Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, 6th Marquis of

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, 2nd Marquis of

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(1502 – 31 March 1546), was an Italian condottiero of Aragonese origins, renowned for his service in favor of

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, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain.

Biography

He was born in

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, the cousin of Francesco Ferdinando I d'Ávalos, inheriting his titles after 1525, fighting the French and the Venetians by his side. He fought at the

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). During the period 1526-1528 he fought under

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, being captured on 28 April 1528 by the Genoese captain

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at the

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. In July 1535 he served as Imperial lieutenant during the reconquest of the city of

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in North Africa. The failure on the third war against France trying to invade

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, and the death of the first Governor of the Duchy of Milan, Antonio de Leyva, prompted him in 1538 to accept the nomination as governor, replacing Marino Caracciolo, the second governor, becoming some sort of protector of literary and musical people . Wars with French and North Italians ended for a while with the Treaty of Crespy (1544). He also became a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. He later represented Emperor Charles V as an ambassador, in 1538, on the succession to the new

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of the

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, Pietro Lando. He commanded the Imperial army in

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during the Italian War of 1542 and was defeated by the French at the Battle of Ceresole. However, in the Battle of Serravalle on 2 June 1544, an aftermath of the Italian War of 1542, he managed to defeat a force of freshly raised Italian mercenaries in French service, commanded by Pietro Strozzi and Giovanni Francesco Orsini, count of

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. He married in 1523 with Maria d'Aragona and had 5 children including * Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona, (1536–1600), an Italian Cardinal. * Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos (1537–1571), commander in chief of the Spanish army in Lombardy and Piedmont. * Donna Antonia d'Avalos (1538–1567) * Cesare d'Avalos (1536–1614) * Beatrice d'Avalos (1533-1558)

References

* *Gran Enciclopedia de España, 22 volumes, 11,052 pages, (1991), vol 3, page 1,109 1502 births 1546 deaths People from the Province of Naples 16th-century condottieri Military leaders of the Italian Wars

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