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BORGHESE , a See also:noble See also:Italian See also:family of Sienese origin, first mentioned in 1238, a member of which, See also:Marcantonio Borghese, settled in See also:Rome and was the See also:father of Camillo Borghese (1550-162o), elected See also:pope under the See also:title of See also:Paul V. (1605). Paul created his See also:nephew See also:prince of See also:Vivero on the 17th of See also:November 1609, and See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip III. of See also:Spain conferred the title of prince of See also:Sulmona on him in 161o. The family took its See also:place among the higher See also:Roman See also:nobility by the See also:marriage of the prince's son See also:Paolo with Olimpia, heiress of the Aldobrandini family, in 1614. In 1803 Camillo Filippo Ludovico, Prince Borghese (b. 1775), married Pauline, See also:sister of the See also:emperor See also:Napoleon, and widow of See also:General Leclerc. In 18o6 he was made See also:duke of See also:Guastalla, and for some years acted as See also:governor of the Piedmontese and Genoese provinces. After the fall of Napoleon he fixed his See also:residence at See also:Florence, where he died in 1832. The Borghese See also:palace at Rome is one of the most magnificent buildings in the See also:city, and contained a splendid See also:gallery of pictures, most of which have been transferred to the See also:Villa Borghese outside the See also:Porto del Popolo, now Villa Umberto I., the See also:property of the Italian See also:government.
See A. von See also:Reumont, Geschichte der Stadt Rom, iii. 6o5, 609. 617, &c.; Almanach de See also:Gotha (Gotha, 1902) ; J. H. See also:Douglas, The See also:Principal Noble Families of Rome (Rome, 1905).
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