Gabriel de Ocaña y Alarcón

Gabriel de Ocaña y Alarcón he was a nobleman, II lord of Pozuelo de Alarcón, politician and server of the king Philip IV of Castile in various administrative positions.

He was the son of Luis de Alarcón, member of the Treasury Board, and his wife, Antonia de Céspedes, both neighbors and natural in Madrid.[1]

He always served in public office, some of the important within the castle court: he served as a counter in the Major Comptadoria, among other positions such as that of secretary of the three Military Orders –in became knight of that of St. James – and was governor of the Secretariat of Chamber and State of Castile by particular order of King Philip IV, later secretary of chamber Supreme Council of Indies, as well as from the War Board by the provinces of Peru and neutral business, as stated in 1644. He was also a Gentile man in the mouth of Archduke Albert of Austria and, equally, of the sons Elizabeth Clara Eugenia and Daisy, who left him as one of his willaries. By order of the king he also attended Sister Dorotea, daughter of Emperor Rodolf.[1]

On the other hand, he had a lot of power in the City Hall of the village of Madrid as a councilor dean[1] and perpetuates, in fact in 1646 he was the oldest member;[2] he was also captain of the militia. Otherwise, he bought and joined his wholesal the village of Pozuelo de Alarcón, before Aravaca, which was within the jurisdiction of the Spanish capital.[1] His father had acquired him in 1632 by mortgage to join Gabriel's wholesaler, created in 1631.[3]

He married twice, of the first marriage he had no children; the second time he married Mariana de Garnica y Haro, daughter of the lord of Valdetorres.[4] His children were: his successor Gaspar José, speaker knight of Hornos of the Order of Alcantara and also councilor of Madrid;[1] He also had another son, Antonio de Alarcón y Ocaña, with Margarita de Aibar.[5]

He was in front of Francisco Suárez on February 11, 1649.[5] (Google Translate)