Sancho d'Avila | |
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| Born | 21 September, 1523 |
| Died | 1583 |
| Allegiance |  Spanish Empire |
| Branch | Army |
| Rank | Captain |
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DonSancho Dávila y Daza (21 September 1523 – 1583) was a lgeneral ofSpain.[1]
Born atÁvila, he first served as the commander of theDuke of Alba's bodyguard. It was in this function that Dávila arrested theCount of Egmont.
When theEighty Years' War started, Dávila suffered a defeat in theBattle of Le Quesnoy. He was also involved in the 1572Siege of Middelburg and theBattle of Flushing a year later. In 1574, Dávila defeatedLouis andHenry, brothers ofWilliam the Silent, in theBattle of Mookerheyde.
In 1576, as commander of the Spanish troops in theCitadel of Antwerp, he was the main instigator of theSack of Antwerp in which between 7,000 and 18,000 lives and a great deal of property were lost.[2] Four years later, he participated with the Duke of Alba at theBattle of Alcântara.
In 1580, he captured the key Portuguese city ofPorto which secured Spain's personal union with Portugal for more than 60 years and finished offAntónio, Prior of Crato's army in theWar of the Portuguese Succession.
He died during the Portuguese campaign in May 1583 as a consequence of a wound inflicted by a horse’s kick. At first, the injury did not appear serious and the wound healed cleanly, but nine days later the area became infected with a fatal outcome. His remains, originally laid to rest in the Convent of San Francisco inLisbon, were later transferred to the main chapel of the Church of San Juan Bautista in the city ofÁvila.
As a result the troops mutinied and in November 1576 sacked the great commercial city of Antwerp at a cost of some 8,000 lives and a great amount of property
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