Jofré Llançol i Escrivà

Jofré Llançol i Escrivà, (b. c. 1390 - d. c. 1436 or 1437), also known as Jofré de Borja y Escrivà and Jofré de Borja y Doms, was a Spanish noble from Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia in the town of Borja, Zaragoza. He was related by marriage to the prestigious House of Borja family. He was the uncle of the cardinal Luis Juan del Milà and father of Pope Alexander VI.

Biography

Jofré Llançol i Escrivà was born in Játiva, Comunidad Valenciana around 1390. He was head of the branch of the House of Borja that resided on Ventres Street in Játiva or Xàtiva. He was the son of Rodrigo Gil de Borja y Fennolet, who held the title of Jurado del Estamento Militar de Játiva in 1395, 1406 and 1407, and his wife Sibilia de Escrivà y Pròixita. Jofré died in either 1436 or 1437 in Valencia.

Marriage and Descendants

Jofré Llançol i Escrivà married Isabel de Borja y Cavanilles, who was actually his distant cousin, from Valencia. She was the daughter of Domingo de Borja and his wife Francina Llançol one of four children the couple had which also included Alfonso de Borja y Cavanilles who would later go on to become pope Pope Callixtus III and two sisters named Francisca and Catalina. The couple gave birth to 5 children including:

• Rodrigo de Borja y Borja - who would later become the Pope (b. 1431 - d. 1503).
• Pedro Luis de Llançol y Borja - who became the Marquess of Civitavecchia and Duke of Spoleto (b. ? - d. 1458)
• Joana de Llançol y Borja - married Pedro Guillén Llançol, 8th Lord of Villalonga
• Tecla de Llançol y Borja (b. ? - d. c. 1462) - married Vidal de Vilanova, Lord of Pego and Murla
• Beatriu de Llançol y Borja - married Ximen Pérez de Arenós, Lord of Puebla de Arenos