This isn’t a tudor ask, but were Cesare and Lucrezia incesty irl? They’re always portrayed that way in shows and stuff, and I wanted to know if it was true.

I don’t even have a rudimentary knowledge of the Borgias, so you should probably ask someone else?

My impression is that there were rumors that they were; and that the two of them did have a close relationship, perhaps unusually close for siblings of the gentry in that era. Beyond that, I really don’t know, but I don’t think there’s ever been irrefutable “proof” of incest between the two of them. 

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