Gift Francisco Gómez de Sandoval there Rojas , duke of Lerme (Tordesillas, 1552 or 1553 - Valladolid, 1625), favorite of Philippe III of Spain and its minister, was the first of the Valido S (what this translated by “very powerful”) through which the Habsbourg monarchs of Spain reigned later.

Vision lack political and conceited, Francisco Goméz de Sandoval Rojas was based there on networks of customers what increased the Corruption in Spain. It is within its family that the first tensions appeared since it was returned by Philippe III in October 1618 and that it is his/her son, the duke of Uceda which succeeded to him.

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