Federico de Roncali, 1st Count of Alcoy
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 Federico de Roncali y Ceruti, 1st Count of Alcoy
(Cádiz
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, Spain
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, 1809 – 3 April 1857) was a Spanish noble
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, politician
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 and military
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 who served as Prime Minister of Spain
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 between 1852 and 1853. He held other important offices such as Captain General of Cuba and Minister of State
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Alcoy was the second son of Agustín de Roncali y Martínez de Murcia, Knight of Santiago
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, and his wife María del Carmen Ceruti y Feit. His eldest brother was Joaquín de Roncali, 1st Marquis of Roncali
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, also a prominent politician in the reign of Isabella II of Spain
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