Giulio Alberoni was an Italian cardinal, chief advisor to King Philip V of Spain, who arrived in Spain in 1711, where he developed a political career that ended in 1719 following an expulsion order by King Philip V. In the court context, Alberoni promoted a policy of economic and social reform. His actions, framed after the War of the Spanish Succession, sought to reduce the powers of the Grandes de España, abolished internal customs within the Crown (except for Navarre and the Basque provinces), stimulated trade with America by transferring the Casa de Contratación to Cadiz.

Collection: Texts

Chronology: XVIII

Scope: Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/3954510

Resource type: Historical source

Format: Unknown

Source: Archivo Histórico de la Nobleza. Archivo de los Duques de Frías. Marquesado de Villena. PERSONAL. Correspondencia particular

Language: Spanish

Date: 01/11/1717

Owner: Álvaro Chaparro Sainz (Modernalia)

Identifier: ES.45168.AHNOB//FRIAS,C.62,D.81

Copyright: © MECD. Archivos Estatales (España)

Abstract: Letter signed by Cardinal Alberoni, to the Marquis of Villena, regretting his banishment from Court

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