Spanish commander Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Count of Aranda

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Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Count of Aranda, was an influential 18th-century Spanish nobleman, military commander, and statesman who served as a leading reformist minister under King Charles III.

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instanceOf Spanish nobleman
human
military commander
statesman
allegiance Spanish Army
birthDate 1719-12-01
birthPlace Aragon
Crown of Aragon
Siétamo
burialPlace Épila
countryOfCitizenship Spain
deathDate 1798-01-09
deathPlace Aragon
Spain
Épila
educatedAt Jesuit college of Zaragoza
University of Bologna
University of Salamanca
familyName Abarca de Bolea
givenName Pedro Pablo
honorificTitle Grandee of Spain
ideology enlightened absolutism
languageSpoken French
Italian
Spanish
militaryConflict Seven Years' War
War of the Austrian Succession
militaryRank captain general
monarch Charles III of Spain
Charles IV of Spain
movement Enlightenment
nobleFamily House of Abarca de Bolea
nobleTitle Count of Aranda
notableIdea proposal for a confederation of independent Spanish American kingdoms
notableWork administrative reforms in Aragon and Castile
expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain
reforms of municipal government
reforms of the Spanish educational system
reforms of the Spanish postal service
reorganization of the Spanish army
support for economic modernization in Spain
support for scientific and technical education
urban reforms in Madrid
positionHeld President of the Council of Castile
Prime Minister of Spain
ambassador of Spain to France
captain general of Catalonia
president of the Council of Aragon
religion Roman Catholicism

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Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War hasCommander Spanish commander Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Count of Aranda