Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares

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Spanish statesman nobleman prime minister of Spain royal favourite

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, was a powerful 17th-century Spanish statesman who effectively governed the Spanish Empire during much of Philip IV’s reign, driving ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful political and military reforms.

Aliases (2)

Conde-Duque de Olivares ×1
Count-Duke of Olivares ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish statesman → nobleman → prime minister of Spain → royal favourite →
activeYearsEnd	1643 →
activeYearsStart	1621 →
alsoKnownAs	Conde-Duque de Olivares →
birthDate	1587-01-06 →
birthPlace	Rome →
burialPlace	Monastery of Loeches (originally, later remains disturbed) →
causeOfDownfall	military defeats and internal revolts in the Spanish Monarchy →
countryOfCitizenship	Spain →
court	Royal court of Madrid →
deathDate	1645-07-22 →
deathPlace	Toro, Zamora, Spain →
education	University of Salamanca →
endOfTenure	dismissal from power in 1643 →
era	17th century →
familyName	Guzmán →
father	Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares →
fullName	Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel →
givenName	Gaspar →
houseOrDynasty	House of Guzmán →
involvedInConflict	Eighty Years' War → Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) → Thirty Years' War →
knownFor	Union of Arms reform project → attempting to reform and centralize the Spanish Monarchy → dominating the government of Spain during the early reign of Philip IV → fiscal and military reforms of the Spanish Empire → involvement in the Thirty Years' War →
monarchServed	Philip IV of Spain NERFINISHED →
mother	María Pimentel →
nobleTitle	Count of Olivares → Duke of Sanlúcar la Mayor →
notableEvent	Portuguese Restoration War of 1640 → outbreak of the Catalan Revolt (Reapers' War) in 1640 →
patronOf	Diego Velázquez →
politicalOrientation	absolutist royal centralization →
portrayedInWork	Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares by Diego Velázquez →
positionHeld	chief minister of Spain → member of the Council of State of Spain → member of the Council of War of Spain → royal favourite of Philip IV of Spain → valido of Philip IV of Spain →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
sphereOfInfluence	Spanish Empire →
spouse	Inés de Zúñiga y Velasco →
style	Count-Duke →
successorInOffice	Luis de Haro →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Philip IV of Spain →	advisor
Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares ("Conde-Duque de Olivares") →	alsoKnownAs
Catalan Revolt ("Count-Duke of Olivares") →	opponent
Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma →	successor