Zenón de Somodevilla, Marqués de la Ensenada

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Zenón de Somodevilla, Marqués de la Ensenada, was an influential 18th-century Spanish statesman and reformer known for his wide-ranging fiscal, naval, and administrative reforms under King Ferdinand VI.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish statesman
government minister
human
nobleman
politician
areaOfWork naval administration
public finance
state administration
birthDate 1702-04-20
birthPlace Hervías
La Rioja
Spain
causeOfDownfall court intrigues under Charles III of Spain
countryOfCitizenship Spain
deathDate 1781-12-02
deathPlace Medina del Campo
Spain
Valladolid
employer Crown of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown
familyName de Somodevilla
givenName Zenón
honorificTitle Marqués
implementedReform centralization of royal administration
modernization of Spanish tax system
reorganization of Spanish navy
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas on rational administration
knownFor Catastro de Ensenada
administrative reforms in Spain
attempted single tax reform in Spain
fiscal reforms in Spain
naval reforms in Spain
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
monarchServed Ferdinand VI of Spain
Philip V of Spain
movement Enlightenment
nobleTitle Zenón de Somodevilla, Marqués de la Ensenada self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marqués de la Ensenada
notableEvent exile from court after fall from favor
notableWork implementation of the Catastro de Ensenada land survey
partOf Bourbon Reforms
surface form: Bourbon Reforms in Spain
politicalAlignment reformist absolutism
positionHeld First Secretary of State of Spain
surface form: Secretary of State of Spain

Minister of War of Spain
surface form: Secretary of War of Spain

Ministry of the Navy of Spain
surface form: Secretary of the Navy of Spain

Minister of Finance of Spain
surface form: Secretary of the Treasury of Spain
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence Madrid
timePeriod 18th century

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Ferdinand VI of Spain notableMinister Zenón de Somodevilla, Marqués de la Ensenada
Zenón de Somodevilla, Marqués de la Ensenada nobleTitle Zenón de Somodevilla, Marqués de la Ensenada self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marqués de la Ensenada