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Fifty-eight cardinals were present on 9 October when the conclave began. Since Charles II was dying at this time, Spain's cardinal electors were unsure of how they should vote, and they did not work closely with electors that were loyal to the Holy Roman Emperor. From the beginning, it was clear that
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The French were initially opposed to Albani's election, but they quickly dropped their opposition to him. He was elected unanimously on 23 November 1700. He was unsure whether he should accept the papacy due to the fact that he had nephews who he suspected would be angry if he followed the bull on
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who were counted as part of this faction. The other two main factions were those loyal to the Holy Roman Emperor, who originally had only two cardinals, but eventually increased to four, and the French, who had five cardinals in their camp.
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The conclave remained deadlocked until the electors were informed of Charles II's death in November. The electors present understood that with Charles' death, the next pope would need to be politically impartial, so a member of the
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Innocent XII's age and health had been a topic of conversation among European courts and cardinals, and when he became sick in November 1699 speculation as to the next conclave became more ernest. Despite this, France was the only
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to have a clear policy regarding the next papal conclave. Both Spain and the Holy Roman Empire were bogged down in extensive conversations in their capitals that caused a delay in their ambassadors receiving orders.
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the impending death of Charles II was likely to cause a lengthy conclave, because the next pope would be expected to respond to the anticipated political crisis in Spain following Charles' imminent death.
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for lacking governing experience in addition to not being firm or having the energy required. Following the proposal of these candidates, others came up as well, but were quickly rejected.
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nepotism. He was eventually convinced to accept the papacy by theologians who told him that not accepting a unanimous election would not be following the Holy Spirit.
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was preferred. Giovanni Albani, who had drafted the bull outlawing nepotism, soon became the leading candidate for the papacy.
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was dying at this time and had no children. At Charles' request, Innocent advised that the throne pass to
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Of the Fifty-eight cardinals present at the conclave, thirty-one were considered to be a part of the
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upon Charles' death, which took place six weeks after Innocent's own.
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During his pontificate Innocent XII worked to improve relations with
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in this conclave, and his election represented a success for them.
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was acceptable to the secular rulers, but was opposed by the
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to nominees who were independent of the secular authorities.
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Index

Apostolic Palace
Papal States
Giovanni Francesco Albani

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1721
Pope Innocent XII
Pope Clement XI
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College of Cardinals
Charles II of Spain
Louis XIV of France
Declaration of the Clergy of France
Charles II of Spain
Philip of Anjou
Louis XIV of France
War of the Spanish Succession
great power
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College of Cardinals
Galeazzo Marescotti
Bandino Panciatici
Pietro Ottoboni
benefices
Giacomo Antonio Morigia
Alexander VIII
Pope Clement I
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