Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de (1584–1648)

Spanish writer and diplomat. His political essays include ‘Las empresas políticas’ 1640 and ‘Juicio de artes y sciencias’ 1655, published later as a criticism of contemporary literature, La república literaria 1670. He also produced the historical work La corona gótica 1646.

He was the Spanish representative at the Diet of Ratisbon, which elected Ferdinand II Holy Roman Emperor, and at the Congress of Münster ending the Thirty Years' War.