Pascual de Aragón y Córdoba (1626 – 28 September 1677) was a Spanish nobleman and cleric. He served as

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and as

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Biography

Born in

Mataró Mataró () is the capital and largest town of the ''comarca'' of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the Costa del Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and ...

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, Aragón was ordained a priest in 1655. In 1661, aged thirty-five, he was created Cardinal-Priest of Sainte Balbine by Pope Alexander VII. However, he did not participate in the

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s held in his lifetime. In 1664, King

Philip IV of Spain Philip IV ( es, Felipe, pt, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered ...

appointed him

. In 1666, he was replaced by his brother,

Pedro Antonio de Aragón Pedro Antonio de Aragón (7 November 1611 – 1 September 1690) was a Spanish nobleman, military figure and politician who served under Kings Philip IV and Charles II of Spain. He was the brother of Cardinal Pascual de Aragón, Viceroy of Nap ...

, as he was called back to Spain to become

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. Aragón had enjoyed the patronage of the previous Archbishop,

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, and upon the latter's death in 1665 had been nominated to succeed him. He was installed in Toledo on 1 February 1666. In 1665, King Philip IV had died as well, leaving the throne to his son Charles II, a weak four-year-old. Upon his appointment as Archbishop, Aragón became president of the Regency Council. When Queen

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promoted her confessor and former tutor, the Austrian Jesuit Juan Everardo Nithard to the position of General Inquisitor in 1666 and thus admitted him to the council, Archbishop Aragón was among those who antagonised him and in 1669 supported John of Austria's military pronunciamiento, which resulted in the Jesuit's dismissal. The Archbishop died in 1677 and was buried in the Convent of the ''Purísima Concepción'' in Toledo.Ángel Fernández Collado
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References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20091122183702/http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/aragonpedroant.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20100322223156/http://www.tercios.org/personajes/aragon_pedro.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Aragon, Pascual de 1626 births 1677 deaths People from Mataró Burials in the Province of Toledo Viceroys of Naples Archbishops of Toledo Cardinals created by Pope Alexander VII 17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Spain Grand Inquisitors of Spain University of Salamanca alumni