Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Mendoza

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Mendoza (Naples, May 30, 1580 - Madrid, December 11 de 1634), was a Spanish noble and admiral. He was born in Naples as the son of Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Marquis of Villafranca, then commander in chief of the Spanish Army in the Kingdom of Naples, and Doña Elvira de Mendoza. He served in the Spanish fleet under command of his father and rose quickly through the ranks, as did his elder brother García Álvarez de Toledo, 6th Marquis of Villafranca. In 1617, he became Capitán General de la Armada del Mar Océano or Armada de Barlovento. He gained several victories against the Dutch, in 1621 near Cape Saint Vincent and Gibraltar in 1623 in the English Channel, blockading the Dutch coast. In the same year he defeated a Moorish incursion near Gibraltar. In 1625 he was appointed General of Portugal (then in a personal union withSpain), and Capitán General of the Army of Brazil. He sailed towards Brazil at the head of a fleet consisting of 34 Spanish ships, 22 Portuguese ships and 12,566 men (three quarters were Spanish and the rest Portuguese).

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131643644
• ISBN-10: 6131643644
• Artikelnr.: 29820482