Sienese family dating from the 13th century. Camillo Borghese (1552-1621) became Pope Paul V in 1605, and greatly advanced the family's fortunes. Camillo Filippo Ludovico, Prince Borghese...
Applied to sculptures originally in the collection at the Villa Borghese in Rome. 
a member of a noble Italian family, originally from Siena, that was important in Italian politics and society from the 16th to the early 19th century.