All Vatican elections

1700 Conclave

elected Clement XI

9 October – 23 November 1700 · The early modern conclaves · Apostolic Palace, Papal States

The 1700 papal conclave was convened following the death of Pope Innocent XII. It ended in the election of Cardinal Giovanni Albani as Pope Clement XI.

Elected pope

Clement XI

Giovanni Albani

Succeeded

Innocent XII

Duration

46 days

Cardinal electors

locked in under conclave rules

Ballot-by-ballot tallies are destroyed by design — the paper is burned in the stove whose smoke announces the result — so this entry records what the Church documents: the dates, the electors, the number of ballots where known, and the man who walked out onto the balcony.