Luis Maria de Borbón y Vallabriga, XIV Conde de Chinchón, Cardenal

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• Don Luis María Cardinal de Borbón y Vallabriga, Farnesio y Rozas (Cadalso de los Vidrios, May 22, 1777 – Madrid, March 19, 1823), son of a morganatic marriage of Luis de Borbón y Farnesio, Infante of Spain and 13th Count of Chinchón, and wife María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas, Español y Drummond, was the 14th Conde de Chinchón (1785–1803), Grandee of Spain First Class (4 August 1799), with a Coat of Arms of de Bourbon and 1st Marqués de San Martín de la Vega.
• Till 1788, when the King Charles III of Spain died, this Borbon offspring was compelled not to use the family name and since 1785 when his father Luis , the King brother, died, they have to move to the city of Toledo to be educated under the protection of the Archbishop of Toledo Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón (León, 22 September 1722 - Rome, 17 April 1804, aged 82), notorious cardinal, historian and "illustrated" Spaniard.
• He was Cavaliere dell'insigne Reale ordini di San-Gennaro in 1793, Knight of the order of Carlos III in 1793, Archbishop of Seville, (26 May 1799 - 19 May 1814), Archbishop of Toledo, (22 December 1799 - 18 March 1823) and Primate of Spain in 1800 and Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Scala (pro hace vice to title) on October 20, 1800. He was not present in Rome at the time and the red hat, biretta and ring were sent to him.
• He played an important role in Spanish Liberal Politics between 1820 and 1823, abolishing the Inquisition, albeit the Inquisition was restored again after the Invasion of Spain by European troops 1n 1823 to restore absolutist policies (England, France, Austria, Russia).
• He was made a Knight of the Golden Fleece on the 9th July 1820. He died aged around 46, a few weeks before the Absolutist European consortium of troops invaded Spain again, some 15 years after Napoleon invasion in May 1808, too.
• The Bishop, Archbishop and Cardinal officiating the ceremonies related to his Roman Church promotion was Cardinal Antonio Sentmanat y Castellá, (Barcelona, 21 April 1734 - Bishop of Avila, (February 1783 - June 1784) - Patriarch of the West Indies, Antilles, (June 1784 - ), Cardinal of Santa Maria della Scala, Rome, 30 March 1789 - 14 April 1806, aged 72).

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