Francesco Borghese

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Francesco Borghese (* 1556 ; † 1620 in Rome ) was Count of Rignano and general of the papal army of Paul V.

Life

Francesco Borghese came from the Roman noble family of the Borghese . He was the son of Count Marcantonio Borghese (1504–1574) from Siena , who moved to Rome with his family in 1541.

His brother Camillo was as Paul V from 1605 to 1621 Pope of the Catholic Church . His brother Giovanni Battista (Giambattista Borghese 1554-1609) was governor of Borgo and castellan of Castel Sant'Angelo . The son from the marriage of his sister Ortensia to Francesco Caffarelli was the later influential Cardinal Scipione Caffarelli Borghese .

With the installation of his brother Paul V as Pope, he received one of the highest secular offices in the Papal States, captain general of the papal guards and castellan of the Ascoli fortress.

He married Ortensia Santacroce Publicola from a Roman noble family. The marriage remained childless. After the death of his brother Giovanni Battista Borghese in 1609 he was head of the Borghese family.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Giovanni Battista Borghese's funeral 'apparato' of 1610 in S. Maria Maggiore, Rome" , jstor.org, accessed June 19, 2009
  2. ^ "Paul V. Borghese and Urban VIII. Barberini. Career and nepotism in comparison ” , LMU, viewed on June 19, 2009
  3. ↑ "family tree of Borhese" , accessed on 19 June 2009
  4. ^ "Giovanni Battista Borghese's funeral 'apparato' of 1610 in S. Maria Maggiore, Rome" , jstor.org, accessed June 19, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Borghese, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General of the Papal Army of Paul V.
DATE OF BIRTH 1556
DATE OF DEATH 1620
Place of death Rome