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Article: Alba, Fernando Álvarez De Toledo, Duke of (Also Alva; 1507–1582)
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ALBA, FERNANDO
Á
LVAREZ DE TOLEDO, DUKE OF (also Alva; 1507
–
1582)
ALBA, FERNANDO
Á
LVAREZ DE TOLEDO, DUKE OF
(also Alva; 1507
–
1582), Spanish general and statesman. Fernando
Á
lvarez de Toledo was born 29 October 1507 at Piedrahita, one of his family's estates. Three years later his father died fighting the Muslims in North Africa, and he was raised by his grandfather, Fadrique, second Duke of Alba, who gave him a military education. His tutors included Juan Bosc
á
n, who translated Castiglione's
The Book of the Courtier
(1528) into Castilian, and the poet Garcilaso de la Vega. At sixteen Fernando fought at the siege of Fuenterrab
í
a against French ...