- ne p hew ▁of ▁Clement ▁VIII , ▁was ▁the ▁elect or ▁who ▁led ▁the ▁fa ction ▁with ▁the ▁largest ▁number ▁of ▁votes , ▁having ▁twenty - two ▁of ▁Clement ' s ▁thirty - e ight ▁cre ations ▁following ▁his ▁instructions . ▁Aless andro ▁Per etti ▁di ▁Mont al to , ▁the ▁nep hew ▁of ▁Si xt us ▁V , ▁led ▁a ▁fa ction ▁of ▁eight ▁card inals . ▁Th ir teen ▁of ▁the ▁cardinal ▁elect ors ▁were ▁loyal ▁to ▁the ▁Spanish ▁mon archy ; ▁these ▁elect ors ▁and ▁the ▁fa ction ▁loyal ▁to ▁Mont al to ▁were ▁aligned . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁these ▁groups , ▁eight ▁of ▁the ▁elect ors ▁formed ▁a ▁fa ction ▁that ▁was ▁loyal ▁to ▁the ▁French ▁crown . ▁ ▁Con cla ve ▁ ▁S ources ▁from ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁conc lave ▁list ▁up ▁to ▁twenty - one ▁possible ▁candidates ▁considered ▁by ▁the ▁card inals ▁but ▁only ▁Ces are ▁Baron ius ▁and ▁Aless andro ▁Ott av iano ▁de ' ▁Med ici , ▁both ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁but ▁opposed ▁by ▁the ▁Spanish , ▁were ▁seriously ▁discussed ▁during ▁the ▁conc lave . ▁Baron ius ▁was ▁the ▁favour ite ▁candidate ; ▁the ▁odd s ▁of ▁him ▁being ▁elected ▁were ▁ 1 0 : 1 0 0 ▁according ▁to ▁Roman ▁book m akers , ▁who ▁took ▁bet s ▁on ▁the ▁election ▁despite ▁the ▁prohib ition ▁of ▁the ▁practice ▁by ▁Gregory ▁XIV . ▁Baron ius ▁received ▁ 2 3 ▁votes ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁scr ut iny ; ▁this ▁was