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Álvaro de Bazán, Marqués de Santa Cruz
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Born December 12, 1526 • Granada • Spain
Died February 9, 1588 (aged 61) • Lisbon • Portugal
Role In Battle of Ponta Delgada

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Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duke de Medina-Sidonia
Spanish admiral
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Pascual Cervera y Topete
Spanish admiral
José Patiño, marquis de Patiño
Spanish statesman
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, engraving.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Spanish conquistador
Juan Díaz de Solís
Spanish explorer
Sir William Monson
English naval officer
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy
prime minister of Spain
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos
king of Spain
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain