GIULIO See also:ALBERONI (1664-1752)
, See also:Spanish–See also:Italian See also:cardinal and statesman, was See also:born near See also:Piacenza, probably at the See also:village of See also:Fiorenzuola, on ' the 31st of May 1664
.
His See also:father was a gardener, and he himself became first connected with the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in the humble position of See also:verger in the See also:cathedral of Piacenza.'
Having gained the favour of See also:Bishop Barni he took See also:priest's orders, and afterwards accompanied the son of his See also:patron to See also:Rome
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During the ' See also:war of the Spanish See also:succession See also:Alberoni laid the See also:foundation of his See also:political success by the services he rendered to the See also:duke of See also:Vendome, See also:commander of the See also:French forces in See also:Italy; and when these forces were recalled in 1706 he accompanied the duke to See also:Paris, where he was favourably received by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV
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Ins 1711 he followed Vendome into See also:Spain as his secretary
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Two years later, the duke having died in the See also:interval, Alberoni was appointed consular See also:agent for See also:Parma at the See also:court of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip V. of Spain, being raised at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to the dignity of See also:count
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On his arrival at See also:Madrid he found the princesse See also:des See also:Ursins all but omnipotent with the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, and for a time he judged it expedient to use her See also:influence in carrying out his plans
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In See also:concert with her he arranged the king's See also:marriage with See also:Elizabeth See also:Farnese of Parma,
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The influence of the new See also:queen being actively exerted on Alberoni's behalf, he speedily See also:rose to high position
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He was made a member of the king's See also:council, bishop of See also:Malaga, and in 1715 See also:prime See also:minister, and was raised to the dignity of cardinal in 1717
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' His See also:internal policy was exceedingly vigorous
.
The See also:main purpose he put before himself was to produce an economic revival in Spain by abolishing internal See also:custom-houses, throwing open the See also:trade of the Indies and reorganizing the finances
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With the resources thus gained he undertook to enable King Philip V. to carry out an ambitious policy both in Italy and in See also:France
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The impatience of the king and his wife gave the minister no time to mature his plans
.
By provoking See also:England, France, See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland and the See also:Empire at once it brought a See also:flood of disaster on Spain for which Alberoni was held responsible
.
On the 5th of See also:December 1719 he was ordered to leave Spain, Elizabeth herself having taken an active See also:part in procuring the See also:decree of banishment
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He went to Italy, and there had to take See also:refuge among the See also:Apennines, See also:Pope See also:Clement XI., who was his See also:bitter enemy, having given strict orders for his See also:arrest
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On the See also:death of Clement, Alberoni boldly appeared at the See also:Conclave, and took part in the See also:election of See also:Innocent XIII
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(1721), after which he was for a See also:short time imprisoned by the pontiff on the demand of Spain
.
At the next election (1724) he was himself proposed for the papal See also:chair, and secured ten votes at the Conclave which elected See also:Benedict XIII
.
Benedict's successor, Clement XII
.
(elected 1730), named him See also:legate of See also:Ravenna, in which capacity he incurred the pope's displeasure by the strong and unwarrantable See also:measures he adopted to reduce the little See also:republic of See also:San See also:Marino to subjection to Rome
.
He' was consequently replaced by another legate in 1740, and soon after he retired to Piacenza
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Clement XII. appointed him See also:administrator of the See also:hospital of San Lazzaro at Piacenza in 1730
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The-hospital was a See also:medieval foundation for the benefit of lepers
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The disease having disappeared from Italy, Alberoni obtained the consent of the pope to the suppression of the hospital, which had fallen into See also:great disorder, and replaced it by a See also:college for the See also:education of seventy poor boys for the priesthood, under the name of the Collegio Alberoni, which it still bears
.
He died on the 16th of See also:June 1752, leaving a sum of 600,000 ducats to endow the See also:seminary he had founded, and the See also:residue of the immense See also:wealth he had acquired in Spain to his See also:nephew
.
Alberoni See also:left a large quantity of See also:manuscripts; but the genuineness of the Political Testament, published in his name at See also:Lausanne in 1753, has been questioned
.
An Histoire du Cardinal Alberoni up to 1719 was published by See also:Jean Rousset de Missy at the See also:Hague in 1719
.
A laudatory See also:life, Storia del Cardinale Giulio Alberoni, was published by Stefano Bersani, a priest educated at his college, at Piacenza, in, 1861
.
Giulio Alberoni e ii suo secolo, by Giovanni Bianchi (1901), is briefer and more See also:critical
.
See also Lettres intimes de J
.
Alberoni, edited by M
.
E
.
See also:Bourgeois (1892)
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