Juan Bautista de Orendain

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Juan Bautista de Orendáin y Azpilcueta , Margrave (Spanish: marqués) de la Paz (* 1683 in Segura (Gipuzkoa) , Province of Gipuzkoa , Spain ; † October 21, 1734 in Madrid , Spain), was a Spanish politician who was among the kings Ludwig and Philip V served as Prime Minister of his country.

Life

Orendáin came from a family of the Basque land nobility. His father was León de Orendáin Gulisati, his mother Ana María de Azpilcueta.

In 1707 he became the municipal administrator (Spanish: Alcalde ) of Segura. The following year he married a Castilian , Hipólita Casado Busto. The marriage remained childless. The couple initially settled in Yepes (Toledo) .

In the company of Basque merchants, he went to Madrid, where he became a confidante of José de Grimaldo , under whose protection he rose quickly at court and won the trust of Crown Prince Ludwig .

When King Philip V abdicated in 1724, the new King Ludwig appointed him Prime Minister (Spanish: Primero Secretario de Estado y del Despacho Universal ). Ludwig died after only seven months in autumn 1724, Philip V took over the leadership again and replaced Orendáin with Grimaldo. Orendáin was still one of the court's inner circle of advisors.

Together with the Dutch adventurer Juan Guillermo Riperdá , Juan Bautista Orendáin represented Spanish interests in Vienna, where they negotiated the Treaty of Vienna (1725) with the Habsburgs . This opened up new opportunities for Spain, which was weakened after the War of the Spanish Succession . For one thing, Austria allowed the Bourbons to inherit the Duchy of Parma from the Farnese . On the other hand, a wedding between the Spanish Prince Karl and the Austrian Emperor's daughter Maria Theresa had been arranged. The latter later failed due to resistance from Great Britain and the Netherlands .

The results of the negotiations met with enthusiasm in Madrid: Riperdá was raised to the rank of duke and made prime minister. Orendáin received the title of Marquis de la Paz .

After Grimaldo's dismissal, who had advocated a compromise with England, Orendáin was again appointed Prime Minister in October 1726. He supported Philip V's aggressive foreign policy, which was largely driven by the urge of his second wife, Elisabetta Farnese , to regain the Spanish possessions in Italy, which had been lost with the Peace of Utrecht . In the war against England from 1727, however, he was in a more moderate position, as represented by Austria.

In 1729 he was accepted into the Order of Santiago . He died in Madrid in October 1734.

literature

  • José Antonio Escudero: Los orígines del Consejo de Ministros en España . Editor Complutense, Madrid 2001, ISBN 84-7491-594-5 , pp. 63-66 ( Google Books ).

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SURNAME Orendáin, Juan Bautista de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Orendáin y Azpilcueta, Juan Bautista de (complete); Margrave de la Paz; Marqués de Paz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH 1683
PLACE OF BIRTH Segura (Gipuzkoa) , Province of Gipuzkoa , Spain
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1734
Place of death Madrid , Spain