Guerau de Espés

Deceased Person

1524 – 1572

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Who was Guerau de Espés?

Guerau de Espés del Valle was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat. He served as Philip II of Spain's ambassador to Elizabeth I of England from 1568 to 1571 during one of the tensest moments in Anglo-Spanish relations and was expelled after being accused of complicity of the Ridolfi plot. He was a knight of the Order of Calatrava. He also appeared as a character in the 2007 film Elizabeth: The Golden Age, played by the British actor Will Houston.

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Born
1524
Lleida
Died
1572

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on July 23, 2013

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