The question of the precedence of the spanish ambassador in Rome during the pontificate of Pius IV

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https://doi.org/10.24197/hb9hey83

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Court of Rome, Pius IV, Spanish and French ambassador, Question of precedence

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After saying a few words about the regulations of precedence in the Roman Court, I analyze the question of precedence during the pontificate of Pius IV. Although the issue was already raised in the third stage of the Council of Trent, it acquired special virulence during the first years of the embassy of Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, because the Roman pontiff gave in to the threats of the French ambassador and promised to grant him precedence. which caused Requesens to leave Rome when the pope made his decision public. 

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2025-12-15