Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (born 1587)

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares

Spanish royal favourite of Philip IV and minister

Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, 1st Duke of Sanlúcar, 3rd Count of Olivares,, known as the Count-Duke of Olivares, was a Spanish royal favourite of Philip IV and minister. He was appointed as Grandee on 10 April 1621. A day after the ending of the Twelve Years' Truce in January…