- In order to ensure a lasting alliance with Naples, the Pope betroths his 13 year old son to his bastard daughter while Della Rovere conspires in France.
- Lucrezia tends to her husband's injuries and with him unable to rise from his bed, spends more time with the stable boy Paulo, who becomes her lover. The King of Naples proposes a political between his daughter and Juan Borgia, who is not keen on the idea but suggests the younger Gioffre as a more suitable candidate. Upon seeing her he reconsiders but soon becomes he lover. Cesare meanwhile continues to pursue Ursula, whose husband has disappeared. When she learns of her husband's death, she knows Cesare is responsible and refuses to be with him. In France, Cardinal Della Rovere meets King Charles VIII who agrees to try and unseat the Borgia Pope, especially after he hears of the proposed union through marriage of Rome and Naples.—garykmcd
- Pope Alexander has decided to conclude an alliance with Naples against the French threat by marrying one of his sons to king Ferrante's bastard duchess Sancia. Papal general Juan declines but accepts to check and fetch her for his pre-teen kid brother Gioffre, yet finds her to his taste and makes her his mistress. While duke Sforza is unable to leave his sickbed, Lucrezia enjoys adulterous love with stable boy and accomplice Paolo. Cardinal Cesare uses Ursula's husband count Bonadeo's absence to start a carnal affair, but a more permanent move backfire tragically for both spouses. Cardinal Della Rovere perseveres in prodding gloomy, gross French king Charles VIII to invade Italy, even after a demonstration of the horrors of modern artillery. Finding his mother's lover Theo in her home, Juan beats him up, but is severely reprimanded by the pope on account of the scandal.—KGF Vissers
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