Alberoni
Giulio
[joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
Historical Examples
As may be imagined, tormented as Alberoni was by jealousy and suspicion, this caused him infinite alarm.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete Duc de Saint-Simon
Alberoni was born in a gardener’s cottage, and as a child he was the bell-ringer.
The Conspirators Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
This project, on which had rested many of Alberoni’s hopes, was finally stopped by the death in battle of the Swedish king.
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 A. T. Mahan
Here’s a letter, signed Alberoni, the great Cardinal in Spain.
Gerald Fitzgerald Charles James Lever
He now perceived the madness of Alberoni’s ambitious projects.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Tobias Smollett
The accusations of the traitor Nimtsch are lies and the work of that devil of an Alberoni.
The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon
Alberoni obtained the coveted cardinalate but his triumph was transient.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 Henry Charles Lea
Neither Alberoni nor Casali have seen her, so that you may easily imagine how hopeless are my chances.
Gerald Fitzgerald Charles James Lever
That this was the exact age for adventurers, Alberoni and Dubois are sufficient proofs.
Devereux, Complete Edward Bulwer-Lytton
They begin with the Italian Alberoni who started life as a farm laborer; then became an ecclesiastic, and ultimately a cardinal.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921 Thomas J. Campbell
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