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Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, duke de Lerma
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Also Known As Duke de Lerma
Born 1553 • Sevilla • Spain
Died May 17, 1625 (aged 72) • Valladolid • Spain
Diego Velázquez: painting of Philip III
Philip III
king of Spain and Portugal
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain
Luis Méndez de Haro
minister of Spain
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Manuel de Godoy
prime minister of Spain
Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea marquis de la Ensenada
prime minister of Spain
Charles VI
Holy Roman emperor
Isabella Farnese
queen of Spain
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy
prime minister of Spain
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
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Spanish soldier and statesman
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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