Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda
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The Count of Aranda | |
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First Secretary of State | |
In office 28 February 1792 – 15 November 1792 | |
Monarch | Charles IV |
Preceded by | José Moñino |
Succeeded by | Manuel Godoy |
Personal details | |
Born | Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea y Ximénez de Urrea |
Nationality | Spanish |
Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea y Jiménez de Urrea, 10th Count of Aranda (1718 in
.Early life
Aranda came from and old and rich Aragonese family
Due to Prime Minister
In 1763 he was appointed captain general of the Province of Valencia. He was then appointed captain general of New Castile and president of the Council of Castile. The government had recently attempted to ban the long cape and wide sombrero which made concealing weapons easier, there had been a riot against Minister Esquilache. Aranda however succeeded in getting rid of the fashion by simply making it the official costume of the executioner. [1] As he enjoyed the personal confidence of the king, his power was similar to a prime minister's. He promoted many enlightened reforms and he supported the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767. His political and courtier enemies, especially Floridablanca, managed to achieve his dismissal. He was appointed ambassador to France in 1773, where he stayed until 1787.[2]
In Paris, analyzing the situation created after the United States won its independence, he drafted a projected Commonwealth for the Spanish Empire: three independent kingdoms (Peru, Tierra Firme (New Granada and Venezuela) and Mexico) with three Spanish infantes in their thrones. The Spanish king would remain as the Spanish Emperor.[4]
Chief Minister
In 1792, he returned to Spain to replace
He was buried in the monastery of San Juan de la Peña. [1]
Family
In 1749 he married Doña Ana, daughter of the 9th duke of Híjar, by whom he had one son, who died young, and a daughter.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Durant 1967, p. 282.
- ^ a b c d e Hannay, David (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 317–318.
- ISBN 978-84-931692-9-9.
- ^ Cf. Lucena, Manuel: Premoniciones de la independencia de Iberoamérica : las reflexiones de José de Ábalos y el Conde de Aranda sobre la situación de la América española a finales del siglo XVIII, Madrid: Fundación Histórica Tavera; Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, 2003
Bibliography
- Albiac, María Dolores: El conde de Aranda. Los laberintos del poder, Saragossa: Caja de Ahorros de la Inmaculada, 1998
- Durant, Will (1967). Rousseau and Revolution.
- Olaechea, Rafael; Ferrer, José A.: El Conde de Aranda (mitos y realidad de un político aragonés), Saragossa: Librería General, 1978
- Téllez Alarcia, Diego: Absolutismo e Ilustración en la España del s. XVIII. El Despotismo Ilustrado de D. Ricardo Wall, Madrid: Fundación Española de Historia Moderna, 2008.