He was born in Valencia, Spain, the third of the eight children of Jofré de Borja Lanzol de Romaní and Juana Moncada in 1472. In his early military career, he became a Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and Knight of Rhodes. When he tried to fray Francisco de Boxols's post as the priorate of the Order in Cataluña in 1498, Ferdinand II of Aragon ("Fernando the Catholic") through his ambassador in Rome attempted to Borja's appointment annulled; Borja was instead made prior of the Order in Santa Eufemia.
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