never understood how could I love him with such a strength of feeling, with such passion and naturality, as if my life depended on it; and how the most sublime experience ever to be lived, when he was inside of me, was truly an abomination? Why, when he only but appeared in front of me, when his dark eyes rested upon my humble self, or when the tip of his fingers touched my face, it felt as if God himself was in the room with us, approving of such a pure love? How can a love as deep and magnificent not come from God?

Yet I am afraid, mother, that your words of console will not come soon enough to reach my ears, and it is my punishment to be left without your forgiveness. I am afraid that loving Cesare was not the last, but the first of my sins. For you must know, I would kill whoever needed to, to be able to be with him. And tell me mother, what's the one thing keeping me apart from his love now that he's no longer with us?

I pray to God your heart finds console, and my soul finds mercy, and I pray whoever it's will might be, wherever we might encounter each other, that in death we may meet the love in life we never had.

If my name still holds some value, know this was the last confession of Lucrezia Borgia.

[aworldofperioddramas]

My favorite couple. Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia 💋

[joansutherlandfan]

"Whilst in London, I managed to get a ticket for Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia and managed to sit near legendary soprano Dame Eva Turner. This great singer was crying tears of happiness when Dame Joan sang her final aria. Flowers were coming from all directions and Dame Eva stood with the rest of us in tribute to our dear Joan. Being Australian, I am proud of this incredible lady."

Ronald Cork (fan)

Joan sings the fiendish vocal line from Lucrezia Borgia's final aria "Era desso il figlio mio." She departs from a low Bb3 to attack an Ab5 (in 'Capo') and Bb5 (in 'Strale') handling with all the scales and trills. La Stupenda indeed!

*Design of her costume by Michael Stennet.

[nedtemplar]

A very insightful and revealing biography #ginarinehart by #adeleferguson. New read #lucreziaborgia by @mariabellonci https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0ZCuvPE4M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[houseofellington]

recents & currently. #amreading #bibliophile #bohemians #lucreziaborgia #barbarakingsolver #bobdylan #100booksinayear https://www.instagram.com/p/Chx5v5yPHGQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[0urgraciousqueen]

for @lucreziaborgia

[amandlas]

tag game: (9) people you'd like to get to know better

tagged by @safin i know if no one's got me daphne's got me, that's my kindred spirit right there 🎀

1. last song: all for us — labrinth & zendaya ✨

2. currently watching: couldn't make this up but i've spent the last week watching only bob's burgers and ykw? my will to live is up by 300 pts. 🔥🔥

3. three ships: judecardan and feysand literally birthed me but that's to the surprise of nobody so if you wanna go for a fresher batch, i'll out myself as a coballoway, andreil, and loustat

4. favourite colour: always and forever been purple and the rest of the bi flag 💜💙❤️

5. currently consuming: welp, today was a difficult day and i had a very kind generous amazing friend help me with a mailing issue, gave me some pizza, and we bought milk tea coffees together 🥤 so i'm tasting that after a particularly hard day. also, i got home and had leftover hershey's chocolate!

6. first ship: as far back as memory stretches, 🏹 everlark 🏹 were the first stone in the foundation of my entire livelihood

7. relationship status: single af

8. last movie: the boy and the heron courtesy of a friend

9. currently working on: EDITING MY DRAFT OF THIS MANUSCRIPT BECAUSE I FINISHED YESTERDAY!!!! finally!!! and also i have libby loans to take care of hahaha

tagging @glorianas @afro-elf @baeyonce @lucreziaborgia @lucienarcheron @ptolemiac @ladysansa @dinthegoddessofpower @megantheestallion feel no pressure to do this, just for fun! 🌹

[sissettasinclair]

A lock of Lucrezia Borgia's hair in a glass case at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy.

[jumeria]

🌹Lucrezia Borgia🌹 . . Model: @jumeria Costume: jumeria creations Wig: @mywitchery Picture: @__ninette__ . . #renaissance #cosplayersofinstagram #beautyshoot #theborgias #cosplaying #fantasyfashion #fairytalephotography #cosplayphotography #cosplayersunite #cosplayphoto #cosplaygirl #renaissancedress #instacosplay #fairytalefashion #renaissanceportrait #jumeria #jumerianox #cosplaycommunity #cosplayersofig #couturefashion #germancosplay #germancosplayer #princesscosplay #princesscore #fantasygown #cosplayspotlight #fantasyqueen #lucreziaborgia https://www.instagram.com/p/CiVfgPVr46Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[joansutherlandfan]

Today's #tbt is right from the backstage of the legendary Lucrezia Borgia at ROH, 1980. Joan talks with the prince Charles - now King Charles III.

After the performance of first night, Queen Mother greeted Joan, she joked asking which tiara where more shining.

[blackvalyrians]

Let’s correct the record on here. This ignorant moron has been spreading lies about my friend @latristereina and accusing her of stalking her twitter, and now “posted it out of context for her jollies”, which refers to this screenshot circling the fandom:

Let’s get something straight, Taylor, I was the one who found that screenshot and let latristereina know about it. You’ve been harassing her for who knows how long now, accusing her of being racist, all the while you were making ignorant comments (among the many) like this. 

And let’s get to the point, there is no “context” that makes this quote okay. And the fact that when this got found out and you backpedalled on your twitter (wish I had taken a screenshot of it) suggests that you knew had messed up.

You’re racist trash. You’re racist trash that has been called out by multiple people of color for your behavior. You’re racist trash that doesn’t really give a damn about slavery, genocide, or any of that. You just want to win some pathetic war of the wives on tumblr and you using serious topics that have effects to this very day as weapons so your fav white woman (who no doubt had problematic views as well considering she lived in the 16th century you fucking moron) can look good. And you can fuck all the way off for that.  

Again: get a life and leave people the hell alone. And that goes for the other clowns you hang with. 

[esrpublicist]

don't want to be young and sad another day longer another day longer

[draculachronicle]

The story of Lucrezia Borgia, one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the Renaissance. The daughter of Pope Alexander VI, she was intensely involved in the political life of Italy during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. While her marriage alliances helped advance the political objectives of the papacy, she also held the office of Governor of Spoleto, a role normally reserved for Cardinals, making her one of the most powerful and dynamic female figures of the Renaissance. This new edition of Ferdinand Gregorovius’s classic work on Lucrezia Borgia is lavishly illustrated in color and black and white and enhanced with an introduction by Samantha Morris, a noted expert on the history of the Borgias. Available now at HistriaBooks.com #histriabooks #borgia #lucreziaborgia #renaissance #renaissanceitaly #historybooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CU4GE0xMf_3/?utm_medium=tumblr

[glorianas]

top 5 anne boleyn portrayals

1. genevieve bujold

2. jodie turner smith (i simply kno and perceive)

3. claire foy

4. natalie dormer

5. dorothy tutin

[kathrynhoward]

in The Tudors, it makes more sense narratively, and the age gap is at least in the right direction. Exaggerating the age gap for people who aren’t familiar with the history, it’s easier to catch on when someone is a decade older vs half a decade. 

And Emma Frost wants her young pretty protagonists; even look at Laura Carmicheal, who plays Margaret Pole. Margaret is old enough to be Henry’s mother, she was nearly 18 when he was born. Laura? Four years older than Ruairi. 

The only older women must be Shrews and Evil; look at the treatment Elizabeth Woodville recieved in tsp vs twq, EOY in tsp vs twp, Margaret Beaufort, Cecily Neville. Old women??? witches, shrews, evil

[plasticbottlesonly]

Borgias photos

Borgia Family Appreciation Week (Jun 2020)

DAY 7 part 2: Anything you want! 

So I’m going to add here all my experiences with the Borgia Family, while I was travelling to some places. I have just a few, but I took photos of all of them and I hope you all enjoy.

1) Painting of Alexandre Borgia, in oil and gold (I found it in the Vatican museum)

2) Cesare Borgia’s sword (I found it on the Victoria and Albert museum, in London)

This is th detail:

And this is what it was written: 

3) The Borgia’s apartments: ceiling (This is a part of some rooms inside the Vatican Museum)

If you can’t read, it is writen “Alexandre Borgia”. This next detail is the Borgia’s coat of arms in the ceiling:

Again, the Borgia’s coat of arms, but more visible, this was near the window:

4) A painting of Vanozza (I found this painting in Galleria Borguese, in Rome, but we could not take photos inside, so I took one very hidden, that’s why it is all blur)

But you can see here that it is writen that this is Vanozza: 

5) A fireplace in The Borgias apartments (in the Vatican Museum)

6) All the popes reunited together (this was inside the Vatican, when you get out of the duomo of the Basilica di San Pietro)

And here is the detail of our dearest:

7) Special painting on the ceiling of the Borgia’s apartment (on the Vatican Museum)

And this two right here are Cesare (sitting down) and Lucrezia (with blond long hair looking at him):

7) Lucrezia Borgia’s Hair (I found it in the Biblioteca Ambrosia, in Milan)

This is what it was writen, in latin

And there was also this note, here, to listen to some information in italian or in english (its the second one)

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So this was my experience with the Borgia Family when I was travelling abroad! What do you think? Not a lot of pics, but its what I have got! And I hope you find them, too, when you travel!