For several years he held court in Valladolid, though eventually he returned to Madrid.
He went to Madrid once again after holding his court in Valladolid for some time.
Still, there are some reasons to prefer the 19 th century's embrace of partisanship to today's exaltation of the conscience-serving, hyper-responsible individual--or what I once heard called the David Broder/League of Women Voters school of politics.