Pedro Pérez de Guzmán y Zúñiga ( Sp.: '' Don Pedro Pérez de Guzmán y Zúñiga, primer Conde de Olivares'',

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, 1503 –

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, 14 July 1569) was the founder of the House of Olivares, a

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of the

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Biography

Pedro Pérez de Guzmán was a younger son of

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. His father acquired Olivares,

for him from

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in 1507. Pedro Pérez de Guzmán entered the service of

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, and, as a reward for his services in

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, and

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, Charles V granted Pedro Pérez de Guzmán the Spanish noble title of Count of Olivares in

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on October 12, 1535. Olivares took advantage of

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issued by

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in 1529 and

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in 1536 to purchase land formerly held by the military orders. In 1532, he purchased Castilleja de Alcántar (which he renamed

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), Heliche, and

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; the next year, he acquired

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. He was succeeded as Count of Olivares by his son,

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, the father of

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