Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Hospital de Órbigo, Castile and León, Spain
About Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar
- Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar (es: Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar) (Astorga, November 1, 1567 – Casa la Reina, Logroño, October 2, 1626), was a Spanish (Galician) diplomat, the Spanish ambassador to England from 1613 to 1622 and afterwards, as a kind of ambassador emeritus, Spain's leading expert on English affairs until his death.The popular notion in England of his day painted him as privy to the inner thoughts of James I and VI, a fiendish schemer for Popery for whom "Machiavellian" was brought into common English usage and the head of a "Spanish" faction at the English court.
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José María Galván y Candela
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| Alternative names | José María Galván Candela; Jose Maria Galvan Y Candela; Jose Maria Galvan y Candela; José María Galván; José Maria Galván y Candela; José Maria Galván Candela | ||
| Description | Spanish painter and engraver | ||
| Date of birth/death | 1 August 1837 | 11 October 1899 | |
| Location of birth/death | Madrid | Madrid | |
| Work location | Madrid; Rome; Valencia | ||
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