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Bernardo Tanucci

1698–1783 · 18th century

Bernardo Tanucci (1698–1783) was a Tuscan jurist who became the leading minister of the Kingdom of Naples under Charles of Bourbon and regent during the minority of Ferdinand IV. A champion of royal authority, he curbed the privileges of the church and the barons, restricted the jurisdiction of Rome and expelled the Jesuits in 1767. He lost power in 1776 through the influence of Queen Maria Carolina.

Bernardo Tanucci
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