Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba
Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Quiñones, (* 1460 ; † 1531 ), 2nd Duke of Alba ( Duque de Alba ) since 1488, Marqués de Coria , Conde de Salvatierra y Piedrahita , Señor de Valdecorneja. He was the son of García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba , and María Enríquez de Quiñones y Cossines.
Fadrique was closely connected to the Reyes Católicos ( Catholic Kings ), Ferdinand II of Aragón and Isabella I of Castile , on the one hand because his father had actively intervened in the Battle of Toro in 1476 , which was the victory of Isabella over her niece Joan ( Juana la Beltraneja) , on the other hand, because his mother was the sister of Juana Enríquez, the mother of Ferdinand II. His niece María de Toledo - the daughter of his brother Fernando Álvarez de Toledo - married the son of Christopher Columbus , Diego Columbus , in 1508 who was a page at the court of Isabella I of Castile in his youth and was appointed second viceroy of New Spain by the Catholic Kings in the year of their marriage . She is the mother of Luis Columbus , the third viceroy of New Spain and the last heir to Columbus.
Fadrique took part in the conquest of Granada in 1492 and fought against the French in Roussillon in 1503 . When Ferdinand II, as regent of Castile, decided to conquer the Kingdom of Navarre (1512), he transferred command to the Duke of Alba, who carried out the task in just two weeks. As a reward, he was appointed Captain General of Andalusia and Duke of Huéscar in 1513 . He was Ferdinand's first court master ( mayordomo mayor ) and a member of the Council of State of Charles I , whom he also accompanied to Germany, Flanders and Italy. In 1520 he was appointed Grandee of Spain and a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece .
Fadrique Álvarez was married to Isabel de Zúñiga (* 1470, † after 1520), Countess of Sarmiento, since 1480. With her he had five sons who - with the exception of the oldest - had offspring themselves. Your children were:
- Doña Leonor Álvarez de Toledo , ∞ Rodrigo Portocarrero.
- Don Garcia Álvarez de Toledo (X 1512 in Djerba ), Marqués de Coria, Spanish admiral; ∞ Beatriz Pimentel.
- Doña Catalina Álvarez de Toledo, ∞ Diego Enríquez de Velasco, 3rd Count of Alba de List.
- Doña Maria Álvarez de Toledo, ∞ Enrique Enríquez de Toledo, 4th Count of Alba de List.
- Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba .
- Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo († 1560), Viceroy of Naples , ∞ Maria Osorio-Pimentel, Marquesa de Villafranca.
- García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Margrave of Villafranca , Duque de Fernandina, Viceroy of Sicily ; ∞ Vittoria Colonna, daughter of the Duke of Paliano.
- Leonor Álvarez de Toledo (* 1522, † 1562), ∞ Cosimo I de 'Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany (* 1519; † 1574).
- Doña Aldonza Leonor Álvarez de Toledo, ∞ Diego Enríquez de Velasco, 3rd Count of Alba de List.
- Don Juan Álvarez de Toledo (* 1488; † 1557), Bishop of Córdoba and Burgos, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, cardinal.
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| SURNAME | Álvarez de Toledo, Fadrique |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Quiñones, Fadrique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | 2nd Duke of Alba |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1460 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1531 |