MAIN CHARACTERS Cesare Borgia {c. 1475–1507}. Italian warrior, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI, subject of Machiavelli's The Prince, Leonardo employer. Donato Bramante {1444–1514}. Architect, friend of Leonardo in Milan, worked on Milan Cathedral, Pavia Cathedral, and St. Peter's in the Vatican. Caterina Lippi {c. 1436–1493}. Orphaned peasant girl from near Vinci, mother of Leonardo; later married Antonio di Piero del Vaccha, known as Accattabriga. Charles d'Amboise {1473–1511}. French governor of Milan from 1503 to 1511, Leonardo patron.
( Walter Isaacson )
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