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In 150s the House of Borgia seemed to be at the height of their power. They Borgias controlled the Papacy, the Duchy of Urbino, the Romagna and parts of Tuscany, not to mention marriages with both Ferrara and France/Navarre. Sadly for them,when Pope Alexander VI died, that power vanished completely and near totally. SO my question is qhat if Pope Alexander VI didn't die in 1503? He as already 72, quite old for the era in which he lived, but what if he lives 4 or 5 years longer? Would this give Cesare the time needed to consolidate his Duchy of the Romagna, or to find a good (Borgia or Borgia leaning) candidate for the Papacy? Or would it just give a dieing family a few more years to cling to power?
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