Abandoned by even his cardinals, Alexander meets King Charles with humility and saves his throne, even eliciting a confession from the conqueror he crowns as the new "King of France and Naples;" Della Rovere despairs as Charles abandons him; Lucrezia safely gives birth to a son in a convent as the Borgias secure an annulment of her marriage and plot revenge on their enemies.
Keywords: 15th-century , court-intrigue , european-history , florence-italy , historical , historical-drama , italian-history , italian-renaissance , religion , renaissance , rome-italy , pope