Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes y Pérez Sorriba, 1st Count of Campomanes, was a Spanish statesman, economist, and writer who was Minister of the Treasury in 1760. He was an adherent of the position that
Portrait by Francisco Bayeu, 1777
Posthumous portrait by Eduardo Balaca, 1879
Charles III of Spain
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Charles III was King of Spain from 1759 until his death in 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza as Charles I, King of Naples as Charles VII and King of Sicily as Charles III. He was the fourth
Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes
…that the state held supremacy over the Catholic Church in Spain, often called Erastianism or Caesaropapism. Campomanes was part of the government of Charles III. A staunch anti-Jesuit, one of the biggest foes of the Society of Jesus, Campomanes was the main driving force behind their expulsion from the Spanish…
Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1761
Charles's mother, Elisabeth Farnese
Elisabeth with her eldest son Charles.
Charles at 9 years old