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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

1507 - 1582

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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (29 October 1507 – 11 December 1582), known as the Grand Duke of Alba (Spanish: Gran Duque de Alba, Portuguese: Grão Duque de Alba) in Spain and Portugal and as the Iron Duke (Dutch: IJzeren Hertog) or shortly 'Alva' in the Netherlands, was a Spanish nobleman, general and statesman. He has often been considered the most effective general of his generation, as well as one of the greatest in history. Historian John Lothrop Motley wrote of him "no man had studied military science more deeply, or practiced it more constantly" at his day. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba has received more than 494,253 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba is the 963rd most popular politician (up from 992nd in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Spain (up from 80th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Politician.

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, is most famous for leading the Spanish army in the Netherlands.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ranks 963 out of 19,576. Before him are Grigory Zinoviev, Kara Mustafa Pasha, Michael III, Leo I the Thracian, Charles I of Hungary, and Peter II of Yugoslavia. After him are Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, Eleanor of Austria, John I Tzimiskes, Édouard Daladier, and John I of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1507, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ranks 1. After him are Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal, Jiajing Emperor, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Altan Khan, Jacques Arcadelt, Inés Suárez, Johannes Sturm, Bálint Bakfark, Ferrante Gonzaga, Alvise I Mocenigo, and Marie of Baden-Sponheim. Among people deceased in 1582, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ranks 3. Before him are Oda Nobunaga, and Teresa of Ávila. After him are Akechi Mitsuhide, Wu Cheng'en, Altan Khan, Takeda Katsuyori, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Mori Ranmaru, Oda Nobutada, Zhang Juzheng, and Charlotte of Bourbon.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ranks 76 out of 3,355. Before him are Luis Aragonés (1938), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Plácido Domingo (1941), Lucan (39), Amancio Ortega (1936), and Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475). After him are Juan Gris (1887), Roderic (688), Antonio Banderas (1960), Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), and Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ranks 21. Before him are Arcadius (377), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Abd al-Rahman III (889), Josep Borrell (1947), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), and Alfonso XII of Spain (1857). After him are Roderic (688), Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040), Magnus Maximus (335), and Peter III of Aragon (1239).

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