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Fernando d'Avalos
Deceased Person
1489 – 1525
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Who was Fernando d'Avalos?
Fernando Francesco d'Ávalos, V marquis of Pescara, was an Italian condottiero of Spanish extraction. As a general of the Spanish army, he participated in the Italian Wars. At the Battle of Ravenna in 1512 he was taken prisoner by the French, but was released at the conclusion of the War of the League of Cambrai. He was the chief commander of the Habsburg armies in Italy during the Habsburg-Valois Wars and defeated the French at Bicocca and Pavia.
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- Born
- 1489
Naples - Also known as
- Д’Авалос, Фернандо
- Fernando de Ávalos
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Spain
- Italy
- Died
- Dec 1, 1525
Milan
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on July 23, 2013
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