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Alberoni

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[ahl-be-raw-nee] / ˌɑl bɛˈrɔ ni /

noun

  1. Giulio 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.


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To his consternation, Alberoni found himself faced by half the armies of Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abbe Alberoni, 33, was among those sent to pay little Parma's respects to French Marshal Vendome.

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At the end of the eleven-year-long war, Abbe Alberoni was "the virtual quartermaster of the French army."

From Time Magazine Archive

It did not exist, says Catania University Sociologist Francesco Alberoni, "when people did not have such expectations and worried about earning enough to eat with whatever job they could get."

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Alberoni was dismissed; and the Spanish forces were withdrawn from Sardinia and Sicily.

From History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by John Richard Green

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