BORGIA, CARLO, of the dukes of GANDIA. - Cardinal, b. in Madrid on 30 Apr. 1663, d. at La Granja on 8 Aug. 1773. Third son of the ninth duke of Gandia and of Maria Ponce de León. Having graduated in theology at
Alcalá de Henares, he was first a canon of Toledo cathedral and then archdeacon in Madrid. In 1702 Philip V chose him as first almoner, chief chaplain, and vicar general of the army, and in this capacity he accompanied the army in the Italian campaigns. In 1705 he succeeded Pietro Portocarrero in the archbishopric of Trebizond. In 1708 he was granted the title of patriarch of the Indies, and on 30 Nov. 1720 he was created cardinal of the title
of S. Pudenziana by Clement XI. He came to Rome in 1721, but arrived too late to take part in the Conclave of Innocent XI.