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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...
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    Alba de Tormes in 1472) Don García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba Don Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd...
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    Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Guzmán, 4th Duke of Alba, Grandee of Spain, (in full, Spanish: Don Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Guzmán...
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    Fernando de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo, 12th Duke of Alba (27 October 1714 – 15 November 1776), was a Spanish politician and general who was Prime Minister...
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    of the dukes of Alba. María Teresa Álvarez de Toledo, 11th Duchess of Alba (daughter of Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, 10th Duke of Alba) became the 11th...
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    Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez, 2nd Duke of Alba (in full, Spanish: Don Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Quiñones, segundo Duque de Alba de Tormes...
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    Alba de Tormes since the year 1369. He was the son of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Count of Alba de Tormes and of Mencía Carrillo de Toledo, Lady...
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  • Fernando de Toledo (c. 1528–1591) was a Spanish nobleman. He was the illegitimate and first son of Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, "The...
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    The famous Duke of Alba, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, was his first cousin. Among his many siblings was Eleonora of Toledo, wife of Cosimo I, Grand Duke...
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    Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Beaumont, 5th Duke of Alba, Grandee of Spain, (in full, Spanish: Don Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Beaumont de Navarra, quinto...
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    capitulation of the city of Granada. During the 16th century, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, was given the title of governor general of...
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    different museums. The gate was destroyed in 1557 on the orders of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, the viceroy of Naples. Much of the sculpture is preserved today...
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    Prince of Asturias, Portuguese prince (b. 1575) December 11 – Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish general (b. 1507) Date unknown: Wu...
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    failed to capture the city of Groningen. Louis was driven away by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba and defeated at the Battle of Jemmingen (also known...
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  • Álvarez de Toledo y Portugal. The heir to all the titles in the family was his brother Pedro, but he decided to become a clergyman, and Don Fernando became...
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    Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Zúñiga (13 July 1484 – 21 February 1553) was a Spanish politician. The first effective Spanish viceroy of Naples, in 1532–1552...
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    his flock. In 1573 he was called by Philip II to succeed the Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba as governor of the Spanish Netherlands, then...
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  • royal governess) to king Charles II of Spain. She was born to Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Portugal, 6th Count of Oropesa, and Mencía María Alfonso-Pimentel...
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  • gallerist and art activist Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507–1582), Spanish noble, officer and diplomat Fernando Álvarez Monje (born 1968), Mexican...
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    Francisco Álvarez de Toledo (Oropesa, 10 July 1515 – Escalona, 21 April 1582), also known as The Viceroyal Solon, was an aristocrat and soldier of the...
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    Duke of Alba (Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 1507–1582), general and governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1567–1573) Diego García de Paredes (1466–1534), soldier...
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    Montgomery. When the news reached the Spanish headquarters, Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, and...
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    monastery of San Leonardo was located outside the walls of Alba. Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba saint Teresa of Ávila died at Alba saint John...
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  • Duarte Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Viceroy of Navarra, Valencia and Sardinia and President of the Consejo de las Órdenes. His grandfather Fernando was a...
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    1566–1567, followed by the arrival and government takeover by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (simply known as "Alba" or "Alva") with an army...
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  • politician Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507–1582), Spanish noble, general, and diplomat involved in the Eighty Years' War Luís Alves de Lima...
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    Savoy 1559–1567 Margaret of Parma 1567–1573 Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba 1573–1576 Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga 1576–1578 John of Austria...
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    Egmont (play) (category Cultural depictions of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba)
    Egmont is a play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which he completed in 1788. Its dramaturgical structure, like that of his earlier Sturm und Drang play...
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  • Spaniards resisted until the arrival of the Spanish army under Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, causing the withdrawal of the French army. The...
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  • model Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel (1507-1582), Spanish duke Fernando Pimentel (born 1951), Brazilian politician and economist Gaspar de Guzmán...
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