MILITARY PERSONNEL

Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz

1526 - 1588

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Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (12 December 1526 – 9 February 1588), was a Spanish admiral and landlord. He took part, among others, in the seizure of the rock of Vélez de la Gomera (1564), the relief to the besieged during the Great Siege of Malta (1565), the quelling of the Alpujarras Rebellion (1569), the Battle of Lepanto (1571), the conquest of Tunis (1573), the incorporation of Portugal to the Hispanic monarchy (1580), and the conquest of Terceira (1582). A leading admiral in both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, Bazán has been considered the prime naval commander in the history of Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz has received more than 54,739 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz is the 729th most popular military personnel (up from 801st in 2019), the 599th most popular biography from Spain (up from 656th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz ranks 729 out of 2,058. Before him are Otto Kittel, Wild Bill Hickok, Nikolay Voronov, Joseph Boxhall, Hermann von Eichhorn, and Mahmud Shevket Pasha. After him are Osman Pazvantoğlu, Georgios Karaiskakis, Yitzhak Hofi, Köten, Minamoto no Yorimasa, and Herberts Cukurs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1526, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz ranks 12. Before him are Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Rafael Bombelli, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Bâkî, Benedict the Moor, and Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After him are Matsudaira Hirotada, Louis Bertrand, Olympia Fulvia Morata, and Juan Fernández Navarrete. Among people deceased in 1588, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz ranks 13. Before him are Qi Jiguang, Henri, Prince of Condé, Bernardino Telesio, Johann Weyer, Abtai Sain Khan, and Alonso Sánchez Coello. After him are Valentin Weigel, Plautilla Nelli, Louis of Granada, Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Giorgio Biandrata, and Nicolás Monardes.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz ranks 599 out of 3,355. Before him are Manuel Santana (1938), Abd al-Rahman IV (1000), Muhammad II of Córdoba (980), Juande Ramos (1954), Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1154), and Elisenda of Montcada (1292). After him are Ignacio Zuloaga (1870), Juan Carreño de Miranda (1614), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Gerard Piqué (1987), Mateo Alemán (1547), and Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz ranks 10. Before him are Juan Pujol García (1912), John of Austria the Younger (1629), José Sanjurjo (1872), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), Antonio Tejero (1932), and Inés Suárez (1507). After him are Serena (365), José Miaja (1878), Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma (1553), George Meade (1815), Gaius Laelius (-300), and Gonzalo Guerrero (1470).

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