List of ambassadors of Spain to the Netherlands

Ambassador of Spain to the Netherlands
Ambassador of Spain to the Netherlands
	Coat of arms of Spain
	Incumbent; Consuelo Femenía; since December 29, 2021
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Secretariat of State for the European Union
Style	The Most Excellent
Residence	The Hague
Nominator	The Foreign Minister
Appointer	The Monarch
Term length	At the government's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Antoine Brun, baron d'Aspremont
Formation	1649
Website	Mission of Spain to the Netherlands

The ambassador of Spain to the Netherlands is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is also accredited to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.^[1]

In the past, this ambassador also served as ambassador to Luxembourg (1891–1922), Nassau (1687) and the Austrian Netherlands (1726–1746). It also represented Spain in the Congress of Cologne (1674) during the Franco-Dutch War.

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
1643	Miguel de Salamanca y Salamanca	Envoy	Philip IV of Spain	Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange	1645
1645	Francisco Galarreta	Diplomatic agent		Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange	1645
1648	Philippe Le Roy	Envoy		William II, Prince of Orange	1648
January 1, 1649	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.		William II, Prince of Orange	1654
January 1655	Esteban de Gamarra y Contreras	^[2]		William III of England	June 1671
January 1, 1665	Antonio de Tovar y Paz		Charles II of Spain
January 1, 1671	Manuel Francisco de Lira Castillo	Spanish Ambassador to The Hague.^[2]			1678
1678	Baltasar de Fuenmayor, Marquess of Castel-Moncayo	Spanish Ambassador to The Hague.^[2]			1685
May 5, 1687	Manuel Coloma, marqués de Canales	^[2]			1691
1691	Francisco Bernardo de Quirós	^[2]			1700
1700	Vacant	War of the Spanish Succession	Philip V of Spain	John William Friso	1716
May 8, 1716	Lorenzo Verzuso Beretti Landi	^[3]		William IV, Prince of Orange	January 8, 1721
January 8, 1721	Isidro Casado de Acevedo y Rosales [es]	^[4]			January 1, 1724
January 1, 1724	Vicente Bacallar y Sanna		Louis I of Spain		June 11, 1726

January 1, 1762	Jerónimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi		Charles III of Spain	William V, Prince of Orange	January 1, 1762

1815	José María Pando y Remírez de Laredo [es]	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

December 11, 1917	Santiago Méndez de Vigo y Méndez de Vigo [es]		Alfonso XIII of Spain	Pieter Cort van der Linden	April 30, 1925

January 1, 1938	José María Semprún Gurrea [es]	Last ambassador of the Second Spanish Republic	Juan Negrín	Hendrikus Colijn	January 1, 1938

April 16, 1985	Fernando Schwartz		Felipe González	Ruud Lubbers	July 24, 1988
February 5, 1988	Manuel María Sassot Cañadas	^[5]	Felipe González	Ruud Lubbers
May 21, 1991	Antonio José Fournier Bermejo	^[6]	Felipe González	Ruud Lubbers
May 6, 1994	Rafael Pastor Ridruejo		Felipe González	Wim Kok	August 5, 1995
August 5, 1995	Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal	^[7]	Felipe González	Wim Kok	February 2, 2001
February 2, 2001	Carlos Manuel de Benavides y Salas	(*January 15, 1939)^[8]	José María Aznar	Wim Kok	June 26, 2004
June 26, 2004	Alfonso Dastis	^[9]	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Jan Peter Balkenende	August 31, 2007
August 31, 2007	Juan Prat Y Coll	^[10]	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Jan Peter Balkenende	January 7, 2011
July 7, 2011	Francisco Javier Vallaure de Acha	^[11]	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Mark Rutte
February 3, 2014	Fernando Arias González	^[12]	Mariano Rajoy	Mark Rutte
August 24, 2018	María Jesús Alonso Jiménez [es]	^[13]	Pedro Sánchez	Mark Rutte	December 28, 2021
December 28, 2021	Consuelo Femenía Guardiola	^[14]	Pedro Sánchez	Mark Rutte

52°05′01″N 4°18′47″E / 52.083702°N 4.313139°E / 52.083702; 4.313139 ^[15]

References

↑ Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,
1 2 3 4 5 La diplomacia española a través de los embajadores en La Haya (1665-1700)
↑ Real Academia de la Historia
↑ Real Academia de la Historia
↑ Manuel María Sassot Cañadas
↑ Antonio José Fournier Bermejo
↑ El Gobiemo acuerda nombrar embajador en el Reino de Dinamarca a José María Pons Irazazábal. Carlos Manuel de Benavides Salas es nombrado embajador en Holanda. Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal
↑ Carlos Manuel de Benavides y Salas
↑ "Alfonso Dastis". Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
↑ Juan Prat Y Coll
↑ Francisco Javier Vallaure de Acha
↑ Fernando Arias González
↑ María Jesús Alonso Jiménez
↑ "Real Decreto 1166/2021, de 28 de diciembre, por el que se designa Embajadora de España en el Reino de los Países Bajos a doña María Consuelo Femenía Guardiola". Boletín Oficial del Estado (312). Madrid: 166160. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado, (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain)),

[1] Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,

[Persee-2] 1 2 3 4 5 La diplomacia española a través de los embajadores en La Haya (1665-1700)

[3] Real Academia de la Historia

[4] Real Academia de la Historia

[5] Manuel María Sassot Cañadas

[6] Antonio José Fournier Bermejo

[7] El Gobiemo acuerda nombrar embajador en el Reino de Dinamarca a José María Pons Irazazábal. Carlos Manuel de Benavides Salas es nombrado embajador en Holanda. Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal

[8] Carlos Manuel de Benavides y Salas

[9] "Alfonso Dastis". Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-03-17.

[10] Juan Prat Y Coll

[11] Francisco Javier Vallaure de Acha

[12] Fernando Arias González

[13] María Jesús Alonso Jiménez

[14] "Real Decreto 1166/2021, de 28 de diciembre, por el que se designa Embajadora de España en el Reino de los Países Bajos a doña María Consuelo Femenía Guardiola". Boletín Oficial del Estado (312). Madrid: 166160. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2026.

[15] Boletín Oficial del Estado, (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain)),

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Ambassador of Spain to the Netherlands
Coat of arms of Spain
Incumbent Consuelo Femenía since December 29, 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for the European Union
Style	The Most Excellent
Residence	The Hague
Nominator	The Foreign Minister
Appointer	The Monarch
Term length	At the government's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Antoine Brun, baron d'Aspremont
Formation	1649
Website	Mission of Spain to the Netherlands