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Events in the year 1626 in Spain .
Year 1567 (MDLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, referred to simply as Count Gondomar, was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat. He twice served as the Spain's ambassador to England and later held an informal but influential role as Spain's leading expert on English affairs, a position he maintained until his death.
Pedro González de Mendoza was a Spanish cardinal, statesman and lawyer. He served on the council of King Henry IV of Castile and in 1467 fought for him at the Second Battle of Olmedo. In 1468 he was named bishop of Sigüenza and in 1473 he became cardinal and archbishop of Seville and appointed chancellor of Castile.
The Spanish match was a proposed marriage between Prince Charles, the son of King James VI & I of Kingdom of Scotland and England, and Infanta Maria Anna of Spain, the daughter of Philip III of Spain. Negotiations took place over the period 1614 to 1623, and during this time became closely related to aspects of British foreign and religious policy, before breaking down completely.
Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña, SJ was a Spanish Jesuit missionary and explorer.
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, was an English nobleman and politician.
A Game at Chess is a comic satirical play by Thomas Middleton, first staged in August 1624 by the King's Men at the Globe Theatre. The play is notable for its political content, dramatizing a conflict between Spain and England.
Acuña or Acuna may refer to:
Don Juan de Tassis y Peralta, 2nd Count of Villamediana was a Spanish poet of the Baroque Culteranismo school. In Spain he is simply known as Conde de Villamediana.
Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington was the English lord treasurer and ambassador and leader of the pro-Spanish, pro-Roman Catholic faction in the court of Charles I.
Gondomar is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Vigo. It was the hometown of Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, one of the most renowned diplomats of Spanish imperial times, the main instigator of the "Spanish Match" that would have joined Charles I of England and the Infanta Maria Anna in marriage.
Gondomar may refer to:
Don Diego García Sarmiento de Sotomayor, 2nd Count of Salvatierra, 2nd Marquess of Sobroso was a Spanish viceroy of New Spain and of Peru. He was the 2nd Count of Salvatierra.
Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Leiva, 1st Marquis of Mancera, was a Spanish nobleman, general, colonial administrator, and diplomat. He served as Captain General of Galicia and Viceroy of Peru from December 18, 1639 to September 20, 1648.
The Viscounts of Altamira were a family of the Spanish nobility.
Thomas Maxfield was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.
Pedro Sarmiento, 3rd Marquis of Mancera and Count of Gondomar, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish nobleman.
Events in the year 1567 in Spain.
Sarmiento is a surname meaning grape vine in Spanish. Notable people with the name include:
