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Election of Pope Alexander VI

Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel are casting their votes in the papal conclave of 1492, with Rodrigo Borgia leveraging political alliances and bribery to secure his election as Pope Alexander VI.

Year 1492
Date 8/11
Location Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
tax:elections-and-official-selection tax:church-governance-and-office

Key Figures

Rodrigo Borgia Cardinal Ascanio Sforza Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici Conclave Guard
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 140 linked moments

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Death of Pope Julius II
1513 · same figure
E
Election of Pope Nicholas V
1447 · same figure
F
Fifth Lateran Council
1512 · same figure
A
Annulment of Lucrezia Borgia's first marriage to Giovanni Sforza
1497 · same figure
D
Death of Pope Julius II
1513 · same figure
D
Death of Pope Sixtus IV
1484 · same figure
D
Death of Pope Julius II
1513 · same figure
C
Coronation of Pope Julius II
1503 · same figure
D
Death of Pope Julius II
1513 · same figure
E
Election of Pope Nicholas V
1447 · same location
M
Marriage of Maximilian I and Bianca Maria Sforza
1493 · same figure
D
Death of Pope Julius II
1513 · same figure
D
Dudum siquidem papal bull
1493 · same era
D
Dudum siquidem papal bull
1493 · follows
P
Papal Bull Inter caetera
1493 · same era
P
Papal Bull Inter caetera
1493 · follows
I
Inter caetera Papal Bull
1493 · same era
I
Inter caetera Papal Bull
1493 · follows
C
Coronation of Pope Pius III
1503 · same figure
D
Death of Pope Julius II
1513 · same figure
P
Papal Bull Inter caetera
1493 · same era
P
Papal Bull Inter caetera
1493 · follows
E
Election of Pope Martin V
1417 · same figure
D
Death of Pope Julius II
1513 · same figure
M
Marriage of Lucrezia Borgia to Giovanni Sforza
1493 · same era
M
Marriage of Lucrezia Borgia to Giovanni Sforza
1493 · follows
C
Council of Troyes (1129)
1129 · thematic
P
Papal takeover of Bologna by Julius II
1506 · thematic
D
Death of Pope Julius II
1513 · thematic
A
Approval of the Franciscan Rule (Solet annuere)
1223 · thematic
F
Founding of the Poor Clares by Clare of Assisi
1212 · thematic
F
Fourth Lateran Council
1215 · thematic
E
Election of Pope Pius II
1458 · same figure
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Treaty of Tordesillas
1494 · thematic
E
Election of Pope Pius II
1458 · thematic
P
Promulgation of Nostra Aetate
1965 · thematic