Editing Pope Innocent X (section)

===Election===
{{main|Papal conclave, 1644}}
The [[Papal conclave, 1644|1644 conclave]] for the election of a successor to Pope Urban VIII was long and contentious, lasting from 9 August to 15 September. A large French faction led by Urban VIII's nephews objected to the Spanish candidate, as an enemy of [[Cardinal Mazarin]], who guided French policy. They put up their own candidate ([[Giulio Cesare Sacchetti]]) but could not establish enough support for him and agreed to Cardinal Pamphili as an acceptable compromise, though he had served as legate to Spain.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/historyofpopesth0301rank  ''History of the popes; their church and state (Volume III)''] by Leopold von Ranke (2009, [[Wellesley College]] Library)</ref> Mazarin, bearing the [[Jus exclusivae|French veto]] of Pamphili, arrived too late, and the election was accomplished.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/conclave-xvii.htm#1644| title = Miranda, Salvador. 'Conclave of August 9 to September 15, 1644', The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church}}</ref>