Luis de Haro
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Luis Méndez de Haro, 6th Marquis of Carpio, Grandee of Spain, (in full), (1598 – 26 November 1661), was a Spanish
nobleman, political figure and general
.
He was the son of don Diego de Haro, marquis of Carpio, and of doña Francisca de Guzmán, sister of count Olivares
.
He made a career at the Spanish court under protection of his uncle,
whom he succeeded as valido or favourite
in the king's confidence when Olivares was driven from office in 1643.
He never achieved the same influence and control as his uncle , mainly because Philip IV
also relied on Sister María de Ágreda
. She convinced the king to abolish the function of valido.
Luis de Haro was the main Spanish negotiator of the Treaty of the Pyrenees
on Pheasant Island
in 1659. He did not succeed in avoiding a negative result, nor did he reach an anti-French alliance with Oliver Cromwell
. The treaty was accompanied by a marriage between Louis XIV of France
and Maria Theresa of Spain
. Luis de Haro played the part of the bridegroom in the proxy marriage
that took place at Fuenterrabia on June 3, 1660.
His main success was the suppression of the Catalan uprising and the reconquest of Barcelona
in 1652.
The Portuguese Restoration War
on the contrary was a complete failure. Luis de Haro personally led the Spanish troops at the Battle of the Lines of Elvas
in 1659, which ended in total defeat.
He married in Barcelona on April 26, 1625 Catalina (April 26, 1610 - November 19, 1647), youngest daughter of Enrique de Córdoba Cardona y Aragón and had 6 children :
Spain
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nobleman, political figure and general
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
.
He was the son of don Diego de Haro, marquis of Carpio, and of doña Francisca de Guzmán, sister of count 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...
.
He made a career at the Spanish court under protection of his uncle,
whom he succeeded as valido or favourite
Favourite
A favourite , or favorite , was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person. In medieval and Early Modern Europe, among other times and places, the term is used of individuals delegated significant political power by a ruler...
in the king's confidence when Olivares was driven from office in 1643.
He never achieved the same influence and control as his uncle , mainly because Philip IV
Philip IV of Spain
Philip IV was King of Spain between 1621 and 1665, sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, and King of Portugal until 1640...
also relied on Sister María de Ágreda
Maria de Agreda
María Fernández Coronel y Arana, Abbess of Ágreda or, known in religion as Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda , also known as the Lady in Blue and the Blue Nun, was born, and died, in Ágreda, a town located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain...
. She convinced the king to abolish the function of valido.
Luis de Haro was the main Spanish negotiator of the Treaty of the Pyrenees
Treaty of the Pyrenees
The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed to end the 1635 to 1659 war between France and Spain, a war that was initially a part of the wider Thirty Years' War. It was signed on Pheasant Island, a river island on the border between the two countries...
on Pheasant Island
Pheasant Island
Pheasant Island is a river island located in the Bidasoa river. The island is a condominium , under joint sovereignty of Spain and France, and so administered by Irun and Hendaye , which are in charge of the island during alternating periods of six months...
in 1659. He did not succeed in avoiding a negative result, nor did he reach an anti-French alliance with Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
. The treaty was accompanied by a marriage between Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
and Maria Theresa of Spain
Maria Theresa of Spain
Maria Theresa of Austria was the daughter of Philip IV, King of Spain and Elizabeth of France. Maria Theresa was Queen of France as wife of King Louis XIV and mother of the Grand Dauphin, an ancestor of the last four Bourbon kings of France.-Early life:Born as Infanta María Teresa of Spain at the...
. Luis de Haro played the part of the bridegroom in the proxy marriage
Proxy marriage
A proxy wedding or is a wedding in which the bride or groom is not physically present, usually being represented instead by another person...
that took place at Fuenterrabia on June 3, 1660.
His main success was the suppression of the Catalan uprising and the reconquest of Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
in 1652.
The Portuguese Restoration War
Portuguese Restoration War
Portuguese Restoration War was the name given by nineteenth-century 'romantic' historians to the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon . The revolution of 1640 ended the sixty-year period of dual monarchy in Portugal...
on the contrary was a complete failure. Luis de Haro personally led the Spanish troops at the Battle of the Lines of Elvas
Battle of the Lines of Elvas
The Battle of the Lines of Elvas , was fought on 14 January 1659, in Elvas, between Portugal and Spain.-History:In 1658 a Spanish army commanded by D. Luis de Haro, was camped in the frontier of the Caia River, with 14,000 infantry, 3,500 cavalry and several pieces of artillery...
in 1659, which ended in total defeat.
He married in Barcelona on April 26, 1625 Catalina (April 26, 1610 - November 19, 1647), youngest daughter of Enrique de Córdoba Cardona y Aragón and had 6 children :
- Gaspar, (1629–1687), his successor and Viceroy of Naples.
- Juan DomingoJuan Domingo de Zuñiga y FonsecaJuan Domingo Méndez de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba was a Spanish military and political figure...
(1640–1716), Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands and Viceroy of Catalonia. - Francisco
- Antonia, married Gaspar Juan Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, 10th Duke of Medina Sidonia
- Manuela, married Gaspar Vigil de Quiñones Alonso Pimentel y Benavides.
- María Méndez (1644–1693), married Gregorio María Domingo de Silva Mendoza y Sandoval.