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==Family== Alfonso de Borgia was born in La Torreta in 1378. La Torreta was at the time in the [[Señorío de Torre de Canals]] (but is now a neighborhood of [[Novetlè]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://palomatorrijos.blogspot.hk/2013/06/anna-y-canals-valencia.html |title=Anna y Canals. Valencia |website=palomatorrijos |language=es |date=12 June 2013 |access-date=25 February 2014 |quote=... En el siglo XIV se construyó junto a la torre, y aprovechando parte de sus murallas, un pequeño Palacio Gótico que era la sede de la baronía de La Torre, independiente de Canals, cuyos titulares eran los Borgia. En este lugar nació en 1378 Alfonso Borgia, el que fuera futuro papa Calixto III. ...' }}</ref> At the time he was born in the [[Kingdom of Valencia]] under the [[Crown of Aragon]]. He was the eldest child of [[Juan Domingo de Borja y Doncel]] and Francina Llançol. His sister Isabel married [[Jofré Llançol i Escrivà]] (son of [[Rodrigo Gil de Borja y Fennolet]]), and become the mother of [[Pedro Luis de Borja]] and [[Rodrigo de Borja|Pope Alexander VI]]. His other sister Catalina became of the mother of [[Luis de Milà y de Borja]]. Alfonso was baptized at Saint Mary's Basilica in [[Xativa]], where he is honored with a statue in his memory.<ref>Rolfe, p. 12</ref><ref>[http://m.inmagine.com/image-ptg01400931-Statue-of-Pope-Calixtus-III%20St.-Mary%27s-Basilica%20La-Seu-Cathedral%20X%C3%A0tiva-%28J%C3%A1tiva%29%20Valencia%20Spain%20Europe.html Statue of Pope Calixtus III, St. Mary's Basilica, La Seu Cathedral, Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain], {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120141216/http://m.inmagine.com/image-ptg01400931-Statue-of-Pope-Calixtus-III%20St.-Mary%27s-Basilica%20La-Seu-Cathedral%20X%C3%A0tiva-%28J%C3%A1tiva%29%20Valencia%20Spain%20Europe.html |date=20 November 2014 }}</ref>
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