 Another source of controversy about Escrivá was the fact that, in 1968, he requested and received from the Spanish Ministry of Justice the rehabilitation in his favor of the aristocratic title of Marquess of Peralta.According to the official "Guía de grandezas y títulos del reino" ("Guide to the grandeeships and titles of the realm"), the title of Marquess had originally been granted in 1718 to Tomás de Peralta, minister of state, justice and war for the Kingdom of Naples, by Archduke Charles of Austria.Until 1715, Archduke Charles had been, as "Charles III", a pretender to the Spanish throne ("see" War of Spanish Succession), and from 1711 until 1740 he ruled as Holy Roman Emperor and King of Naples.