Alva,Duke of

Alva,Duke of
Al·va (ălʹvə, älʹvä) also Al·ba (ălʹbə), Duke of Title of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo. 1508-1582.
Spanish general and colonial administrator of the Netherlands (1567-1573).

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