Ruler · 1507 – 1582

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

Lived 1507 – 1582; politician, diplomat, military officer, military personnel. Viceroy of Sardinia of Spanish Empire, 1580 – 1582.

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Lived: 1507 – 1582; 75 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Spanish Empire
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Viceroy of Sardinia

Spanish Empire · the 9th of 31 dated reigns · 1397 – 1902

5 before

Eiximèn Peres Escrivà de Romaní i Ram1485 – 1486

Lorenzo Fernández de Heredia y Lope de Lanuza1551 – 1556

Miguel de Moncada1578 – 1584

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba1580 – 1582

Albert VII of Austria1583 – 1593

Antonio Coloma y Saa1584 – 1594

Miguel de Moncada1586 – 1590

19 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1580 – 1582 · 2 years · came to it aged 73

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1582, the year they died

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