List of ambassadors of Spain to the Netherlands

The ambassador of Spain to the Netherlands is the official representative of the Spanish government to the government of the Netherlands.
He is regularly coaccredited to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

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History

The Netherlands were part of the Spanish Monarchy until 1581, during the Dutch Revolt, when a number of provinces issued the Act of Abjuration repudiating Philip II of Spain. In 1609, on concluding the Twelve Years' Truce, Philip III of Spain agreed to deal with the Dutch Republic "as though" it were sovereign. Full mutual recognition and the accreditation of ordinary ambassadors came after the Peace of Münster, during the reign of Philip IV of Spain.

Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	Head of government in Spain	Head of government in the Netherlands	Term end
	Antoine Brun d'Aspremont	In 1649 he became the king's first resident ambassador in the newly recognised Dutch Republic. He took up residence in The Hague in mid 1649, his first official despatch as ambassador being dated 29 June 1649. In 1650 he concluded a naval treaty with the Dutch on behalf of the king.	Philip IV of Spain	William II, Prince of Orange
	Esteban de Gamarra y Contreras		Philip IV of Spain	William III of England
	Antonio de Tovar y Paz		Charles II of Spain	William III of England
	Emmanuel Françisco de Lyra	Spanish Ambassador to The Hague.	Charles II of Spain	William III of England	1678
1678	Baltasar de Fuenmayor, Marquess of Castel-Moncayo	Spanish Ambassador to The Hague.	Charles II of Spain	William III of England	1685
	Manuel Coloma, marqués de Canales		Charles II of Spain	William III of England	1691
1691	Francisco Bernardo de Quirós		Charles II of Spain	William III of England	1700
	Beretti Landi		Philip V of Spain	William IV, Prince of Orange
			Philip V of Spain	William IV, Prince of Orange
	Vicente Bacallar y Sanna		Louis I of Spain	William IV, Prince of Orange
	Jerónimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi		Charles III of Spain	William V, Prince of Orange
1815		Chargé d'affaires	Ferdinand VII of Spain	William I of the Netherlands	1818
1815	Miguel Ricardo de Álava	Ambassador	Ferdinand VII of Spain	William I of the Netherlands	1822
			Alfonso XIII of Spain	Pieter Cort van der Linden
		Last ambassador of the Second Spanish Republic	Juan Negrín	Hendrikus Colijn
	Fernando Schwartz		Felipe González	Ruud Lubbers
	Manuel María Sassot Cañadas		Felipe González	Ruud Lubbers
	Antonio José Fournier Bermejo		Felipe González	Ruud Lubbers
	Rafael Pastor Ridruejo		Felipe González	Wim Kok
	Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal		Felipe González	Wim Kok
	Carlos Manuel de Benavides y Salas		José María Aznar	Wim Kok
	Alfonso Dastis		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Jan Peter Balkenende
	Juan Prat Y Coll		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Jan Peter Balkenende
	Francisco Javier Vallaure de Acha		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Mark Rutte
			Mariano Rajoy	Mark Rutte