Pedro de Toledo Osorio, 5th Marquis of Villafranca, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pedro de Toledo Osorio, 5th Marquis of Villafranca

Spanish noble and politician

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1546

Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 17-Jul-1627

Profession: military personnel, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Pedro de Toledo Osorio, 5th Marquis of Villafranca

  • Pedro de Toledo Osorio y Colonna or Pedro Ɓlvarez de Toledo Osorio, 5th Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo, (Naples, 6 September 1546 ā€“ 17 July 1627), Governor of the Duchy of Milan, 1616 - 1618, Prince of Montalbano, 2nd Duke of Fernandina was a Spanish-Italian nobleman and a Grandee of Spain. He was the son of GarcĆ­a de Toledo Osorio, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, and Vittoria Colonna di Paliano.
  • His mother was the niece of Vittoria Colonna. He was Commander in chief of an army in Naples, General of Cavalry of Spain in 1621 .
  • His success in Milan was awarded with the honorable Grandeza de EspaƱa title in 1623.
  • In 1625 he participated in the successful Defense of Cadiz against the attacks from the Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Sir Edward Cecil. The expulsion of the Spanish moriscos since 1610 increased the Ottoman naval attacks in the West Mediterranean, especially when young Ahmed I became Sultan.
  • Pedro Alvarez set up an extensive defensive engineering program, with Italian engineers working in Italy, Spain and the Caribbean in America. On 7 June 1576 he married Elvira de Mendoza, daughter of ĆĆ±igo Lopez de Hurtado de Mendoza, III Marquess of MondĆ©jar, 4th count of Tendilla, Viceroy of Naples, 1575 - 1579, a.k.a.
  • IƱigo LĆ³pez de Mendoza y Mendoza, 1512 - 1580), and Maria de Mendoza. They had four children. DoƱa Victoria de Toledo, married Don Luis Ponce de LeĆ³n, 6th Marquis of Zahara Don GarcĆ­a de Toledo Osorio, 6th Marquis of Villafranca, deceased at Madrid, 1649 and Grandee of Spain, notorious admiral fighting against the French and Moroccans. Don Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza DoƱa MarĆ­a de Toledo, a nun

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