Alfonso Félix de Ávalos Aquino y Gonzaga, 8th Marquis of Pescara, 4th Marquis of Vasto (
Ischia
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1564 –
Rome
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, 2 December 1593), was an Italian noble in the service of the King of Spain.
Alfonso Félix was the eldest son of
Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos, governor of Milan and viceroy of Sicily, and Isabella Gonzaga.
He commanded cavalry for Spain against the
Dutch Revolt, where he gained a victory in the
Battle of Zutphen
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in 1586.
He was a
Grandee of Spain
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and became also a Knight in the
Order of the Golden Fleece.
In 1583 he married Lavinia della Rovere (1558–1632), daughter of
Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
Guidobaldo II della Rovere (2 April 1514 – 28 September 1574) was an Italian condottiero, who succeeded his father Francesco Maria I della Rovere as Duke of Urbino from 1538 until his death in 1574. He was a member of the House of La Rover ...
and Vittoria Farnese, granddaughter of
Pope Paul III.
They had 3 daughters.
His eldest daughter, Isabella d’Avalos d’Aquino d’Aragona (1585–1648), married her father's cousin Inigo d’Avalos d’Aquino d’Aragona (1578–1632) and had issue.
Sources
* ''Gran Enciclopedia de España.'' Band 3, 1991, S. 1,109 f.
* ''Genealogisches Handbuch der fürstlichen Häuser.'' Band XV, S. 540 f., C. A. Starke Verlag, 1997,
Links
Geneall* [http://www.histonium.net/focus/storia/33044/lavinina-feltria-della-rovere-e-felice-alfonso-davalos-un-matrimonio-stroncato Lavinia Feltria della Rovere e Felice Alfonso d'Avalos, un matrimonio stroncato]
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1564 births
1593 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Marquesses of Spain
Knights of the Golden Fleece
D'Avalos family
Italian people of the Eighty Years' War
Grandees of Spain
17th-century Italian military personnel