Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzmán, 3rd Count of 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 fifth 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, and 3rd Countess of Peñaranda. They had one son, Gregorio, 4th Count of Peñaranda, who died without legitimate heirs in 1689. Bracamonte led the Spanish delegation at the

Peace of Münster The Peace of Münster, signed on 30 January 1648, was a treaty between Philip IV of Spain and the States-General of the Netherlands, Lords States General of the Dutch Republic. Negotiated in parallel to, but not part of, the Peace of Westphalia, ...

and the

Peace of Westphalia The Peace of Westphalia (, ) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster. They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire ...

in 1648, representing Philip IV. These treaties ended the

Eighty Years' War The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (; 1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish Empire, Spanish government. The Origins of the Eighty Years' War, causes of the w ...

with the

Dutch Republic The United Provinces of the Netherlands, commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. It was a predecessor state of the present-day Netherlands ...

and the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

in Germany, but not the War with France which would continue until 1659.
Don Gaspar returned to Spain in September 1650. In February 1651 the King appointed him president of the Council of the Orders. In October 1653 he granted him also the presidency of the Council of the Indies, with retention of that of the Council of the Orders. From 1659 to 1664 he was Spanish Viceroy of Naples 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, Mariana of Austria, who took over the regency for her infant son

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...

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He negotiated and signed two treaties with England : the Treaty of Madrid (1667) with the Earl of Sandwich regarding the

Portuguese Restoration War The Restoration War (), historically known as the Acclamation War (''Guerra da Aclamação''), was the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, bringing a forma ...

and the Treaty of Madrid (1670) with William Godolphin for the settlement of all disputes in the America's. In 1671, he became president of the

Council of Italy The Council of Italy, officially the Royal and Supreme Council of Italy (, ), was a ruling body and key part of the government of the Spanish Empire in Early Modern Europe, Europe, second only to the monarch himself. It was based in Madrid and ...

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Bracamonte died in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Spain, on 14 December 1676.

External links

Real Academia de la HistoriaBio Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzmán
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bracamonte Y Guzman, Gaspar 1590s births 1676 deaths People from the Province of Salamanca Counts of Spain Viceroys of Naples 17th-century regents