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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia

1550 - 1615

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia has received more than 47,097 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia is the 785th most popular military personnel (up from 821st in 2019), the 645th most popular biography from Spain (up from 684th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia ranks 785 out of 1,468Before him are Yağısıyan, Artaphernes, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Lala Şahin Pasha, and Yang Kyoungjong. After him are Walter Heitz, Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Gordon Gollob, Stepa Stepanović, Sanada Masayuki, and Wilhelm Adam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia ranks 18Before him are Stanislaus Kostka, Jacobus Gallus, Do-Aklin, Giorgio Basta, Emilio de' Cavalieri, and Damat Ibrahim Pasha. After him are Orazio Vecchi, False Dmitry III, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Michael Maestlin, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, and Tang Xianzu. Among people deceased in 1615, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia ranks 9Before him are Toyotomi Hideyori, Sanada Yukimura, Giambattista della Porta, Heo Jun, Dom Justo Takayama, and Virginia de' Medici. After him are Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Claudio Acquaviva, Pieter Both, Marcantonio Memmo, Adriaan van Roomen, and Melchior Vulpius.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia ranks 645 out of 2,932Before him are Federico Bahamontes (1928), Santillana (1952), Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Alicia de Larrocha (1923), Pedro Arrupe (1907), and Ramón Serrano Suñer (1901). After him are Diego Laynez (1512), Luis de León (1527), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Thomas of Villanova (1486), Caterina Albert (1869), and Fernando de Rojas (1470).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia ranks 10Before him are Juan Pujol García (1912), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), John of Austria the Younger (1629), José Sanjurjo (1872), Antonio Tejero (1932), and Inés Suárez (1507). After him are Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526), Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma (1553), Gaius Laelius (-300), Serena (365), Blas de Lezo (1689), and José Miaja (1878).