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Alonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar
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Born 1572 • Granada • Spain
Died 1655 (aged 83) • Oviedo • Spain
Samaranch, Juan António
Juan Antonio Samaranch, marquis de Samaranch
Spanish businessman and public official
Baltazar de Zúñiga
Spanish diplomat and statesman
José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca
Spanish statesman
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo
Spanish writer and diplomat
Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, count de Aranda
Spanish statesman
Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas
Spanish author
Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, duke de la Torre
regent of Spain
Saint Hugh of Cluny
French abbot
Fernando de Valenzuela, marquis de Villa Sierra
Spanish ambassador
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, count de Gondomar
Spanish diplomat and ambassador
Pedro López de Ayala
Spanish poet and chronicler
Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa
Spanish writer and statesman
Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel, detail from the Battle of Vitoria monument in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel
Spanish soldier and statesman
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Juan Guillermo Riperdá, duque de Riperdá
Dutch adventurer
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain

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