Pedro Ronquillo Briceño

Pedro Ronquillo Briceño , 5th Conde de Ronquillo (* around February 1, 1630 in Madrid ; † 1691 ) was the ambassador of Charles II of Spain to Charles II of England from 1674 to 1676 and from 1679 to 1691 .

Life

Pedro Ronquillo Briceño was a descendant of the 1st Conde de Ronquillo , Rodrigo Ronquillo . Pedro and his sister Antonio called Maura were born in Madrid while his younger siblings were born in Italy. He learned Catalan, German, French and lived in Milan, Genoa and Rome. His father, Manuel Ronquillo Briceño, the 4th Conde de Ronquillo, a condottiere , died in 1635 near Milan during a conflict with troops serving France when he commanded a company of heavy riders .

Pedro Ronquillo Briceño was Caballero de Alcántara, Colegial de Oviedo, in Salamanca, Oidor of the Royal Chancillería of Granada, Superintendent of Military Justice in Flanders, Envoy to the Consejo de Indias and its Chamber, Envoy of His Majesty the Emperor Leopold I (HRR) since 1635 with Charles X. Gustav , King of Sweden, envoy of His Majesty the Catholic King Charles II of Spain with John II Casimir , Polish king, 1678 agent of Charles II of Spain for the peace negotiations in Nijmegen , Ambassador to the Court of St James’s , was appointed a member of the Council of State but died before taking up that office.

After the Virrey interino de Sicilia , Juan José de Austria was excluded from the reign in 1651, Pedro Ronquillo Briceño returned with his relatives to the Spanish court. In 1658 he had a son in Madrid with Ana López de Mendoza, Pedro Francisco Ronquillo Briceño y López de Mendoza.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eduardo Ruiz Ayúcar, El Alcalde Ronquillo; su época, su falsa leyenda negra , 1958

predecessor	Office	successor
Marqués de Valparaiso	Spanish envoy to England 1674–1676 1679–1691	Francisco Antonio Navarro