▁considered ▁good ▁because ▁many ▁elect ors ▁who ▁supported ▁him ▁had ▁cast ▁their ▁first ▁ball ots ▁for ▁friends . ▁France ▁fav oured ▁Baron ius , ▁who ▁also ▁had ▁the ▁backing ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁card inals . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁first - choice ▁candidate ▁of ▁Pietro ▁Ald ob rand ini , ▁the ▁nep hew ▁of ▁Clement ▁VIII , ▁who ▁sought ▁to ▁elect ▁a ▁cardinal ▁who ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁his ▁uncle , ▁as ▁was ▁Baron ius . ▁ ▁Ald ob r ond ini ▁had ▁reached ▁an ▁agreement ▁with ▁the ▁French ▁government ▁through ▁François ▁de ▁Jo ye use ▁to ▁withdraw ▁support ▁from ▁. ▁In ▁return , ▁Ald ob rand ini ▁demanded ▁that ▁the ▁French ▁would ▁not ▁support ▁Gi rol amo ▁Bern er io ▁and ▁Aless andro ▁Per etti ▁di ▁Mont al to . ▁The ▁French ▁also ▁agreed ▁not ▁to ▁v eto ▁, ▁Ald ob r ond ini ' s ▁secret ▁candidate ▁in ▁this ▁election . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁scr ut iny , ▁Card inal ▁Av ila , ▁Philip ▁III ▁of ▁Spain ' s ▁representative ▁at ▁the ▁conc lave , ▁announced ▁that ▁Philip ▁had ▁v eto ed ▁Baron ius , ▁who ▁in ▁a ▁volume ▁of ▁his ▁Ann ales ▁E cc les iast ici ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 5 ▁had ▁critic ized ▁the ▁inter ference ▁of ▁Spanish ▁monarch s ▁in ▁ecc les iast ical ▁affairs . ▁This ▁led ▁the ▁Spanish ▁mon archy ▁to ▁so ▁intens ely ▁dis like ▁Baron ius ▁that ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁volume ▁was ▁b anned