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Fired of Cardinal Alberoni, 1719, (1891). Giulio Alberoni, (1664-1752), Italian diplomat, statesman and cardinal of the Catholic Church, 1891. Appointed official representative of the Duke of Parma in April 1713. He was the principal adviser to King Philip V of Spain. On 5 December 1719, Philip V ordered his secretary, Miguel Fernandez de Durán, Marquis of Tolosa, notify Alberoni of the decree dispensing with his services and ordering his departure from Spain within a maximum of three weeks. From "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain) by Miguel Morayta, Volume V, Madrid, 1891.