Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel or Ferdinandus Toletanus Dux Albanus (Piedrahita 29 October 1507 – Lisbon 11 December 1582) known as the Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and the Iron Duke in the Netherlands was a Spanish noble general and diplomat. He was titled the 3rd Duke of Alba de Tormes 4th Marquis of Coria 3rd Count of Salvatierra de Tormes 2nd Count of Piedrahita 8th Lord of Valdecorneja Grandee of Spain and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
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active years end date
1582-12-11
active years start date
1580-07-18
battle
Battle of Mühlberg, Battle of Jemmingen, Capitulation of Wittenberg, Battle of Jodoigne, Siege of Perpignan (1542), Siege of Mons (1572), Schmalkaldic War, Dutch Revolt, Battle of Alcântara (1580), Italian War of 1542–46, Ottoman–Habsburg wars, Conquest of Tunis (1535), War of the Portuguese Succession
birth date
1507-10-29
birth place
Spain, Ávila Spain, Province of Ávila, Piedrahíta
child
Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo 4th Duke of Alba, Fernando de Toledo
country
Habsburg Spain
death date
1582-12-11
death place
Lisbon, Portugal, Kingdom of Portugal
monarch
Philip II of Spain, Charles V Holy Roman Emperor
order in office
12th Constable of Portugal, 1st Viceroy of Portugal and the Algarves, Governor of Milan, Governor of the Netherlands, Viceroy of Naples
religion
Catholicism
successor
Albert VII Archduke of Austria, Teodósio II Duke of Braganza, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo 4th Duke of Alba, Cristoforo Madruzzo
