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Abbess of the Descalzas Reales
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Acevedo y Zúñiga, Manuel de, 6th
Count of Monterrey
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Aguirre, Juan de
He was
appointed Alcalde de la Corte,
on the Council of Navarre in 1628, and as a Councillor of Navarre in
1632.
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Aianzo, Jerónimo de
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Alarcón, Francisco Antonio de
He was
appointed as an Alcalde de Hijosdalgo,
of Valladolid in 1613; as an Oidor
de Granada, in 1616. He was sent on special commissions to Naples
in both 1622 and 1628. He was appointed as Councillor of Indies in
1624, and to the Chamber of Castile in 1634. In 1643 he became Governor
of Finance. For more information
see
biography.
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Alboroz, Cardenal
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Aldana, Antonio de
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Alossa Rodarte, Antonio de
He sat on both
the Chamber of Castile and the Supreme Council of the Inquisition.
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Alvarez de Toledo, Duarte Fernando, 7th Count of
Oropessa
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Alvarez
de Toledo, Fernando, 6th Duke of Alba
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Alvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Cabrera,
Antonio, Marquis of Villanueva
Villanueva was
the son and heir of the Duke of Alba
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Amores, Maestro
He was Juan de
Austria's tutor.
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Andrade, Fernando de, Archbishop of Palermo
He sat on the
Council of Inquisition. He died in 1646.
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Andrade y Sotomayor, Fernando de, Archbishop of
Santiago
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Aragón, Antonio de, Cardinal
He was an
inluential Councillor of Orders. He died in 1650, at which time his
brother Pascual became a Cardinal.
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Aragón, Vicente de
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Aragón y Cardona, Luis de, 6th Duke of
Cardona and Segorbe
Luis de Aragon
was the head of the extensive Cardona family, having considerable lands
in both Catalonia and Andalusia. The 5th Duke had acted as Viceroy of
Catalonia and the family had suffered financially since the Catalan
rebellion. There were many brothers: Pedro Antonio, who was the
Ayo of Baltasar Carlos, and the most
long-lived of the brothers, becoming Embassador to Rome after his
younger brother Pascual; Antonio - see above; Vicente - see above;
Pascual, who became a Cardinal after the death of Antonio, served
as Embassador to Rome, and later became Archbishop of Toledo. There were
also two sisters including Catalina Fernandez de Cordoba, married to
Luis de Haro.
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Arce
y Reinoso, Diego de, Inquisitor General, Bishop of Plasencia
Arce was
probably of humble origins never being referred to as
don in the papers of the Chamber
of Castile. He worked his way up the royal administration becoming an
Oidor in Granada in 1625, Regent of
Seville in 1629, and being elected to the Council of Castile in 1633,
before becoming Bishop of Tuy, then Plasencia and Inquisitor General. By
many historians he is believed to be one of the principal influencers
of Philip IV in the latter part of his reign.
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Arduien, Count of
He was a
general in the French army.
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Austria, Ferdinand III, King of Hungary
In one of the
frequent inter-Hapsburg marriages, Ferdinand was married to María
de Austria - Philip IV’s younger sister, once courted by Prince
Charles, Prince of Wales. After the death of Maria he married Leonor de
Gonzaga y Gonzaga, sister of the Duke of Mantua.
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Austria, Juan José de
Born in 1629
as an illigitimate son of Philip IV, legitimised in 1642, don Juan
appears to have been a controversial figure. He became involved in
government affairs during the regency of Charles II, dieing in 1677.
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Austria, Leopoldo Guillermo de, Archduke
The son of
Ferdinand II and Mariana of Bavaria. He was Bishop of Strasbourg,
Halberstadt, Olmutz and Warsaw. Between 1646-56 he was Governor of the
Netherlands.
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Austria/ Hapsburg, María de, Empress
of Austria
The younger
sister of Philip IV, married to Ferdinand III - see above, and
mother of Mariana of Austria. Her death, which followed shortly the
death of Isabel de Borbon, deeply affected Philip IV.
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Austria, Mariana
de
Mariana was the daughter of
Ferdinand III and María de Austria. Originally it was agreed that
she would marry her cousin Prince Baltasar Carlos, but when he died
prematurely in 1646, she became, at the age of 16, the second wife of
Philip IV. After his death she acted as Regent during the infancy of
their son Charles II. Mariana followed in the tradition of Hapsburg
women, producing a large number of children, most of which she outlived,
later dieing of breast cancer.
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Avellaneda, María de, 3rd
Countess of Castrillo
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Avila
Muñoz, Juan García de
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Ayala,
Fernando de
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Barberini, Antonio, Cardinal
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Barberino,
Matteo, Pope Urban VIII
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Barbossa, Dr.
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Bastán, Isabel Manrique de
Isabel appears
to have been a favourite companion of Catalina Fernández de
Córdoba. Due to the similarity of surnames there is a possibility
she was related to Santa Cruz.
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Bazán, Alvaro de, 2nd Marquis of Santa
Cruz
Santa Cruz was
one of the elder statesmen of this period, dieing in 1647. He was
married to María Fonseca Doria, a daughter of the Duke of
Nájera.
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Benavides, Antonio de, Councillor of
Orders
Between
1679-1691 Antonio was Patriarch of the Indies.
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Benavides, Mendo de, Ex-Bishop of Segovia
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Benavides de Bazán, Diego de, 8th Count
of Santistevan
Santistevan
became Governor of Galicia in 1647. He was also a member of the Council
of War. Throughout this correspondence we can see the beginnings of an
allegiance between Santistevan and Cardona which resulted in the
marriage of his daughter and Cardona in second nuptials.
