Juan de Borja y Castro was a Spanish noble of the House of Borja and the House of Castro. Juan was a soldier, diplomat and a worker for the Spanish state. He is best known for being the first Count of Mayalde and count consort of Ficalho (in Portugal).
Juan was the third son of Francisco de Borja, a Catholic saint and the 4th Duke of Gandía and his wife, Leonor Leonor de Castro Mello y Meneses.
Juan was born in Bellpuig while his father was assisting at the courts Monzón as the head caballerizo representing Carlos I at the time.
Between 1539 and 1543, he lived with family members in Barcelona coinciding with his father's stint as Viceroy of Catalonia. He later moved to Gandía when his father was named the duke. Juan was educated amongst the Jesuits at the Universidad de Gandía. In 1548, he was admitted into the Order of Santiago which was by this time under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy.
After the death of his mother in 1546, he accompanied his father to Rome from 1550-51 where he was going to join a company. The pair returned to Oñati from where Juan then proceeded to attend University at the prestigious University of Alcalá.
In 1552, Juan returned to Gandia and married Lorenza de Oñaz y Loyola, the niece of Ignatius of Loyola. The pair would have the following children:
◾ Leonor de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
+ Gilabert de Centelles, Lord of Vallis de Aiora
◾ Magdalena de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
+ Juan Urbán de Vivero, Viscount of Altamira
◾ Francisca de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
◾ Juana de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
After the death of his first wife in 1575, he married again with Francisca de Aragão Barreto, Countess of Ficalho, the pair would have the following children:
◾ Francisco de Borja y Aragón, Viceroy of Peru
+ Anna Borgia, princesa de Squillace
◾ Antonio de Borja y Aragón, who joined the clergy
◾ Rodrigo de Borja y Aragón, died in infancy
◾ Carlos de Borja y Aragón, who married the Duchess of Villahermosa
+ María Luisa de Aragón, Duchess of Villahermosa
◾ Fernando de Borja y Aragón, the viceroy of Valencia and Aragon
+ María Francisca de Borja y de Aragón, Princess of Squilace, Countess of Simari
Juan died at the age of 73, in September of 1606, the victim of an accident which occurred when the litter basket in which he was carried, due to his suffering from gout, fell down a staircase at El Escorial. His body was initially buried at the Colegio Imperial de Madrid until 1613 when it was transferred to the Igreja de São Roque in Lisbon.
The right to be buried in a tomb built under the High Altar, as attested by a stone inscription, was given to D. João de Borja and his family. D. João de Borja, who died on September 3, 1606 in the Escorial in Spain, played an important role in the history of the Igreja de São Roque by creating a collection of reliquaries which he eventually gave to the church, some of which are exhibited in the Reliquary Altars.
Juan was the third son of Francisco de Borja, a Catholic saint and the 4th Duke of Gandía and his wife, Leonor Leonor de Castro Mello y Meneses.
Juan was born in Bellpuig while his father was assisting at the courts Monzón as the head caballerizo representing Carlos I at the time.
Between 1539 and 1543, he lived with family members in Barcelona coinciding with his father's stint as Viceroy of Catalonia. He later moved to Gandía when his father was named the duke. Juan was educated amongst the Jesuits at the Universidad de Gandía. In 1548, he was admitted into the Order of Santiago which was by this time under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy.
After the death of his mother in 1546, he accompanied his father to Rome from 1550-51 where he was going to join a company. The pair returned to Oñati from where Juan then proceeded to attend University at the prestigious University of Alcalá.
In 1552, Juan returned to Gandia and married Lorenza de Oñaz y Loyola, the niece of Ignatius of Loyola. The pair would have the following children:
◾ Leonor de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
+ Gilabert de Centelles, Lord of Vallis de Aiora
◾ Magdalena de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
+ Juan Urbán de Vivero, Viscount of Altamira
◾ Francisca de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
◾ Juana de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
After the death of his first wife in 1575, he married again with Francisca de Aragão Barreto, Countess of Ficalho, the pair would have the following children:
◾ Francisco de Borja y Aragón, Viceroy of Peru
+ Anna Borgia, princesa de Squillace
◾ Antonio de Borja y Aragón, who joined the clergy
◾ Rodrigo de Borja y Aragón, died in infancy
◾ Carlos de Borja y Aragón, who married the Duchess of Villahermosa
+ María Luisa de Aragón, Duchess of Villahermosa
◾ Fernando de Borja y Aragón, the viceroy of Valencia and Aragon
+ María Francisca de Borja y de Aragón, Princess of Squilace, Countess of Simari
Juan died at the age of 73, in September of 1606, the victim of an accident which occurred when the litter basket in which he was carried, due to his suffering from gout, fell down a staircase at El Escorial. His body was initially buried at the Colegio Imperial de Madrid until 1613 when it was transferred to the Igreja de São Roque in Lisbon.
The right to be buried in a tomb built under the High Altar, as attested by a stone inscription, was given to D. João de Borja and his family. D. João de Borja, who died on September 3, 1606 in the Escorial in Spain, played an important role in the history of the Igreja de São Roque by creating a collection of reliquaries which he eventually gave to the church, some of which are exhibited in the Reliquary Altars.
