Son of Infante Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio and grandson of King Felipe V of Spain; was educated at the University of Toledo, earning doctorates in theology and canon law (1794); ordained priest (13 Mar 1799); appointed (15 Mar 1799) and consecrated (2 Jun 1799) archbishop of Seville; created cardinal and received the title of Santa Maria della Scala (20 Oct 1800); appointed archbishop of Toledo (royal decree of 4 Nov 1800), retaining the administration of the archdiocese of Seville; elected president of the Provisional Regency of the Kingdom (8 Mar 1813 - 22 Mar 1813) and President of the Regency of the Kingdom (22 Mar 1813 - 10 May 1814); left Madrid (29 Mar 1814) and traveled to served as President of the Junta provisional de Gobierno (Provisional Junta of Government, 9 Mar 1820 - 9 Jul 1820), a consultative body which accepted the oath of Fernando VII as constitutional monarch (9 Mar 1820); . Biography source: [5] |