Giulio Alberoni
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Giulio Alberoni was an Italian cardinal and statesman in the service of Philip V of Spain.
Portrait by Giovanni Maria delle Piane
Anti-Alberoni fresco, from the Palace San Marino
Pier Leone Ghezzi – Pope Clement XI confers the cardinal's hat to Giulio Alberoni, oil on canvas 1724, Museum of Rome.
Engraving of Cardinal Alberoni
The War of the Quadruple Alliance, 1718 to 1720, was a conflict between Spain and a coalition of Austria, Great Britain, France, and Savoy, with the addition of the Dutch Republic in 1719. Military op
Giulio Alberoni
…Sicily in 1718, Britain declared it a violation of the Peace of Utrecht. On 2 August 1718, Britain, France, the Netherlands and the Austrians formed the Quadruple Alliance and on 11 August the Royal Navy destroyed a Spanish fleet off Sicily at the Battle of Cape Passaro. Alberoni now attempted to offset British in the…
The Battle of Cape Passaro, 11 August 1718, Richard Paton
Philip V of Spain, whose attempts to regain lost territories in Italy sparked war in 1718
The Battle of Glen Shiel, 1719