{{Short description, Family The House of Olivares is a Spanish noble house originating in the Crown of Castile. It is a

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of the

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, originating in the sixteenth century. Historically, the house possessed the

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s of Olivares,

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; Heliche;

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;

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; Castilleja de Guzmán;

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;

Salteras Salteras is a city in the Province of Seville, Spain. It has a population of 11,854 inhabitants (2018 INE). It borders Olivares to the west, Gerena to the northwest, Guillena to the north, La Algaba to the northeast, Valencina to the east an ...

; and

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. The most prominent member of the House of Olivares was

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, 1st Duke of Sanlúcar, 3rd Count of Olivares, GE, known as the Count-Duke of Olivares (taken by joining both his countship and subsequent dukedom) (6 January 1587 – 22 July 1645), was a Spanish royal favourit ...

, the

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Philip IV of Spain Philip IV ( es, Felipe, pt, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered ...

Constitution of the House of Olivares

The House of Olivares was constituted in 1539 when

Charles I of Spain Charles V, french: Charles Quint, it, Carlo V, nl, Karel V, ca, Carles V, la, Carolus V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain ( Castile and Aragon) fro ...

granted Pedro Pérez de Guzmán, son of

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, the title of Count of Olivares (

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''conde de Olivares''). The title comes from the municipality of Olivares in

, which was already owned by Pedro Pérez de Guzmán.

Counts of Olivares

* Pedro Pérez de Guzmán, 1st Count of Olivares *

Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares Enrique de Guzmán y Ribera, 2nd Count of Olivares (Spanish: ''Don Enrique de Guzmán y Ribera, segundo Conde de Olivares''; 1 March 1540 – 1607) was a Spanish nobleman and statesman. Life and career Enrique de Guzmán y Ribera was born in Madr ...

(1540–1607) * Gaspar de Guzmán, 3rd Count of Olivares (1587–1645), who became 1st Count-Duke of Olivares in 1625

Count-Dukes of Olivares

In 1625,

granted Gaspar de Guzmán, 3rd Count of Olivares, the Duchy of Sanlúcar, at which point he assumed the title of Count-Duke of Olivares (Spanish: ''conde-duque de Olivares''). *

(1587–1645) * Enrique Felipe de Guzmán, 2nd Count-Duke of Olivares * Gaspar Felipe de Guzmán, 3rd Marquis of Eliche * Luis Méndez de Haro, 6th Marquis of Carpio (1598–1661) *

Gaspar Méndez de Haro, 7th Marquis of Carpio Gaspar is a given and/or surname of French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish origin, cognate to Casper (given name) or Casper (surname). It is a name of biblical origin, per Saint Gaspar, one of the wise men mentioned in the Bible. Notable peop ...

(1629–1687) * Catalina Méndez de Haro, 8th Marchioness of Carpio *

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Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba Fernando de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo, 12th Duke of Alba (27 October 1714 – 15 November 1776), was a Spanish politician and general who was Prime Minister of Spain in 1754.in full, es, Don Fernando de Silva Mendoza y Álvarez de Toledo, ...

(1714–1776) *

María del Pilar de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

(1762–1802) * Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba (1794–1835) *

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia, 15th Duke of Alba, GE (3 June 1821, Palermo, Sicily – 10 July 1881, Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish nobleman. He was a brother-in-law of Napoleon III through his wife, sister of Empress Eugenie. Biog ...

Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart y Palafox, 16th Duke of Alba, 9th Duke of Berwick GE (December 4, 1849 – October 15, 1901) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat, who held, amongst others, the Dukedom of Alba and Berwick. Biography He wa ...

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba, 10th Duke of Berwick, GE (17 October 1878 – 24 September 1953) was a Spanish peer, diplomat, politician, art collector and Olympic medalist. A Jacobite, he was the most senior surviving ...

(1878–1953) *

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba GE (28 March 1926 – 20 November 2014) was one of the most senior aristocrats in Spain, as well as the most titled aristocrat in the world, a distinction now held by ...

(1926-2014) *

Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, 19th Duke of Alba, GE (''né'' Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart; born 2 October 1948), is a Spanish aristocrat. He is the head of the House of Alba, one of the most prominent families of the ...

(b. 1948)

References

* This page on the

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. Spanish noble families