politician
Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca.
Spanish viceroy (1484-1553)
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About Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca
Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Zúñiga was a Spanish politician. The first effective Spanish viceroy of Naples, in 1532–1552, he was responsible for considerable social, economic and urban improvement in the city and southern Italian kingdom in general. He was the father-in-law of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Everything about Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca →- Occupation
- politician, statesperson, military personnel
- Position held
- viceroy of Naples
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Born
- July 13, 1484
- Died
- February 21, 1553, February 22, 1553