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Olivares

Type Figure Region Spain Time 1587–1645 Also known as Gaspar de Guzmán

Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares (1587–1645), chief minister to Philip IV (1621–1643);…

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  1. 1631–1640Madrid · CastileHe controlled Philip IV's government, using the 'Union of the Crowns' to intensify Castilian financial extraction from Aragon, Catalonia, and elsewhere, sustaining wars against France and the Dutch, and continuing Habsburg alliance strategy in Germany.
  2. 1641–1645Toro · Castile and LeónThe 1640 revolts and military defeats provoked a court backlash; he was dismissed and exiled by Philip IV in 1643, spent his final years confined at Toro, and died in 1645.

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