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Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea marquis de la Ensenada

prime minister of Spain
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Born:
June 2, 1702, Alesanco, near Logroño, Spain
Died:
December 2, 1781, Medina del Campo (aged 79)

Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea marquis de la Ensenada (born June 2, 1702, Alesanco, near Logroño, Spain—died December 2, 1781, Medina del Campo) was a Spanish statesman who, as prime minister from 1743 to 1754, pursued a vigorous reform policy that succeeded in advancing internal prosperity and promoting military strength. Ensenada owed his early advancement to the chief minister of King Philip V (reigned 1700–46), José Patiño, who put him in charge of work at the new naval arsenal at El Ferrol. Ensenada accompanied the successful expedition against Oran, Algeria, in 1732. Four years later he organized the expedition to ...(100 of 284 words)

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