Marquess of Borghetto

Marquess of Borghetto (Spanish: Marqués de Borghetto) is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, granted originally in the peerage of Parma to Catalina de Bassecourt, by Philip, Duke of Parma, member of the Spanish royal family and younger brother of Charles III of Spain, on July 1765.[2][3]

Marquessate of Borghetto
Creation date	1765
Created by	Philip, Duke of Parma
Peerage	Peerage of Spain
First holder	Catalina de Bassecourt y Thieulaine, 1st Marchioness of Borghetto
Present holder	Carlos Morenés y Mariátegui, 10th Marquess of Borghetto[1]

Catalina de Bassecourt was the honorary lady-in-waiting of Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain as wife of Philip V and mother of the Duke of Parma, and later of María Luisa of Parma.[4][5]

The family of Philip I of Parma by Giuseppe Baldrighi. To the right, the 1st Marchioness of Borghetto, 1757

In 1903, Alfonso XIII recognised it as a title of the Kingdom and peerage of Spain, issuing a Royal Decree in favour of Felipe Morenés y García-Alessón, in memory of his ancestors' parmesan title.[6]