Ettore Borgia (

Velletri Velletri (; la, Velitrae; xvo, Velester) is an Italian ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, approximately 40 km to the southeast of the city centre, located in the Alban Hills, in the region of Lazio, central Italy. Neighbouring com ...

, 1802 –

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, 11 July 1892) was an

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and patriot.

Biography

Ettore Borgia, son of Don Camillo Borgia di Velletri and Adelaide Quainson (or Quenson), belonged to the noble

Borgia family The House of Borgia ( , ; Spanish and an, Borja ; ca-valencia, Borja ) was an Italian-Aragonese Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. They were from Valencia, the surname being a toponymic from the town ...

. In 1812, when he was ten years old, he had to move, by order of the French authorities, to the military college of

La Flèche La Flèche () is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most po ...

in France, despite the family's attempts to exempt him from this duty. When he was almost thirty years old, he was eventually able to return to his hometown and he took charge of the family with the help of his mother. Ettore never married and had no children, making him the last male direct descendant of the family. Despite his father's revolutionary past and exile, Ettore was able to hold the position of

Gonfaloniere The Gonfalonier (in Italian: ''Gonfaloniere'') was the holder of a highly prestigious communal office in medieval and Renaissance Italy, notably in Florence and the Papal States. The name derives from ''gonfalone'' (in English, gonfalon), the ter ...

di Velletri several times between 1840 and 1849. In addition, in 1847 he was given command of the City Guard Battalion with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. But in 1849 he supported the

Roman Republic The Roman Republic ( la, Res publica Romana ) was a form of government of Rome and the era of the classical Roman civilization when it was run through public representation of the Roman people. Beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kin ...

and was even placed on the head of the Marittima Province, south of

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

. In 1867, after the invasion of the

Papal State The Papal States ( ; it, Stato Pontificio, ), officially the State of the Church ( it, Stato della Chiesa, ; la, Status Ecclesiasticus;), were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope fro ...

and the arrival in Velletri by

Giovanni Nicotera Giovanni Nicotera (9 September 1828 – 13 June 1894) was an Italian patriot and politician. His surname is pronounced , with the stress on the second syllable. Biography Nicotera was born at Sambiase, in Calabria, in the Kingdom of the Two Si ...

and his volunteer army, Ettore was appointed as member of the municipal administration for his role in the 1849 uprising. However, after

Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patr ...

's defeat in

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, he had to flee the city and follow Nicotera during his retreat. In 1870, following the annexation of the Papal State to Italy, Ettore was rewarded for his patriotic actions over the years and was therefore appointed president of the (Provisory) Provincial Council of Rome. After the dissolution of this governmental body a few months later and due to his old age, he left active politics and became president of the nursery school of Velletri, which he helped to finance through various initiatives. Ettore Borgia died in 1892 in San Giorgio di ioiosa Mareaat his nephew's house.I diari del giovane Antonino Cumbo conte Borgia
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