"Siendo la venida del Serenissimo Principe de Vvalia a estos Reynos la mas nueua accion que en persona Real han visto los siglos, en que escureçio los exemplares antiguos, pasmo las naciones y dio cierta esperança de grandes felicidades ..."

A mythological painting by Paolo Veronese (c. 1528 - 1588). It was presented to Charles Stuart during his visit to Valladolid city on 16 September 1623. On display at the National Galleries of Scotland: National, Edinburgh.

An early marble group by Giovanni Bologna (1529-1608). It was presented to Charles Stuart during his visit to Valladolid city on 16 September 1623. On display at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

A Spanish relación about the entry of Charles Stuart, Prince of Wales, to the Court in Madrid, 13 March 1623, printed in Madrid.

Entry for 8 Dec 1588. UVa Matriculation Book, AUVa-LIB 33, 1588-1601. Subject: Law.

Title-page of the first edition of Sarpi’s 1619 Historia del Concilio Tridentino (fol. a1),

The tradition of attributing the victory in the battle of the Alporchones to the intercession of St. Patrick is owed to Philip O'Sullivan Beare, one of the hundreds of Irish exiles who took refuge in Spain during the 17th century after Kinsale. How…