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Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Zúñiga-Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, GE (10 September 1550 – 26 July 1615), was a Spanish aristocrat who was most noted for his role as commander of the Spanish Armada that was to attack the south of England in 1588.
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duke de Medina-Sidonia was the duke de Medina-Sidonia and the commander in chief of the Spanish Armada of 1588. A member of the noble and illustrious house of Guzmán, Medina-Sidonia became the seventh bearer of the ducal title in 1555 on the death of his father; he became.
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MEDINA SIDONIA, ALONSO PÉREZ DE GUZMÁN, 7TH DUKE OF (1549 – 1615), Spanish grandee, admiral, and councillor of state. Succeeding his grandfather to the dukedom in 1558, with a palace at Sanl ú car de Barrameda, he acquired an interest in the sea and shipping.
They were once the most prominent magnate family of the Andalusian region, the best-known of whom, Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commanded the Spanish Armada at the end of the 16th century.
FromToDuke Of Medina Sidonia14451468146814921492150715071512Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Zúñiga-Sotomayor, 7º Duque de Medina Sidonia, GE (10 de setembro de 1550 - 26 de julho de 1615), foi um aristocrata espanhol que se destacou por seu papel como comandante da Armada Espanhola que atacaria o sul da Inglaterra em 1588.
Biografía. Compromiso y matrimonio. El séptimo duque fue prometido en 1565 con Ana de Silva y Mendoza, hija de los príncipes de Éboli, que tenía en ese momento 4 años. En 1572, cuando la duquesa tenía algo más de 10 años, el Papa concedió una dispensa para la consumación del matrimonio.
El triunfo de Santa Cruz desempeñó un papel determinante a la hora de convencer a Felipe II de la viabilidad de organizar una expedición aún mayor contra Isabel I de Inglaterra.
