In 1576, as commander of the Spanish troops in the Citadel of Antwerp, he was the main instigator of the Sack of Antwerp in which some 7,000 lives and a great deal of property were lost. Four years later, he participated with the Duke of Alba at the Battle of Alcântara.
sancho, avila, september, 1523, 1583, spanish, general, sancho, Ávila, born, Ávila, first, served, commander, duke, alba, bodyguard, this, function, that, avila, arrested, count, egmont, when, eighty, years, started, avila, suffered, defeat, battle, quesnoy, a. Sancho d Avila 21 September 1523 1583 was a Spanish general Sancho D Avila Born at Avila he first served as the commander of the Duke of Alba s bodyguard It was in this function that d Avila arrested the Count of Egmont When the Eighty Years War started d Avila suffered a defeat in the Battle of Le Quesnoy He was also involved in the 1572 Siege of Middelburg and the Battle of Flushing a year later In 1574 d Avila defeated Louis and Henry brothers of William the Silent in the Battle of Mookerheyde In 1576 as commander of the Spanish troops in the Citadel of Antwerp he was the main instigator of the Sack of Antwerp in which some 7 000 lives and a great deal of property were lost Four years later he participated with the Duke of Alba at the Battle of Alcantara In 1580 he captured the key Portuguese city of Porto which secured Spain s personal union with Portugal for more than 60 years and finished off Antonio Prior of Crato s army in the War of the Portuguese Succession d Avila later died in Lisbon of a wound infection which he got during a raid in Portugal This biographical article related to the military of Spain is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sancho d 27Avila amp oldid 1159786633, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
