Juan de Idiáquez y Olazábal
Juan de Idiáquez y Olazábal | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1540 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 12 October 1614 (aged 73) Segovia, Spain |
| Spouse | Mencía Manrique de Butrón |
| Children | Alonso de Idiáquez Butrón y Múgica |
Juan de Idiáquez y Olazábal (12 March 1540 - 12 October 1614) was a Spanish statesman. He held many positions, including menin of Prince Carlos, ambassador to Genoa and Venice, royal secretary and adviser to Philip II and president of the Council of Orders with Philip III. He was also a member of the Order of Santiago.[1][2]
Family background[edit]
Born in Madrid, he was the only son of Alonso de Idiáquez y Yurramendi, who was secretary of Charles I, and Gracia de Olazábal.[1][2]
Early career[edit]
As a menin, he entered the service of Carlos, Prince of Asturias, the eldest son of King Philip II.[2]
Relations with Ireland[edit]
In 1592, Idiáquez met with James O'Healy, the Irish Catholic Archbishop of Tuam. O'Healy had been sent to Spain to urgently obtain 8,000 to 10,000 Spanish soldiers, to supplement Irish forces in their conflict against the Tudors. The archbishop emphasised to Idiáquez the persecution the Irish were suffering as fellow Catholics.[3][4] Idiáquez wrote to King Philip II, and described his meeting with O'Healy:
"The Irish archbishop of Tuam says that it will be of great importance for the success of the confederacy of Irish Catholics, that Your Majesty should write very affectionately to the earl of Tyrone, whose name is O’Neill to induce him to enter into the confederacy openly. He already belongs to it secretly, and he should be assured that Your Majesty’s aid shall not fail them. The archbishop begs Your Majesty to order a letter to be written to the earl to that effect."
Philip II thought these demands were heavy, but ultimately felt pity for the plight of Irish Catholics. Idiáquez was instructed to give the Irish "the very smallest aid that will be needed. If it be so small that we can give it, we will help them."[3] Idiáquez arranged for a ship to take O'Healy and some Spaniards back to Ireland on a preliminary expedition, but in March 1594, the ship was shipwrecked in a sandbar, on the coast of Santander in Cantabria.[3][4]
Personal life[edit]
On 4 February 1563, he married Mencía Manrique de Mújica in Bermeo, Biscay. The couple had only a son, Alonso, 1st Duke of Ciudad Real and viceroy of Navarre.[2][1]
In August 1565, Mencía died in childbirth,[2] and in 1614 Juan de Idiáquez y Olazábal died in Segovia.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Fidel Pérez-Mínguez: Don Juan de Idiáquez: embajador y consejero de Felipe II, 1514-1614, incluido en varias entregas en la Revista Internacional de los Estudios Vascos (1931-1934): vol. XXII, págs. 485-522, vol. XXIII, págs. 70-129, vol. XXIII, págs. 301-375, vol. XXIII, págs. 569-619 Template:Wayback, vol. XXIV, págs. 225-282, vol. XXV, págs. 131-189 y vol. XXV, págs. 385-417.
- ^ a b c d e "Juan de Idiáquez Olazábal". Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ a b c d Morgan, Hiram (2013). Peduelo Martin, Eduardo; Rodriguez de Diego, Julia (eds.). "The establishment of the Irish-Spanish relationship" (PDF). Los Irlandeses y la Monarquia Hispanica (1529-1800): vinculos in espacio y tiempo. Madrid.
- ^ a b c García Hernán, Enrique (2004). Morgan, Hiram (ed.). "Philip II's forgotten armada" (PDF). The Battle of Kinsale. Dublin: Wordwell Ltd: 45–58. ISBN 1-869857-70-4.