Sede Vacante 1769
(February 2, 1769—May 19, 1769)
Documents concerning the Election of 1769
- Letter of Cardinal Ganganelli, announcing to the Spanish Court the successful progress of the Canonization of S. John Palafox (September 16, 1767).
- Letter of José Nicolas de Azara in Rome to Manuel de Roda, Minister of Justice in Madrid (February 2, 1769).
- List of Cardinals who entered Conclave on February 15, 1769.
- Memorial circulated at the Conclave on the Destruction of the Jesuits.
- Instructions from the Conde de Oeyras (Pombal) to Secretario de Estado Dom Luiz da Cunha, for the Conclave: extinction of the Jesuits (February 27, 1769).
- Instructions from the Conde de Oeyras for Francisco de Almada, Minister Plenipotentiary in the Court of Rome, regarding the Conclave (March 1, 1769).
- Visit of Joseph II and Pietro Leopoldo to the Conclave: official Note by the Maggiordomo (March 16, 1769)
- Ambassador d' Aubeterre to Cardinal de Bernis (Rome, March 28, 1769)
- D' Aubeterre to de Bernis (Rome, March 29, 1769)
- Letters of French Ambassador to Cardinal Bernis, about written promises to secularize the Jesuits (April 6 and April 11, 1769).
- Cardinal de Bernis to the Duc de Choiseul, on the behavior of the College of Cardinals (April 12, 1769).
- Letter of an anonymous conclavist to the Secretary of the Venetian Ambassador, on the entry of Conti and Oddi, and the current situation of the voting (April 12, 1769).
- Cardinal de Bernis to the French Ambassador, on the late arrival of the Spanish cardinals, and the virtual veto (exclusiva) (April 14, 1769).
- D'Aubeterre to Cardinal de Bernis, on the use of the exclusiva; and Bernis' reply (April 16, 1769; April 17, 1769)
- Bernis to D'Aubeterre, reporting a meeting with Orsini, and acknowledging his orders to cooperate with Albani (April 17, 1769).
- Bernis to Choiseul, again rejecting the idea of a written or oral promise (April 19, 1769)
- Bernis to Aubeterre, on the exclusiva and its break-down (April 22, 1769)
- Letter of Msgr. Giorgio D'Adda, Prefect of the Signature of Justice, to his brother. News about Kaunitz and the Spanish cardinals (April 26, 1769)
- Bernis remarks on the intransigence of Cardinal Solis about the written promise, and the likelihood that it would wreck their exclusiva (May 1, 1769).
- Bernis to Choiseul, warning of the too rigorous application of party discipline, perhaps leading to the break-up of the faction (May 3, 1769)
- Letter of Cardinal de Bernis to d'Aubeterre, summarizing the position of the French faction on 'the promise' (May 4, 1769).
- Bernis to Aubeterre: the French exclusiva has not been used, despite provocations from the pro-Jesuit faction (May 8, 1769).
- Letter of Msgr. D'Adda to his brother: illness of Cardinal Lante on May 6 (May 10, 1769)
- Report of Cardinal de Bernis that Cardinal Ganganelli no longer wanted to be considered (May 10, 1769).
- D' Aubeterre comments on Ganganelli (May 11, 1769).
- Monsignor D'Adda writes to his brother, about the failed plan to elect Cardinal Stoppani on the 11th/12th of May (May 13, 1769).
- Rezzonico has a conversation with Bernis and de la Cerda about Colonna: contretemps (May 13, 1769).
- Bernis informs d'Aubeterre that support has grown for Ganganelli (May 16, 1769, morning and afternoon).
- D'Aubeterre informs Bernis of an interview with Msgr. Azpuru concerning Cardinal de Solis (May 16, night).
- Message of Bernis to d'Aubeterre of conversation with Cardinal de Solis about Ganganelli and the Albani (May 16, night).
- Letter of Cardinal Orsini to Ambassador d'Aubeterre, on the sudden interest in Ganganelli (May 16, evening).
- D'Aubeterre to Cardinal Orsini, stating the acceptability of Ganganelli to the French, but doubting the frankness of the Albani and the honesty of de Solis (May 18, 1769).
- Messages to French Ambassador from Cardinal de Bernis, meetings with Ganganelli (May 18, 1769, day, afternoon)
- Note of the Marquis d'Aubeterre to Cardinal de Bernis, accepting the likely election of Ganganelli, and putting the responsibility on the Spanish and the Albani (May 19, 1769).
- Letter of Monsignor D'Adda to his brother, concerning the Election (May 19, 1769).
- Letter of Cardinal de Bernis to the Duc de Choiseul, "L'écrit qu'ils ont fait signer au Pape n'est nullement obligatoire." (June 28, 1769).
- Memorial of Cardinal de Solis: the last three days of the Conclave (June 28, 1775).
