"I'm Pope Alexander VI, known as Rodrigo de Borja/Borgia. I was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until my death in 1503. I was born into the prominent Borgia family in Xàtiva in the Kingdom of Valencia under the Crown of Aragon (now Spain), I studied law at the University of Bologna. I was ordained deacon and made a cardinal in 1456 after the election of my uncle as Pope Callixtus III, and a year later I'm became vice-chancellor of the Catholic Church. "

"I proceeded to serve in the Curia under the next four popes, acquiring significant influence and wealth in the process. In 1492, I was elected pope, taking the name of Alexander VI."

"My papal bulls of 1493 confirmed or reconfirmed the rights of the Spanish crown in the New World following the finds of Christopher Columbus in 1492. During the second Italian war, I supported my son Cesare Borgia as a condottiero for the French king. The scope of my foreign policy was to gain the most advantageous terms for my family. I'm one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partly because I acknowledged fathering of my several children from my mistresses. As a result, my Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia, became a byword for libertinism and nepotism, which are traditionally considered as characterizing my pontificate."