Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzmán, 3rd Count of Peñaranda ( es, Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzmán, tercer Conde de Peñaranda) (c. 1595 – 14 December 1676) was a Spanish diplomat and statesman.

Life

Bracamonte was born in Peñaranda de Bracamonte, Spain, in 1595. He was the son of Alonso de Bracamonte, 1st Count of Peñaranda and the Spanish prince instructor. He married his niece María de Bracamonte, daughter of his older brother Balthazar Emmanuel, 2nd Count of Peñaranda. They had a son, Gregorio, 4th Count of Peñaranda, who died without legitimate heirs in 1689. Bracamonte died in

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, Spain, on 14 December 1676 Bracamonte led the Spanish delegation at the

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in 1648, representing Philip IV. From 1659 to 1664 he was Spanish

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and after death king Philip IV, one of the regents of the Kingdom of Spain. After the king's death in 1665, he returned to Spain and became an advisor of the king's widow,

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, who took over the regency for her son

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Bio Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzmán
1590s births 1676 deaths People from the Province of Salamanca Counts of Spain Viceroys of Naples Spanish people in Spanish controlled parts of Italy {{Spain-noble-stub