Martín de Padilla y Manrique, 1st Count of Santa Gadea, '' Adelantado of Castile'' ( Calatañazor, present-day Castile and León, 1540 – El Puerto de Santa María, 1602), secretary of state and war of Philip II of Spain, was a Spanish Admiral during the Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604),

French Wars of Religion The French Wars of Religion is the term which is used in reference to a period of civil war between French Catholics and Protestants, commonly called Huguenots, which lasted from 1562 to 1598. According to estimates, between two and four mi ...

and the Eighty Years' War. His most notable naval engagements included the Spanish Armada, battle with the

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and the

Battle of the Gulf of Almería (1591) The Battle of the Gulf of Almería, also known as the Battle of Almería Bay or the Battle of Cape of Palos, was a naval Spanish victory that took place in late August, 1591, off Almería, near the Cape Palos, during the Eighty Years' War and ...

. Padilla commanded a squadron of galleys that sank four cargo vessels from the English Armada off Lisbon in 1589.

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Don Martín de Padilla y Manrique, Count of Santa Gadea
{{DEFAULTSORT:Padilla y Manrique, Martin, 1st Count of Santa Gadea 1540 births 1602 deaths Counts of Spain 16th-century Spanish people 17th-century Spanish people Spanish people of the Eighty Years' War