Benedetto Pamphili [SEP] position held
Benedetto Pamphili
Benedetto Pamphili (often with the final "long i" orthography, Pamphilj) (25 April 1653 – 22 March 1730) was an Italian cardinal, patron of the arts, composer and librettist.
Life.
Pamphili was born in Rome on 25 April 1653 into the powerful Pamphili family. His father was Camillo Pamphili who had also been a cardinal but renounced his post to marry Olimpia Aldobrandini.
Pamphili was Grand Prior of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Rome from 1678 until 
Pope
the nucleus for the Galleria Doria Pamphilj.
Aldobrandini and Camillo Pamphili had five children including Giovan Battista Pamphili, Benedetto Pamphili and Anna Pamphili who married the Genoese nobleman Giovanni Andrea III Doria Landi in 1671. When the Roman branch of the Pamphlili family ended in 1760, it was the descendants of Anna and Giovanni who inherited the palazzo in Rome.
Children with Prince Borghese:
1. Giovanni Giorgio Borghese
2. Camillo Borghese
3. Francesco Borghese
4. Giovanni Battista Borghese, Principe Borghese (1639–1717)