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Borghese (bōrgā`zā), Roman noble family, originally of Siena. It produced one pope, Paul V Paul V, 1552–1621, pope (1605–21), a Roman named Camillo Borghese; successor of Leo XI. He was created cardinal (1596) by Clement VIII and was renowned for his knowledge of canon law.
..... Click the link for more information. , several cardinals, and many prominent citizens. The Borghese were noted patrons of arts and letters. Scipione Cardinal Borghese built the fine Villa Borghese in Rome. Camillo Borghese, a general under Napoleon I, married his sister Pauline Bonaparte Bonaparte , Ital. Buonaparte , family name of Napoleon I, emperor of the French. Parentage

Napoleon's father,

Carlo Buonaparte, 1746–85, a petty Corsican nobleman, was a lawyer in Ajaccio.
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No references found			Then the band would play a march, an amnesty would be declared, the Pope would agree to retire from Rome to Brazil; then there would be a ball for the whole of Italy at the Villa Borghese on the shores of Lake Como, Lake Como being for that purpose transferred to the neighbourhood of Rome; then would come a scene in the bushes, and so on, and so on--as though you did not know all about it? Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context Beautiful as Pauline Borghese, she looked at the moment scarcely purer than Lucrece de Borgia. The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context The carriage was traversing that part of the Pincian Garden that overhangs the wall of Rome and overlooks the beautiful Villa Borghese. Daisy Miller by James, Henry View in context			Borenius, Tancred borer Borers borescope boresight boresight camera boresighting Boreskov, Georgii Boreskov, Georgii Konstantinovich Boreskov, Mikhail Boreskov, Mikhail Matveevich Boresomeness Boretskii Family borf Borg Borg, Björn Borgå Borga Diet of 1809 Borge, Victor Borgen, Johan Borger Borgerhout Borges Borges, Jorge Luis Borgese, Giuseppe Antonio Borghese Borghese family Borghese Villa Borgholm Borgia Borgia, Cesare Borgia, Francis Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia, Rodrigo Borgias Borglum Day Borglum, Gutzon Borgman, Ivan Borgman, Ivan Ivanovich Borgognone Borhyaenidae Borhyaenoidea Bori Bori, Lucrezia Borian, Bagrat Borian, Bagrat Artemovich Borian, Gurgen Borian, Gurgen Mikhailovich boric Boric Acid boric acid ester			Borg, Björn Borg:Incursion-Vital Responses Borga Borgå Borga Diet of 1809 Borgarsysla Borgarsyssel Borgasyssel Borge Rosenbaum Borge, Victor Borgen Borgen Borgen, Johan Borgeois Borgeois Borgeoisie Borgeoisie Borger Borgerhout Borgerhout Borges Borges Borges the European Borges the European Borges, Jorge Luis Borges, Jorge Luis Borgese, Giuseppe Antonio Borgesian Borgesian Borgess at Woodbridge Hills Borghese Borghese Family Borghese Villa Borghesi Borghesi Borgholm Borgia Borgia Borgia's bouquet Borgia, Cesare Borgia, Cesare Borgia, Francis Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia, Rodrigo Borgia, Rodrigo Borgias Borgias Borging Borging Borglum Borglum Day Borglum, Gutzon Borgman, Ivan Borgman, Ivan Ivanovich Borgo Matériel Location

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