Index of Gardiner's History of England
Olivares, Count of (Duke of San Lucar), (Gaspar de Guzman),
- the favourite of Philip IV.,
- succeeds Zuniga as the chief minister of Philip IV.,
- character and plans of,
- assures Bristol that his master will, if necessary, help James in the Palatinate,
- gives a sharp answer to Porter,
- urges Philip to carry out the marriage treaty,
- is directed by Philip to put an end to the treaty,
- lays before the Council of Slate a memorial on the relations between Spain and England,
- visionary character of his policy,
- the Council of State rejects the scheme of,
- hears of the Prince's arrival at Madrid,
- carries the news to Philip,
- difficulty of his position,
- expects the Prince to change his religion,
- talks to Buckingham about the conversion of the Prince, and writes to Cardinal Ludovisi,
- attempts to convert the Prince,
- urges Buckingham to make concessions,
- asks for liberty of worship in England,
- consults the Nuncio on the concessions to be demanded from England,
- asks Buckingham to surrender a fortress to the Catholics,
- offers to hasten the dispensation,
- converses with the Nuncio on a compromise with James,
- wishes to negotiate with the Emperor on the disposal of the Palatinate,
- hears that the dispensation's to be granted,
- hopes that the Prince will privately acknowledge a change of religion,
- urges Buckingham to ask the Prince to take part in a religious discussion,
- takes part in an attempt to convert Buckingham,
- informs Charles that the dispensation will be granted,
- forbids the Prince's chaplains to enter the Royal Palace,
- quarrels with Buckingham,
- advocates in the Council of State the scheme of detaining the Infanta after marriage,
- is outvoted,
- declares that the Prince must return without the Infanta,
- obtains the support of the Junta of theologians,
- informs Charles of the decision of the Theologians, and states that Philip III. had never intended to carry out the marriage treaty,
- Bristol remonstrates with,
- shelters himself behind the Junta of Theologians,
- asks Khevenhueller to renew his proposal for marrying Prince Charles to the Emperor's daughter,
- assures the Prince that it is impossible to allow him to take the Infanta to England,
- presents fresh articles to Charles,
- changes his tactics, and urges the Infanta to consent to the marriage,
- wishes to obtain the consent of Charles to a marriage between Frederick's son and the Emperor's daughter,
- declares in the Council that the King of Spain can never go to war with the Emperor, and proposes a scheme for the settlement of the Palatinate,
- engages in an altercation with Buckingham,
- produces a letter of Philip III.,
- is upbraided by Buckingham,
- proposes the education of two of Frederick's sons as Catholics at Vienna,
- wishes to avert a breach with England,
- offers to Bristol anything for which he may choose to ask,
- prepares the Treaty of Barcelona with Du Fargis,
- informs the French ambassador of Buckingham's overtures,
- obtains from France an engagement for common action against England,
- Porter sent to Spain, to come to an understanding with,
- makes overtures about the Palatinate,
- maintains silence on Charles's request for the restoration of the fortresses in the Palatinate,
- rejects Cottington's demand for an engagement to effect the restitution of the Palatinate,
- signs a treaty for the partition of the Netherlands,
- character of the statesmanship of,
- advises the Emperor to suspend the Edict of Restitution,
- does not like to support Mary de Medicis,
- is overwhelmed by the multiplicity of the interests of the Spanish monarchy, and wishes to avoid a conflict with France,
- distrusts Charles,
- agrees with Necolalde in his distrust of Charles,
- declares that he does not expect Charles to go to war with the Dutch, but proposes to give him a small sum,
- speaks scornfully of Charles,
- expects Charles to declare war against the Dutch,