Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
Spanish admiral · Spain · On the map · Lived 1550 to 1619 · aged 68
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Zúñiga-Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, GE, was a Spanish aristocrat who was most noted for his role as commander of the Spanish Armada that was to attack Southern England in 1588. He was a great-great grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragon.
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Battle of the Spanish Armada · Commander
England's naval defeat of Philip II's invincible Armada established Protestant England as a European power and naval supremacy doctrine.
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