Juan de Borja y Castro was a Spanish noble of the House of Borja and the House of Castro. Juan was a soldier, diplomat and a worker for the Spanish state. He is best known for being the first Count of Mayalde and count consort of Ficalho (in Portugal).
Juan was the third son of Francisco de Borja, a Catholic saint and the 4th Duke of Gandía and his wife, Leonor Leonor de Castro Mello y Meneses.
Juan was born in Bellpuig while his father was assisting at the courts Monzón as the head caballerizo representing Carlos I at the time.
Between 1539 and 1543, he lived with family members in Barcelona coinciding with his father's stint as Viceroy of Catalonia. He later moved to Gandía when his father was named the duke. Juan was educated amongst the Jesuits at the Universidad de Gandía. In 1548, he was admitted into the Order of Santiago which was by this time under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy.
After the death of his mother in 1546, he accompanied his father to Rome from 1550-51 where he was going to join a company. The pair returned to Oñati from where Juan then proceeded to attend University at the prestigious University of Alcalá.
In 1552, Juan returned to Gandia and married Lorenza de Oñaz y Loyola, the niece of Ignatius of Loyola. The pair would have the following children:
◾ Leonor de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
+ Gilabert de Centelles, Lord of Vallis de Aiora
◾ Magdalena de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
+ Juan Urbán de Vivero, Viscount of Altamira
◾ Francisca de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
◾ Juana de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
After the death of his first wife in 1575, he married again with Francisca de Aragão Barreto, Countess of Ficalho, the pair would have the following children:
◾ Francisco de Borja y Aragón, Viceroy of Peru
+ Anna Borgia, princesa de Squillace
◾ Antonio de Borja y Aragón, who joined the clergy
◾ Rodrigo de Borja y Aragón, died in infancy
◾ Carlos de Borja y Aragón, who married the Duchess of Villahermosa
+ María Luisa de Aragón, Duchess of Villahermosa
◾ Fernando de Borja y Aragón, the viceroy of Valencia and Aragon
+ María Francisca de Borja y de Aragón, Princess of Squilace, Countess of Simari
Juan died at the age of 73, in September of 1606, the victim of an accident which occurred when the litter basket in which he was carried, due to his suffering from gout, fell down a staircase at El Escorial. His body was initially buried at the Colegio Imperial de Madrid until 1613 when it was transferred to the Igreja de São Roque in Lisbon.
The right to be buried in a tomb built under the High Altar, as attested by a stone inscription, was given to D. João de Borja and his family. D. João de Borja, who died on September 3, 1606 in the Escorial in Spain, played an important role in the history of the Igreja de São Roque by creating a collection of reliquaries which he eventually gave to the church, some of which are exhibited in the Reliquary Altars.
Juan was the third son of Francisco de Borja, a Catholic saint and the 4th Duke of Gandía and his wife, Leonor Leonor de Castro Mello y Meneses.
Juan was born in Bellpuig while his father was assisting at the courts Monzón as the head caballerizo representing Carlos I at the time.
Between 1539 and 1543, he lived with family members in Barcelona coinciding with his father's stint as Viceroy of Catalonia. He later moved to Gandía when his father was named the duke. Juan was educated amongst the Jesuits at the Universidad de Gandía. In 1548, he was admitted into the Order of Santiago which was by this time under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy.
After the death of his mother in 1546, he accompanied his father to Rome from 1550-51 where he was going to join a company. The pair returned to Oñati from where Juan then proceeded to attend University at the prestigious University of Alcalá.
In 1552, Juan returned to Gandia and married Lorenza de Oñaz y Loyola, the niece of Ignatius of Loyola. The pair would have the following children:
◾ Leonor de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
+ Gilabert de Centelles, Lord of Vallis de Aiora
◾ Magdalena de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
+ Juan Urbán de Vivero, Viscount of Altamira
◾ Francisca de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
◾ Juana de Borja Oñaz y Loyola
After the death of his first wife in 1575, he married again with Francisca de Aragão Barreto, Countess of Ficalho, the pair would have the following children:
◾ Francisco de Borja y Aragón, Viceroy of Peru
+ Anna Borgia, princesa de Squillace
◾ Antonio de Borja y Aragón, who joined the clergy
◾ Rodrigo de Borja y Aragón, died in infancy
◾ Carlos de Borja y Aragón, who married the Duchess of Villahermosa
+ María Luisa de Aragón, Duchess of Villahermosa
◾ Fernando de Borja y Aragón, the viceroy of Valencia and Aragon
+ María Francisca de Borja y de Aragón, Princess of Squilace, Countess of Simari
Juan died at the age of 73, in September of 1606, the victim of an accident which occurred when the litter basket in which he was carried, due to his suffering from gout, fell down a staircase at El Escorial. His body was initially buried at the Colegio Imperial de Madrid until 1613 when it was transferred to the Igreja de São Roque in Lisbon.
The right to be buried in a tomb built under the High Altar, as attested by a stone inscription, was given to D. João de Borja and his family. D. João de Borja, who died on September 3, 1606 in the Escorial in Spain, played an important role in the history of the Igreja de São Roque by creating a collection of reliquaries which he eventually gave to the church, some of which are exhibited in the Reliquary Altars.
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