Gaspar de Bracamonte, 3rd Count of Peñaranda

Don Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzmán, 3rd Earl of Penaranda and Grande (3 ° conde de Penaranda ) (* around 1595 /6; † September 16, 1676 ) was a Spanish statesman and diplomat. During the peace negotiations in Münster which ended the Thirty Years' War, he was a Spanish plenipotentiary, 1659-1664 Viceroy of Naples, and after the death of King Philip IV one of the regents of the Kingdom of Spain.

Life

Bracamonte was the son of Spanish Prince educator Alonsono de Bracamonte, by which he got early contacts with the Spanish court. He married Maria de Bracamonte, the daughter of his elder brother Balthazar Emmanuel and heiress of the county Penaranda. Since their son, Gregorio, 4 ° conde de Penaranda, Grand Commander of Calatrava and Castilian Grande, despite two marriages died childless in 1689, the county Penaranda finally fell to Mary's younger sister Antonia.

On behalf of Philip IV of Spain he spent as principal envoy of 5 July 1645 for three years in Münster and was accompanied by a 112 -strong entourage. There he took part in the cultural life of Münster and negotiated mainly with representatives of the northern Netherlands and France. He experienced the 1648 peace treaty of Westphalia. This he commented with his famous remark: " Quite Münster is a Freudenthal "

After his return to Spain, he was the adviser of the king's widow, Maria Anna of Austria, who took over the regency for her young son Charles II.