Few families in history left behind as horrid a legacy as the Borgias. During the Italian Renaissance, their name was synonymous with scandal, depravity, and debauchery. Even though many members held high-ranking positions within the Catholic Church, including the papal throne itself, they were despised throughout Italy and beyond. The accusations ranged from corruption to murder, and interrelations amongst the family members. The Pope himself was accused of all these things and more within the walls of the Vatican, and once he died his quarters were sealed for hundreds of years. His successor claimed, "I will not live in the same rooms as the Borgias lived. He desecrated the Holy Church as none before."
Intrigued? Read on to find out more about the Renaissance's most notorious dynasty.