Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates, 1878- · New York, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 586
nd misfortune was hurled at the Caetanifamily by succeeding Popes. Alexander VI (Borgia)not only confiscated the property of the Colonna andthe Savelli, but began the establishment and aggran-dizement of the Borgia house largely by means of theCaetani properties. In 1499 Alexander, by a… … AND COUNTRY SEATS useless, and the unfortunate man was poisoned in thecastle Sant Angelo the next year. Bernadino, theyouthful son of Niccolo Caetani, was murdered byCaesar Borgias bailiffs at Sermoneta, and it was onlywith difficulty that the other son, Guglielmo, escapedto Mantua. Papal troops…
