Gondomar, Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de (gŏn`dəmär, Span. dyā`gō särmyān`tō thā äk
`nyä kōn`dā thā gōndōmär`), 1567?–1626, Spanish ambassador to England (1613–18, 1620–22). He gained great influence over James I James I, 1566–1625, king of England (1603–25) and, as James VI, of Scotland (1567–1625). James's reign witnessed the beginnings of English colonization in North America (Jamestown was founded in 1607) and the plantation of Scottish settlers in
..... Click the link for more information. and dissuaded him from giving real assistance to James's son-in-law, Frederick the Winter King Frederick the Winter King, 1596–1632, king of Bohemia (1619–20), elector palatine (1610–20) as Frederick V. The Protestant diet of Bohemia deposed the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand (Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II ) and chose Frederick as king.
..... Click the link for more information. , at the outset of the Thirty Years War Thirty Years War, 1618–48, general European war fought mainly in Germany.
There were many territorial, dynastic, and religious issues that figured in the outbreak and conduct of the war.
..... Click the link for more information. . He also demanded the execution (1618) of Sir Walter Raleigh Raleigh or Ralegh, Sir Walter (both: rŏl`ē, răl`ē)
..... Click the link for more information. . Gondomar was highly unpopular in England and was attacked in Thomas Middleton Middleton, Thomas, 1580–1627, English dramatist, b. London, grad. Queen's College, Oxford, 1598. His early plays were chiefly written in collaboration with Dekker, Drayton, and others.
..... Click the link for more information. 's play A Game at Chess.
`nyä kōn`dā thā gōndōmär`), 1567?–1626, Spanish ambassador to England (1613–18, 1620–22). He gained great influence over James I James I, 1566–1625, king of England (1603–25) and, as James VI, of Scotland (1567–1625). James's reign witnessed the beginnings of English colonization in North America (Jamestown was founded in 1607) and the plantation of Scottish settlers in..... Click the link for more information. and dissuaded him from giving real assistance to James's son-in-law, Frederick the Winter King Frederick the Winter King, 1596–1632, king of Bohemia (1619–20), elector palatine (1610–20) as Frederick V. The Protestant diet of Bohemia deposed the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand (Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II ) and chose Frederick as king.
..... Click the link for more information. , at the outset of the Thirty Years War Thirty Years War, 1618–48, general European war fought mainly in Germany.
General Character of the War
There were many territorial, dynastic, and religious issues that figured in the outbreak and conduct of the war.
..... Click the link for more information. . He also demanded the execution (1618) of Sir Walter Raleigh Raleigh or Ralegh, Sir Walter (both: rŏl`ē, răl`ē)
..... Click the link for more information. . Gondomar was highly unpopular in England and was attacked in Thomas Middleton Middleton, Thomas, 1580–1627, English dramatist, b. London, grad. Queen's College, Oxford, 1598. His early plays were chiefly written in collaboration with Dekker, Drayton, and others.
..... Click the link for more information. 's play A Game at Chess.
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