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{{Short description|Spanish diplomat (1811–1875)}}
[[File:Laurent-joaquín roncali.jpg|thumb|Joaquín de Roncali, 1st Marquis of Roncali]]
'''[[Don (honorific)|Don]] Joaquín Roncali y Ceruti, 1st Marquis of Roncali, [[Grandee of Spain]]''' (8 September 1811 in [[Cádiz]], Spain – 6 February 1875 in [[Madrid]], Spain) was a Spanish [[nobility|noble]] and politician who served as [[Minister of Grace and Justice]] and as [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain)|Minister of State]] in the last years of the reign of [[Isabella II]]. Roncaly ceased in his post because of the [[Glorious Revolution (Spain)|Spanish Glorious Revolution]], which deposed the Queen.
Roncali was the eldest son of Agustín de Roncali y Martínez de Murcia, [[Order of Santiago|Knight of Santiago]], and his wife María del Carmen Ceruti y Feit. His younger brother was the prominent politician [[Federico de Roncali, 1st Count of Alcoy]]. Among other honours, Roncali was appointed Knight Collar of the [[Order of Charles III]], Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic|Orders of Isabella the Catholic]], [[Order of Pius IX|Pius IX]], [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|Christ of Portugal]], [[Order of the Crown (Prussia)|the Crown of Prussia]] and [[Order of Saint Januarius|Saint Januarius]]. On 14 May 1867, Roncali was granted the Marquisate of Roncali by the Queen, and on 6 August 1868, his title received the [[Grandee of Spain|Grandeeship of Spain]].
[[File:Madrazo y Kuntz, Luis de - Cristina de Roncali y Gaviria, the Little Marquise of Roncali - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|150px|Roncali's daughter María Cristina as a girl (1858)]]
He married in 1850 María Dolores de Gaviria y Gutiérrez, daughter of the Count and the Countess of Casa Gaviria, and had a single daughter ''Doña'' [[María Cristina de Roncali, 2nd Marquise of Roncali]] (1851–1928, pictured right).
== References ==
*Villareal de Álava, Marquis of, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jMig-hfBJoIC&pg=PA1012 The Roncallis in Spain], ''Revista Hidlaguía'', Madrid, 1958, p.&nbsp;1012. {{in lang|es}}
*[http://www.senado.es/cgi-bin/BRSCGI?CMD=VERDOC&BASE=HISE&DOCN=000002517 Personal dossier of the Marquis of Roncali. Spanish Senate]
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