- Luis de Haro
Luis Menéndez de Haro y Sotomayor, 6th marquis of Carpio, 3rd Duke of Olivares (
Valladolid , 1598 -Madrid ,November 26 1661 ) was a Spanishpolitical figure andgeneral .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 SisterMaria de Agreda . She convinced the king to abolish the function of "valido".Luis de Haro was the main Spanish negotiator of the
Treaty of the Pyrenees onPheasant Island in 1659.
He did not succeed in avoiding a negative result, nor did he reach an anti-French alliance withOliver Cromwell .
The treaty was accompanied by a marriage betweenLouis XIV of France andMaria Theresa of Spain .
Luis de Haro played the part of the bridegroom in theproxy marriage that took place atFuenterrabia onJune 3 1660 .His main success was the oppression of the Catalan uprising and the reconquest of
Barcelona in 1652. ThePortuguese Restoration War on the contrary was a complete failure. Luis de Haro personally led the Spanish troups at theBattle 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 :
*Gaspar, (1629 - 1687), his successor and Viceroy of Naples.
*Juan Domingo (1640 - 1716),Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands and Viceroy of Catalonia.
*Francisco
*Antonia, married Gaspar Juan Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, 10thDuke 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.References
* [http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/carpio.htm Grandes de España]
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