Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, 1st Duke of Lerma, 5th Marquess of Denia, 1st Count of Ampudia (1552/1553 – 17 May 1625), was a favourite of Philip III of Spain, the first of the validos ('most worthy') through whom the later Habsburg monarchs ruled. He was succeeded by the Count-Duke of Olivares.
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1553 Tordesillas, Spain
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17 May 1625 (aged 71) Valladolid, Spain
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