José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca

Spanish statesman
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Born:
October 21, 1728, Murcia, Spain
Died:
December 28?, 1808, Sevilla

José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca (born October 21, 1728, Murcia, Spain—died December 28?, 1808, Sevilla) was a Spanish statesman and minister who became identified with the reform program of King Charles III. Moñino y Redondo was a leading advocate in Madrid when he was appointed fiscal of the council of Castile in 1766. Having cooperated in the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain in 1767 and being known as a convinced regalist, he was sent as ambassador to Rome in 1772 with the purpose of procuring the general dissolution of the Society of Jesus. As a reward for ...(100 of 355 words)