Description:Chapters: Alonso Perez de Guzman, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, Jose Maria Alvarez de Toledo, 15th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Juan Alonso de Guzman, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia, Juan Manuel Perez de Guzman, Enrique Perez de Guzman, 2nd Count de Niebla. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Don Alonso Perez de Guzman el Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Grandee of Spain (in full, Spanish: ) (1 September 1550 26 July 1615) was the commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armada. He was the son of Don Juan Carlos Perez de Guzman y de Guzman, eldest son of the 6th duke, and of his wife Dona Leonor Manrique de Zuniga y Sotomayor. His father died in 1555, and Don Alonso became duke, and master of one of the greatest fortunes in Europe, on the death of his grandfather in 1559, aged only 9. The 7th duke was betrothed in 1565 to Ana de Silva y Mendoza, who was then four years of age, the daughter of the prince of Eboli. In 1572 when the duchess was twelve years of age, the pope granted a dispensation for the consummation of the marriage. The scandal of the time, for which there appears to be no foundation, accused Philip II of a love intrigue with the mother of the young girl, princess of Eboli. The unvarying and unmerited favor he showed the duke has been accounted for on the ground that he took a paternal interest in the duchess. Don Alonso made no serious effort to save his mother-in-law Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli from the persecution she suffered at the hands of Philip II. His correspondence is full of whining complaints of poverty, and appeals to the king for pecuniary favors. In 1581 he was created a knight of the Golden Fleece, and was named Captain General of Lombardy. By pressing supplication...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=82809We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with House of Medina Sidonia: Alonso Perez de Guzman, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia. To get started finding House of Medina Sidonia: Alonso Perez de Guzman, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2010
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1158640331
House of Medina Sidonia: Alonso Perez de Guzman, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia
Description: Chapters: Alonso Perez de Guzman, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, Jose Maria Alvarez de Toledo, 15th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Juan Alonso de Guzman, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia, Juan Manuel Perez de Guzman, Enrique Perez de Guzman, 2nd Count de Niebla. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Don Alonso Perez de Guzman el Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Grandee of Spain (in full, Spanish: ) (1 September 1550 26 July 1615) was the commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armada. He was the son of Don Juan Carlos Perez de Guzman y de Guzman, eldest son of the 6th duke, and of his wife Dona Leonor Manrique de Zuniga y Sotomayor. His father died in 1555, and Don Alonso became duke, and master of one of the greatest fortunes in Europe, on the death of his grandfather in 1559, aged only 9. The 7th duke was betrothed in 1565 to Ana de Silva y Mendoza, who was then four years of age, the daughter of the prince of Eboli. In 1572 when the duchess was twelve years of age, the pope granted a dispensation for the consummation of the marriage. The scandal of the time, for which there appears to be no foundation, accused Philip II of a love intrigue with the mother of the young girl, princess of Eboli. The unvarying and unmerited favor he showed the duke has been accounted for on the ground that he took a paternal interest in the duchess. Don Alonso made no serious effort to save his mother-in-law Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli from the persecution she suffered at the hands of Philip II. His correspondence is full of whining complaints of poverty, and appeals to the king for pecuniary favors. In 1581 he was created a knight of the Golden Fleece, and was named Captain General of Lombardy. By pressing supplication...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=82809We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with House of Medina Sidonia: Alonso Perez de Guzman, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia. To get started finding House of Medina Sidonia: Alonso Perez de Guzman, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.