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Benavides
y Bazán, Enrique de, Marquis of Bysso (Viso), Consort
He was married
to Mencía Pimentel y Bazán, the 4th Marchioness.
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Bermudez, Christoval, Padre Fray
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Bermudez, Gerónimo
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Bobadilla, Diego de
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Borja, Fernando de
Along with
Philip IV Borja was a correspondent of sor María de
Ágreda. He was the uncle of Francisco de Borja, and a Councillor
of Orders. His brother was the Duke of Villahermosa, by marriage.
Moreover, Borja was a personal friend of friar Pedro's.
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Borja, Francisco de
The son of
Villahermosa, also related to the Prince of Esquilache.
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Borja Centellas y de Velasco, Carlos Francisco de,
7th Duke of Gandía
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Borja y Aragón, Carlos de, Duke of
Villahermosa, Consort.
He was married
to María de Aragón, the Duchess.
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Borja y Velasco, Gaspar de, Cardinal
Archbishop of Toledo
The son of the
6th Duke of Gandía. In 1611 he became a Cardinal, and in 1613 a
Councillor of State. In 1630 he was made Bishop of Albano, shortly
afterwards in 1632 becoming Archbishop of Seville and in 1645 moving on
to the top position of Archbishop of Toledo. Between 1616-19; and
1631-45 he was Embassador to Rome, famously falling out with the Pope.
He was President of the Councils of Aragón and Italy. As befitted
such a high churchman he baptized the Infanta María Teresa.
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Bosque, Antonio de
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Bourbon,
Louis II de, Principe de Condé, “Le Grand”
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Bracamonte, Gaspar de, Count of Peñaranda,
Consort
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Brito,
Gregorio
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Bustamente, Tomás de, Padre Fray
The Bustamente
family were from Casarubios (the same town as Francisco de Oviedo), and
were also related to the Espinosas.
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Camerino, Bemingo
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Camerino, Joseph
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Camporredondo, Antonio de
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Canerí, Miguel
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Cardona Ladrón Pallás,
Blanca de, 1st Marchioness of Taracena
She was
married to Carlos de Ibarra y Barrés who sat on the Council
of War, and was General of the Fleet and Galleons, and Admiral of the
Atlantic Fleet.
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Casiodoro, Flavio Magno
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Castañeda,
Inés de
Tapia’s sister
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Castejón, Diego de, Bishop of Tarazona
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Castro, Antonio de
Castro was a
highly successful Court lawyer, acting as lawyer for Pedro de Tapia in
his position as Bishop of Siguenza. He probably originated from Burgos,
being a relative of the señor of Zelada. He died in January 1647.
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Cavallero, Juan Baptista, Licenciado
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Cebrián, Juan, Bishop of Zaragoza
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Cerda, Ana Catalina de la
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Cerda, Antonia María Luisa de la
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Cerda, Antonio Juan Luis de la, 7th Duke of
Medinaceli
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Cerda, Fernando de la
Fernando was
Medinaceli’s cousin. He was one of many illegitimate sons of Fernando de
la Cerda, brother of the 4th Duke of Medinaceli. He was a Gentleman of
the King, Mayordomo of the
Queen, and a Councillor of War. He was married to the 3rd
Marchioness of La Rosa.
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Cerda, Juan Francisco Tomás Lorenzo de la,
Duke of Alcalá (El Duquecito)
Juan Francisco
later became the valido of
Charles II, particularly ironic considering his father's manifest
distrust of the position.
See
Father's biography
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Cerda, Thomás Antonio Manuel Lorenzo de
la, later 3rd Marquis of La Laguna
Tomas died in
1692. He later became Mayordomo Mayor
of the Queen, and Viceroy of Galicia and New Spain (1680-1686).
See
Father's biography.
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Chacón Ponce de León, Juan, Councillor
of Castile
He was and
Oidor in Valladolid in 1631, being
elected to the Council of Orders in 1644. He was the son of Gaspar
Chacón y Ayala and Isabel Ponce de León and the grandson
of the señor of Casarubios del Monte (Francisco de Oviedo's home
town). He was the nephew of 1st Count of Casarubios and Isabel de
Sandoval, the sister of the Archbishop of Toledo.
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Chaves y Mendoza, Baltasar de, Marquis of Salinas
del Río Pisuerga, Consort
He was married
to Mariana de Velasco Osorio e Ibarra, the 5th Marchioness.
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Chirivoga, Francisco de
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Christo, Ana del, Madre
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Chumacero y Sotomayor, Juan, President of
Castile, 1643-8
Another royal
bureaucrat, rising through the ranks of the royal administration. He was
Oidor in Granada in 1614, Fiscal of
the Council of Orders in 1622, Councillor of Orders in 1626, and
elected to the Chamber of Castile in 1631. He went to Rome on a royal
commission returning in 1643.
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Coello de Rivera y Zapata, Pedro, 1st Count of La
Ventosa
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Colmenero, Dr.
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Colón de Portugal y Castro, Pedro
Nuño, 5th Duke of Veraguas
He was married
to Isabel de la Cueva, the widow of the Duke of Nájera.
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Contreras, Antonio de
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Córdoba,
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Cortazas, F.
He was a
Madrid silk merchant.
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Cuello,
Pedro
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Cueva, Francisco Fernández de la, 7th
Duke of Alburquerque
He was a
cousin of Medinaceli’s half-sister Juana de la Cerda, and also of Juan
de la Cerda y la Lama, fifth Marquis of Ladrada. Albuquerque was married
to Ana Enríquez de Cabrera y Colona, the sister of the ninth
Admiral of Castile, Juan Alonso Enríquez de Cabrera y Mendoza.
Albuquerque was one of the older generation of courtiers and was a
member of the Council of State and Governor of the Council of Aragon.
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