Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma

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Spanish nobleman chief minister human royal favourite statesman

Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma, was a powerful Spanish nobleman and statesman who effectively ruled the Spanish monarchy as the chief minister and royal favorite during the early 17th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish nobleman → chief minister → human → royal favourite → statesman →
associatedWith	Spanish Habsburg monarchy →
burialPlace	Collegiate church of San Pablo, Valladolid →
causeOfDownfall	corruption scandals → political opposition at court →
child	Cristóbal Gómez de Sandoval y de la Cerda →
countryOfCitizenship	Spain →
dateOfBirth	1553-12-24 →
dateOfDeath	1625-05-17 →
era	Spanish Golden Age →
familyName	Gómez de Sandoval → Rojas →
father	Francisco de Sandoval y Rojas →
floruit	early 17th century → late 16th century →
givenName	Francisco →
honorificTitle	Grandee of Spain → Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece →
languageSpoken	Spanish →
memberOf	House of Sandoval →
monarchServed	Philip III of Spain NERFINISHED →
mother	Isabel de Borja y Castro →
movement	Court faction of Lerma →
nativeLanguage	Spanish →
nobleTitle	Duke of Lerma → Duke of Lerma (1st) →
notableFor	being the de facto ruler of Spain under Philip III → expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain → influence over Spanish foreign policy in the early 17th century → negotiating the Twelve Years' Truce with the Dutch Republic → role in the relocation of the Spanish court to Valladolid →
occupation	courtier → politician →
orderOfChivalry	Order of the Golden Fleece →
placeOfBirth	Crown of Castile → Tordesillas →
placeOfDeath	Crown of Castile → Valladolid →
positionHeld	Caballerizo mayor → Sumiller de Corps → chief minister of Spain → valido of Philip III of Spain →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Catalina de la Cerda y Sandoval →
successor	Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma ("Duke of Lerma") → Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma ("Duke of Lerma (1st)") →	nobleTitle
Philip III of Spain → Philip III of Spain ("Cristóbal de Sandoval, Duke of Uceda") →	notableFavorite
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain ("Duke of Lerma") →	associatedWith
Church of San Pablo ("Duke of Lerma") →	patron