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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (29 October 1507 – 11 December 1582), known as the Grand Duke of Alba (Spanish: Gran Duque de Alba, Portuguese: Grão Duque de Alba) in Spain and Portugal and as the Iron Duke (Dutch: IJzeren Hertog or shortly 'Alva') in the Netherlands, was a Spanish noble, general and diplomat.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3er duque de Alba was a Spanish soldier and statesman famous for his conquest of Portugal (1580) and notorious for his tyranny as governor-general of the Netherlands (1567–73).
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, (born Oct. 29, 1507, Piedrahita, Old Castile, Spain—died Dec. 11, 1582, Lisbon), Spanish soldier. He commanded Charles V ’s imperial armies to defeat the Schmalkaldic League in 1547, and he served as viceroy of Naples (1556–59).
May 1, 1984 · Its aim is to demonstrate how Alba became one of the most respected and successful generals of his day and how he achieved this notoriety by recognizing that victory depended, not on terror, but on disciplined troops, superior organization and tactics, and an element of surprise.
- William S. Maltby
- 1983
Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba. TIPO DE OBRA. Painting. MATERIAL. Tabla. UBICACIÓN. Liria Palace. Pedro Pablo Rubens. Historia de la procedencia. The painting was purchased by Don Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba, in London, in 1942. He comes from a Huguenot family called Papillon. Observaciones.
Apr 21, 2020 · Some dynasties are remembered primarily for one member, for good or ill, and such is the legacy of the ‘Iron Duke’, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, the 3 rd Duke of Alba (1507-1582). His military genius served King Philip II of Spain very well until he was sent to quell religious and political unrest in the Low Countries, and instead ignited a ...
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With the beginning of the emperor's wars against the Protestant German Schmalkaldic League in 1546, Alba became the emperor's chief military advisor and played a major role in the victory at M ü hlberg in 1547. Alba returned to Spain in 1548 as Prince Philip's chief of household.
