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| | Floridablanca, José Moñino, conde de - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | FLORIDABLANCA, JOSÉ MOÑINO, CONDE DE [Floridablanca, José Moñino, conde de], 1728-1808, Spanish statesman. |
 | | Under Floridablanca, Spanish enlightened despotism reached its peak, but his internal reforms, notably in finance, were beneficial, and the economic life of the country was improved. |
 | | Floridablanca remained in power after the accession of Charles IV (1788), but his intransigent opposition to the French Revolution (which, it was feared, would provoke war) and the intrigues of the new queen led to his dismissal in 1792. |
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