Antonio de Leyva (1480-1536)
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/35840
- Name (English)
- Antonio de Leyva
- Short name
- Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova
- Year of birth
- 1480
- Year of death
- 1536
- Short Description
- "Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova, Prince of Ascoli (1480–1536) was a Spanish general during the Italian Wars. During the Italian War of 1521, he commanded Pavia during the siege of the city by Francis I of France, and took part in the Battle of Pavia in 1525. After the death of Fernando d'Ávalos, Marquis of Pescara, he held further commands in Italy during the War of the League of Cognac and afterwards, finally dying shortly after attempting an invasion of Provence." - (en.wikipedia.org 10.08.2021)
- Entity Encoding
- piz
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