Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero y Mendoza, 4th Marquis of Almenara, 9th Count of

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(27 March 1681 – 22 June 1760) was a

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who served Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor as

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and interim

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, before entering the priesthood in his late forties and rising to the rank of cardinal, ending his life as

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Career

He was born in

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as son of

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and Maria Leonor of Moscoso. In his twenties and thirties, he conducted military campaigns for King

Philip V of Spain Philip V ( es, Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724, and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign of 45 years is the longest in the history of the Spanish mon ...

. He served Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor as

from 1722 to 1728 and interim

from July–December 1728. He was Spanish Ambassador in

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from 1746 to 1760, on behalf of King

Ferdinand VI of Spain , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Philip V of Spain , mother = Maria Luisa of Savoy , birth_date = 23 September 1713 , birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Madrid, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Villavi ...

Ecclesiastical career

He was ordained into the priesthood on 17 January 1730. On 25 May 1735 he was appointed the

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, and on 30 May he was ordained a

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. On 9 September 1743, he was elevated to cardinal, and appointed

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. He was subsequently appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere on 10 April 1747, and then Cardinal-Priest of

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on 9 April 1753. On 20 September 1756, he was appointed

. In 1758, he participated in the papal conclave that elected

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Death

He died in

in 1760. No issue, titles passed to Aragonese family connected Pedro "Fernandez de Hijar" y "Abarca de Bolea" (1741–1808),

, 9th Duke of Hijar, 9th Duke of Lecera, 5th Duke of Bournonville and many other lesser titles.

Some references

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taktos.net; accessed 3 March 2015.

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chde.org; accessed 3 March 2015. * *

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