books.google.co.uk - The papacy has often resembled a secular European monarchy more than a divinely inspired institution. Roman pontiffs bestowed great wealth on their families and forged strategic alliances with other powerful families to increase their power. Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), for example, forced his...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Papal_Genealogy.html?id=-mq7ctwMNdoC&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePapal Genealogy
