John William, Baron Ripperda
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Juan Guillermo, Baron de Ripperdá, 1st Duke of Ripperdá, was a political adventurer that served as de facto prime minister of Spain from December 1725 to April 1726, as favourite of Philip V.
Johan Willem Ripperda
Coat-of-Arms of the Duke of Ripperdá
Giulio Alberoni
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Giulio Alberoni was an Italian cardinal and statesman in the service of Philip V of Spain.
John William, Baron Ripperda
…Dutch government as ambassador to Madrid. Saint-Simon says that his character for probity was even then considered doubtful. The fortune of Jean Orry, Giulio Alberoni and other foreigners in Spain, showed that the court of Philip V offered a career to adventurers. Ripperda, whose name is commonly spelt de Riperdá by…
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