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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3er duque de Alva • Duke of Alba
Born October 29, 1507 • Spain
Died December 11, 1582 (aged 75) • Lisbon • Portugal
Title / Office governor-general (1567-1573), Netherlands
Role In Eighty Years’ War • Italian Wars

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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
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