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Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, on Horseback (Spanish: Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque de Olivares, a caballo) is an oil on canvas painting by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, made around the year 1636. [1] It has been in the Museo del Prado in Madrid since its inauguration in 1819.
The Prussian campaign (1626–1629) was a Swedish invasion of Ducal Prussia during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629). Despite initial success, the campaign became a war of attrition [ 3 ] and was inconclusive.
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 [1] – 22 July 1645), was a Spanish royal favourite (Spanish: valido) of Philip IV and minister. He was appointed as Grandee on 10 April 1621.
6 cannons [1] Between 2,000 and 7,000 men (infantry & cavalry) 5 cannons: Casualties and losses; Very light, some sources claim not a single man dead or missing: 1,000 killed or wounded 150 men captured along with 3 cannons [2
El Buscón, 1626 cover. ... Deaths. October 2 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (born 1567) [3] References
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The siege of Oldenzaal took place in the Spanish held town of Oldenzaal in the Twente region from July 23 to August 1, 1626, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. After an eight-day siege led by Ernest Casimir the city surrendered.
[1] Born in Rome of a family from Gubbio in Umbria who had come to Rome during the pontificate of Pope Innocent IX , Pamphili was trained as a lawyer and graduated from the Collegio Romano . He followed a conventional cursus honorum , following his uncle Girolamo Pamphili as auditor of the Rota , and like him, attaining the position of cardinal ...