Pope, and received, a ransom of 3,000 scudi for her safe conduct to Rome. Giulia remained close to the Pope until 1499 or 1500. At this time, she seems to have fallen out of his favour due to her age (25 or 26). Bellonci believes that the break between the two was probably made amicably with the help of Adriana de Mila. Her husband Orsino also died prematurely in 1500. She then moved to Carbognano, which is not far from Rome. This town's castle had been given to Orsino by Alexander VI. Second marriage and later life Giulia returned to Rome in 1505 for the wedding of her daughter Laura to Niccolò Franciotti della Rovere, Lord of Gallese, who was the brother of Cardinal Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere and the son of Laura della Rovere, sister of the then-incumbent Pope Julius II. For Giulia, the time of love was not over. In the first years of her widowhood, after a series of lovers whose names have not been recorded, she married Baron Giovanni Capece Bozzuto di Afragola, a member of the lower ranking Neapolitan nobility. In 1506, Giulia became the governor of Carbognano. Giulia took up residence in the citadel of the castle; years later, her name was inscribed on its gate. The chronicle of the castle states that Giulia was an able administrator who governed in a firm and energetic manner. Giulia stayed in Carbognano until 1522; she then returned to Rome. Death In early 1524, Giulia, apparently sensing that death was near, had her testament written on the 14th of March in her room, overlooking the church of San Girolamo, in the Arenula district of Rome. Giulia died there, in the house of her brother, Cardinal Alessandro. She was 50 years old. The cause of her death is unknown. Ten years later her brother ascended the papal throne as Pope Paul III. Laura and Niccolò had two children, a son Giulio (d. 1550) and a daughter Lavinia (1521 - 1601), who inherited the possessions of the Orsini family. In popular culture In the 2011 Showtime television series The Borgias, Giulia is played by Lotte Verbeek. In the 2011 Canal+ television series Borgia, Giulia is played by Marta Gastini. Giulia is the protagonist of Kate Quinn's book series, The Borgia Chronicles. Ancestry Notes References Sources Further reading 1474 births 1524 deaths People from the Province of Viterbo Giulia Farnese