José de Patiño y Rosales

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José de Patiño y Rosales (1666-1736); Painting by Jean Ranc

José de Patiño y Rosales (born April 11, 1666 in Milan , † November 3, 1736 in San Ildefonso , Segovia province , Spain ) was a Spanish administrative officer and influential minister under the government of King Philip V.

Life

José Patiño was born as the son of Lucas Patino de Ibarra, Señor de Castelar and Beatrice de Rosales y Facini in the then Spanish Duchy of Milan . There his father worked as an inspector of the troops and in the State Council. In contrast to his older brother, Patiño was intended for a spiritual career. Baltasar Patiño, his brother, was promoted to marqués de Castellar and served as the king's minister.

José also asserted his will for a secular career and received a seat in the Milan Senate after Philip V succeeded the throne . Since the duchy fell to the House of Habsburg in the course of the War of the Spanish Succession , Patiño took up a position in the military administration in Spain in 1707. During the war, after 1711, he was appointed director of Extremadura and later of Catalonia .

After the end of the war, he devoted himself from 1717 as director of the Intendencia General de la Marina to the rebuilding and reorganization of the Spanish Navy.

Although he rejected the confrontation course of the first minister Giulio Alberoni , he organized the expedition of Spanish troops to Sardinia and Sicily during the war of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720) . When French troops invaded Navarre in 1720 , he served there as the person in charge of the rear services of the Spanish army. During this time the royal couple also became aware of Patiño. After further posts in the administration, he was finally appointed naval, colonial and foreign minister (later also minister of war) on May 13, 1726.

In the following years, Patiño established his reputation as " Colbert of Spain" because he founded some model companies and thus stimulated the economy again. Patiño tried to avoid new armed confrontations.

In 1727 he unsuccessfully opposed the outbreak of the Anglo-Spanish War and in the 1730s also tried to find a balance with Great Britain . Only in 1735 did he seek a limited confrontation with Portugal over possession of the Banda Oriental (→ Spanish-Portuguese War , 1735–1737) .

With the death of Juan Bautista de Orendáin in November 1734, he took over the post of First Secretary of State (Spanish: Prinmero Secretario de Estado y del Despacho Universal ). He died in office and dignity in November 1736.

literature

  • Henry Kamen: Who's who in Europe 1450-1750 . Routledge Publ., London 2000, ISBN 0-415-14727-1 .

Web links

Commons : José Patiño  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Henry Kamen: Who's who in Europe 1450-1750 , London 2000, p. 232.
  2. ^ Klaus Weber: German merchants in the Atlantic trade 1680-1830. Munich 2004, p. 90.
  3. ↑ Jeremy Black: European warfare 1660-1815 , London 1994, p. 120.
  4. ↑ Walther L. Bernecker: Spanish History - From the 15th Century to the Present , Munich 2006, p. 49.
  5. ↑ Michael Erbe: The Early Modern Age , Stuttgart 2007, p. 206.
  6. ^ Max Savelle: Empires to Nations - Expansion in America 1713-1824 , London 1974, p. 127.
personal data
SURNAME Patiño y Rosales, José de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish statesman
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1736
Place of death San Ildefonso , Segovia Province , Spain