It is unknown when he traveled from the territory of the
Crown of Castile to the Italian peninsula and when he began to work for the
Borgias, but it is known that by the time of Cesare Borgia's father's election as
Pope Alexander VI, Ramiro was already held in confidence by Cesare, so much so that in his role as
butler he accompanied Cesare to France in order to serve as a witness to his marriage to
Charlotte of Albret in 1498. In 1500, Cesare used the refusal of the lords of
Romagna to pay tribute to the
Pope as
pretext to invade the region. In October 1501, Ramiro became governor of the whole province and undertook the pacification of it, imposing a relentless regimen of torture and
public executions that brought him the fear and hatred of the public. Disorder was mercilessly repressed, but Ramiro promoted peace between factions and initiated a program of
public works. ==References==