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Article: Olivares, Gaspar De Guzmán Y Pimentel, Count of (1587–1645)
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OLIVARES, GASPAR DE GUZM
Á
N Y PIMENTEL, COUNT OF (1587
–
1645)
OLIVARES, GASPAR DE GUZM
Á
N Y PIMENTEL, COUNT OF
(1587
–
1645), Spanish statesman. Olivares (Gaspar de Guzm
á
n y Pimentel, third count of Olivares), who became the principal minister of Philip IV (1605
–
1665) of Spain, was born on 6 January 1587 in Rome, where his father, the second count, was ambassador to the Holy See. The counts of Olivares, a small town near Seville, belonged to the junior branch of the Andalusian house of Guzm
á
n, whose titular head was Alonso P
é
rez de Guzm
á
n, seventh duke of Medina-Sidonia (1549
–
1615). Don Gaspar, as a third son, was destined for the ...