Alonso de Idiáquez Butrón y Múgica
Spanish nobleman, soldier and councillor
Alonso de Idiáquez Butrón y Múgica (14 February 1565 – 27 September 1618) was a Spanish nobleman, soldier and councillor. The first Duke of Ciudad Real, he served as the viceroy of Navarre and captain-general of Gipuzkoa from 1610 until his death.
Born in San Sebastián, Alonso was the only son and heir of Juan de Idiáquez y Olazábal and Mencía Manrique Butrón y Múgica. He took part in the conquest of the Azores in 1583. With a royal dispensation from Philip II, he joined the Order of Santiago as a knight in November 1583 and was appointed comendador of Vitoria. In 1585, he accompanied Philip II's daughter, Catalina, to the Duchy of Savoy for her marriage to Charles Emmanuel I.
Beginning in 1586, Alonso fought under Alessandro Farnese against the Dutch Revolt. He was one of hundreds of young Spanish noblemen who flocked to Flanders in hopes of participating in an invasion of England. He at one point rejected a promotion to captain of cavalry, preferring to remain a captain of harquebusiers. In 1588, he was with the disastrous Invincible Armada. Later that year, he was wounded at the siege of Bergen op Zoom.
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