Sancho Pardo Donlebún, also called Sancho Pardo Osorio, ( Donlebún, near

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, circa 1537 - drowned in the

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, near

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, October, 1607), was a notorious admiral.

Interventions against the Caribbean Pirates

He participated in the

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Pardo's activities near England and Ireland

He took part in the

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's planned invasion of England around 1588, and in the Nine Years Anglo-Irish War supported

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Pardo's private life

In 1567 Sancho Pardo returned to Spain after 14 years residence in Italy, including missions to protect the Western Mediterranean against the Turkish Fleets and the defeat of the Spanish Fleet in 1560 off the island of

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. He married, Juana Manrique de Lara y Valdés.

Interventions against the Caribbean Pirates

Pardo's activities near England and Ireland

Pardo's private life

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