Pedro Pérez de Guzmán y Zúñiga, 1st Count of Olivares (Sp.

Spanish language

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: Don

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 Pedro Pérez de Guzmán y Zúñiga, primer Conde de Olivares) was the founder of the House of Olivares

House of Olivares

The House of Olivares is a Spanish noble house originating in the Crown of Castile. It is a cadet branch of the House of Medina Sidonia, originating in the sixteenth century. Historically, the house possessed the lordships of Olivares, Seville; Heliche; Albaida del Aljarafe; Camas, Seville;...

, a cadet branch

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 of the House of Medina Sidonia.

Biography

Pedro Pérez de Guzmán was a younger son of Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia

Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia

Don Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán y Afán de Ribera, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia inherited the title in 1492, aged 28. In 1502, as Gibraltar was transferred to the Crown, the Marquisate of Gibraltar disappeared....

. His father acquired Olivares

Olivares

Olivarez might refer to:* Olivarez, Seville, a municipality in the Seville province of Spain* House of Olivares* Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, seventeenth-century Spanish statesman* Olivarez de Júcar, Spain, a municipality in Cuenca...

, Seville for him from Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand II of Aragon

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 in 1507. Pedro Pérez de Guzmán entered the service of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

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, and, as a reward for his services in Italy

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, Germany

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, and Tunisia

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, Charles V granted Pedro Pérez de Guzmán the Spanish noble title

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 of Count of Olivares in Palermo

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 on October 12, 1535.

Olivares took advantage of papal bulls issued by Pope Clement VII

Pope Clement VII

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 in 1529 and Pope Paul III

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 in 1536 to purchase land formerly held by the military orders. In 1532, he purchased Castilleja de Alcántar (which he renamed Castilleja de Guzmán

Castilleja de Guzmán

Castilleja de Guzmán is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the city has a population of 2409 inhabitants.-External links:* - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía...

), Heliche, and Huévar del Aljarafe

Huévar del Aljarafe

Huévar del Aljarafe is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the city has a population of 2457 inhabitants.-External links:* - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía...

; the next year, he acquired Castilleja de la Cuesta

Castilleja de la Cuesta

Castilleja de la Cuesta is a town and municipality in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.Hernán Cortés died in this town on December 2, 1547. He is not buried there however, because his remains were returned to Mexico as directed in his will...

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He was succeeded as Count of Olivares by his son, Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares

Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares

Enrique de Guzmán y Ribera, 2nd Count of Olivares was a Spanish nobleman and statesman.-Biography:...

, the father of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares

Don Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel Ribera y Velasco de Tovar, Count-Duke of Olivares and Duke of San Lúcar la Mayor , was a Spanish royal favourite of Philip IV and minister. As prime minister from 1621 to 1643, he over-exerted Spain in foreign affairs and unsuccessfully attempted domestic reform...

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