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Alva

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Al·va  (lv, älvä) also Al·ba (lb), Duke of. Title of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo. 1508-1582.
Spanish general and colonial administrator of the Netherlands (1567-1573).
Alva, Alba [ˈælvə (Spanish) ˈalβa]
n
(Biographies / Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva (1508-1582) M, Spanish, MILITARY: general, POLITICS: statesman) Duke of, title of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo. 1508-82, Spanish general and statesman who suppressed the Protestant revolt in the Netherlands (1567-72) and conquered Portugal (1580)


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I embarked at Alicante, reached Genoa after a prosperous voyage, and proceeded thence to Milan, where I provided myself with arms and a few soldier's accoutrements; thence it was my intention to go and take service in Piedmont, but as I was already on the road to Alessandria della Paglia, I learned that the great Duke of Alva was on his way to Flanders.
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