Don Juan Álvarez de Lorenzana y Guerrero, 10th Viscount of Barrantes (29 August 1818, in
Oviedo
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,
Principality of Asturias,
Spain – 15 July 1883, in
Madrid,
Spain) was a Spanish noble, politician and journalist who served as
Minister of State from 1868 to 1869, in a cabinet headed by
Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre.
In his early political career, Lorenzana was member of the
Moderate Party, but then he moved to the
Liberal Union and was involved in the
Spanish Glorious Revolution of 1868, which deposed
Queen Isabella II and opened a period known as ''The Democratic Sexenium''. It was in one of the cabinets for this period when Lorenzana was appointed Minister of State.
In 1874, he was appointed Ambassador of Spain to the
Holy See, and after the
restoration
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of
King Alfonso XII, held other offices such as Councillor of State, Senator and Deputy, and was awarded with the Grand Crosses of the
Orders of Charles III and
Isabella the Catholic
Isabella I ( es, Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''la Católica''), was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as Queen consort of Aragon from 1479 until 1504 by ...
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References
Spanish Senate. Personal dossier of D. Juan Álvarez de Lorenzana, Viscount of BarrantesOviedo Encyclopedia. Juan Álvarez de Lorenzana
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1818 births
1883 deaths
Viscounts of Spain
Foreign ministers of Spain
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Moderate Party (Spain) politicians
19th-century Spanish politicians
Liberal Union (Spain) politicians