García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba

García Álvarez de Toledo y Carrillo de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba de Tormes[1] (c.1424 – 20 June 1488) was a Spanish nobleman, military leader and politician. Whose family presided over the lands of Alba since the year 1369.[2]

García Álvarez de Toledo
Duke of Alba
Bornc.1424
Died(1488-06-20)20 June 1488
Noble familyHouse of Alba
Spouse(s)María Enríquez de Quiñones
FatherFernando Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Count of Alba de Tormes
MotherMencía Carrillo de Toledo y Palomeque

Biography

He was the son of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Count of Alba de Tormes and of Mencía Carrillo de Toledo y Palomeque, Lady of Bercimuelle

In 1470 The title of duke was granted to Garcia Alvarez de Toledo.[3] In 1472, King Henry IV of Castile elevated the County of Alba de Tormes into a hereditary Duchy.

The first Duke of Alba fought in the War of the Castilian Succession on the side of the future Queen Isabella I of Castille against her niece, Juana la Beltraneja.

Marriage and issue

In 1448, he married María Enríquez de Quiñones, daughter of Fadrique Enríquez, Admiral of Castile, with whom he had 5 sons and 4 daughters. A granddaughter, María de Toledo y Rojas, married Diego Colón, son of Christopher Columbus.

They had the following children:

Ancestry

8. Fernando Álvarez de Toledo
2nd Lord of Valdecorneja
4. García Álvarez de Toledo
3rd Lord of Valdecorneja
9. Leonor de Ayala
2. Fernando Álvarez de Toledo
1st Count of Alba de Tormes
10. Pedro Ruiz de Sarmiento
1st Lord of Rivadavia
5. Constanza de Sarmiento
11. Juana de Guzmán
1. García Álvarez de Toledo
12. Gomez Carrillo de Toledo
6. Pedro Carrillo de Toledo
Lord of Bolaños
13. Mayor Fernandez Coronel
3. Mencía Carrillo de Toledo y Palomeque
Lady of Bercimuelle
14. Tello Garcia Palomeque
7. Elvira Palomeque
15. Marquesa Diaz de Aza

See also

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