Can anyone help me? I was wondering if Cesare Borgia's empire was solely linked to his father and later Pius III's occupation of St. Peter's throne, or whether he could maybe stay on as Duke of Romagna on his own. And also, were his bastard son Gerolamo (b. 1501/02) to be legitimized/legitimate child of Cesare and Charlotte d'Albret, would he stand a chance at inheriting Romagna? Or would he just inherit his father's duchy of Valentinois in France?
Secondly, random thought, would it be possible for his daughter, Luisa, to marry one of the three Sforza princes (Il Duchetto, Massimiliano, or Francesco II), or were the Borgia and Sforza policies polar opposites?
I seem to recall reading that the reason Lucrezia was divorced from her Sforza husband was because he had outlived his usefulness (her second husband was supposedly murdered by Cesare [whether for the same reason or out of lust for his sister, opinions differ]).
Might Lucrezia (besides Gioffre) he last of Vanozza de Catanei's children, decide to mend fences between the Borgias and the Sforza? or would Luisa rather be married to one of her cousins - Giovanni or Gioffre's sons?