Diego de Medrano
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| Full Name at Birth |
Diego Fernández de Medrano
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1544
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| Birthplace |
Hinojosa del Campo, Soria, Crown of Castile
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| Died |
1588
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| Occupation Text |
Squadron general and captain of the Spanish and Portuguese galleys, captain of the Fortuna de Napoli galley
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Diego Fernández de Medrano (Hinojosa del Campo, 1545 – 1588) was a nobleman from the House of Medrano in the Kingdom of Castile, a knight of the Order of Santiago, and a prominent Spanish naval commander of the late 16th century. He played a significant role in several key military campaigns, including the battles of Cyprus, Lepanto, Navarino, and Tunis, as well as other expeditions in Italy and Barbary. Captain Diego de Medrano served as the Squadron General of four Neapolitan galleys while commanding the Fortuna de Napoli galley at the famous Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Diego de Medrano fought in the Mediterranean for twenty years before he was appointed commander of twelve galleys that joined Álvaro de Bazán, Marquess of Santa Cruz in the 1583 expedition to Terceira. As a Squadron General and Captain, Diego de Medrano commanded four galleys in the Spanish Armada, and on the voyage back to Spain, he became interim Admiral of the Spanish Armada.
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