Burning of Palacio de Clemente

On May 20th, 1749, in the aftermath of the Battle of Madrid, King Philip Clemente V's grand palace, known as Palacio de Clemente, was put to the torch by Ezequiel Clemente. The Lion forces of Ferdinand Clemente VI sought to destroy the manor, seeing it as a symbol of the immense greed, narcissism, and tyranny of the Mad King. The immense palace burned for 3 days, until it was merely a smoldering pile of ash in the damaged capital city of the Spanish Empire. It was estimated that nearly a dozen members of the Clemente family, mostly the brothers and sisters of Ferdinand and Ezequiel who still supported their father, perished in the inferno, along with dozens more servants, soldiers, and guests within the palace, the most notable being Leon Daggerskull, who was presumed to have been consumed by the fire, though rumors of his survival still linger within some circles.
Category:War
Category:Sacking
Category:War of Spanish Succession (1749)
Category:1749