El conde de Oñate y la diplomacia entre Madrid y Viena a principios de la Guerra de los Treinta Años

Abstract

policy of the Spanish Monarchy. From the beginning of the conflict, the Catholic king lent the Emperor economic and military assistance. However, through the same resources the Spaniards tried to increase their influence in the Holy Empire. The main objective of the article is to present what reaction awakened the fact in the imperial court and what role in the process of the implementation of the Hispanic policy fell on the ambassador Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, count of Oñate.