Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga
Luis María Cardinal de Borbón y Vallabriga, Farnesio y Rozas, son of a morganatic marriage of Luis de Borbón y Farnesio, Infante of Spain and 13th Count of Chinchón, and wife María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas, Español y Drummond, was the 14th Count of Chinchón, Grandee of Spain First Class, with a coat of arms of Bourbon, and 1st Marqués de San Martín de la Vega.Life and career
Until King Charles III of Spain died in 1788, this Borbón offspring was compelled not to use the family name and since 1785 when his father Luis, the king's brother, died, they had to move to the city of Toledo to be educated under the protection of the Archbishop of Toledo Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón, notorious cardinal, historian and "illustrated" Spaniard.
He was Cavaliere dell'insigne Reale ordini di San-Gennaro in 1793, Knight of the order of Carlos III in 1793, Archbishop of Seville, Archbishop of Toledo, and Primate of Spain in 1800 and Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Scala on 20 October 1800. He was not present in Rome at the time and the red hat, biretta and ring were sent to him.
Between 1820 and 1823, he played an important role in Spanish liberal politics, abolishing the Inquisition, although the Inquisition was restored again after the invasion of Spain by European troops in 1823 to restore absolutist policies.
He was made a Knight of the Golden Fleece on 9 July 1820. He died aged 45, a few weeks before France invaded Spain and restored Ferdinand VII, and some fifteen years after Napoleon's invasion in May 1808.
The Bishop, Archbishop and Cardinal officiating the ceremonies related to his Roman Church promotion was Cardinal Antonio Sentmanat y Castellá, - Patriarch of the West Indies, Antilles,.
His two sisters were:
