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Don Fernando Alaverez
Also known as: Fernando Alaverez de Toledo, duque d'Alva [Alba]
1507 – 1582
Spanish

Aristocrat, military leader, and devoted Catholic. His repression of the Dutch rebellion and of Protestants between 1567 and 1573 became legendary for its brutality.

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1564–1616William Shakespeare
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1533–1592Michel de Montaigne
1469–1527Niccoló Machiavelli
1483–1546Martin Luther
1542–1591St. John of the Cross
1547–1616Miguel de Cervantes
1500–1571Benvenuto Cellini
1478–1529Baldassare Castiglione
1509–1564John Calvin
1561–1626Francis Bacon