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About Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz
Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, was a Spanish admiral and nobleman. He took part, among others, in the seizure of the rock of Vélez de la Gomera (1564), the relief to the besieged during the sieges of Oran (1563) and Malta (1565), the Battle of Lepanto (1571), the conquest of Tunis (1573), the incorporation of Portugal to the Spanish monarchy (1580), and the conquest of Terceira (1582).
Everything about Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz →- Occupation
- military personnel, admiral
- Position held
- Governor of Gibraltar
- Citizenship
- Spain, Kingdom of Portugal
- Born
- December 22, 1526
- Died
- February 9, 1588