From this time Vannozza and her children saw each other but little, although they were not completely separated.

They continued to communicate with each other, but the mother profited only indirectly by the good fortune and greatness of her offspring.

Vannozza never allowed herself, nor did Alexander permit her, to have any influence in the Vatican, and her name seldom appears in the records of the time.
Donna Lucretia was now beginning to maintain the state of a great princess.

She received the numerous connections of her house, as well as the friends and flatterers of the now all-powerful Borgia.

Strange it is that the very man who, after the stormy period of her life, was to take her to a haven of rest should appear there about the time of her betrothal to Sforza, and while the contract was being contested by Don Gasparo.
Among the Italian princes who at that period either sent ambassadors or came in person to Rome to render homage to the new Pope was the hereditary prince of Ferrara.