Juan Bautista de Orendáin y Azpilicueta

The Most Excellent Marquess of the Peace Juan Bautista de Orendáin KOS
5th and 9th Secretary of the Universal Bureau
In office 14 January 1724 – 4 September 1724
Monarchs	Louis I Philip V
Preceded by	José de Grimaldo
Succeeded by	José de Grimaldo
In office 1 October 1726 – 21 October 1734
Monarch	Philip V
Preceded by	José de Grimaldo
Succeeded by	José de Patiño y Rosales (as First Secretary of State)
6th and 9th Secretary of the Treasury of Bourbon Spain 3rd and 6th Secretary of the Universal Bureau of the Treasury of Bourbon Spain
In office 4 September 1724 – 12 December 1725
Monarch	Philip V
Secretary of the Universal Bureau	José de Grimaldo
Preceded by	Fernando Verdes Montenegro
Succeeded by	Juan Guillermo Ripperdá
In office 14 May 1726 – 3 November 1726
Monarch	Philip V
Secretary of the Universal Bureau	José de Grimaldo Himself
Preceded by	Francisco de Arriaza Medina
Succeeded by	José Patiño Rosales
Personal details
Born	Juan Baustista de Orendáin y Azpilicueta
Nationality	Spanish

Juan Bautista de Orendáin y Azpilicueta, 1st Marquess of the Peace, (16 October 1683 in Segura, Gipuzkoa – 21 October 1734 in Madrid) was a Spanish politician who served as Prime minister in 1724 and between 1726 and 1734.

Biography[edit]

Born in the Basque Country, he moved to Yepes and later Madrid after his marriage with Castilian Hipólita Casado Busto. Here he became the protégé of Prime Minister José de Grimaldo and was introduced to the Royal Court.

When King Philip V of Spain abdicated from the throne in favor of his son Louis I of Spain, José de Grimaldo also stood down as Prime Minister (Secretary of the Universal Bureau) and Orendáin succeeded him. But when King Louis died from smallpox just seven months later, Philip V of Spain was forced to return to the Spanish throne. José de Grimaldo followed in his footsteps and replaced Orendáin as prime minister. Orendaín became Minister of the Treasury.

The next year, together with Juan Guillermo Ripperdá, he was sent to Vienna where he negotiated the Treaty of Vienna (1725) with the former enemy. This treaty opened perspectives to regain former Spanish possessions in Italy. At their return, Riperdá was made a Duke and also replaced Grimaldo, who favoured a treaty with Great Britain. Orendáin received the title of Marqués de la Paz (Marquess of Peace).

In October 1726 Orendáin became Prime Minister for the second time and he supported the aggressive foreign policy of Queen Elisabeth Farnese to regain former Spanish possessions in Italy.

He stayed in office until his death, aged 55, on 21 October 1734.

Sources[edit]

• Euskomedia
• Basques, ORENDAIN AZPILCUETA, JUAN BAUTISTA Archived 2018-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Censo Archivos
• Ministros de Hacienda de 1700 a 2004. Tres siglos de Historia Archived 2014-05-05 at the Wayback Machine

See also[edit]

• List of prime ministers of Spain