Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, GE, KOS 12 December 1526 – 9 February 1588, was a Spanish admiral. He was never defeated, a remarkable achievement in a fifty-year long career. His personal galley, La Loba (The She-Wolf), thus called by her golden figurehead, was feared by Spanish enemies and regarded with hope amongst
Admiral Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta 3 February 1689 – 7 September 1741 was a Spanish navy officer best remembered for the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1741) in modern-day Colombia, where Spanish imperial forces under his command decisively defeated a large British invasion fleet under Admiral Edward Vernon. Throughout his naval career, Lezo sustained many
John of Austria Spanish: Juan, German: Johann; 24 February 1547 – 1 October 1578 was an illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He became a military leader in the service of his half-brother, King Philip II of Spain, and is best known for his role as the admiral of the Holy Alliance fleet at the Battle
Diego de los Ríos y Nicolau 9 April 1850 – 4 November 1911 was the last Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. Contents 1Governor-General of the Philippines 1.1Government in Iloilo 1.2In Zamboanga 1.3In Manila 2References 3External links Governor-General of the Philippines[edit] Government in Iloilo[edit] In September 1898, he became the Governor-General of the Philippines during
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) in the Netherlands, was a Spanish noble, general and diplomat. He was titled the 3rd Duke of Alba de Tormes, 4th Marquess of
María de Zayas y Sotomayor September 12, 1590 – 1647 or 1661 wrote during Spain’s Golden Age of literature. She is considered by a number of modern critics as one of the pioneers of modern literary feminism, while others consider her simply a well-accomplished baroque author. The female characters in de Zayas’s stories were used
Lope Félix de Vega Carpio KOM /ˌloʊpeɪ di ˈveɪɡə/ LOH-pay dee VAY-gə, Spanish: ; 25 November 1562 – 27 August 1635 was a Spanish playwright, poet, novelist and marine. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Age of Baroque literature. His reputation in the world of Spanish literature is second only to that of Miguel de Cervantes, while the
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega 12 April 1539 – 23 April 1616, born Gómez Suárez de Figueroa and known as El Inca, was a chronicler and writer born in the Viceroyalty of Peru. He is considered the earliest-recorded mestizo in the history of the Americas. Sailing to Spain at 21, he was educated informally there, where he lived and worked the rest of his
Garcilaso de la Vega, KOS c. 1501 – 14 October 1536 was a Spanish soldier and poet. Although not the first or the only one to do so, he was the most influential poet to introduce Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques, and themes to Spain. He was well known in poetic circles during his
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán y de la Peña in Vilanova de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 28 October 1866 – Santiago de Compostela, 5 January 1936 was a Spanish dramatist, novelist and member of the Spanish Generation of 98. He is considered perhaps the most noteworthy and certainly the most radical dramatist working to subvert the traditionalism of the Spanish theatrical establishment in