{"id":8430,"date":"2017-07-31T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=8430"},"modified":"2017-07-29T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T23:55:18","slug":"sylum-inspiration-alvaro-de-bazan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-inspiration-alvaro-de-bazan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Inspiration: \u00c1lvaro de Baz\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Integridad: Hunter<\/h2>\n

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\u00c1lvaro de Baz\u00e1n<\/a> was born in Granada, southern Spain.<\/p>\n

His grandfather, \u00c1lvaro de Baz\u00e1n, took part in the conquest of Granada in 1492, and his father, \u00c1lvaro de Baz\u00e1n the Elder, took part together with Giovanni Andrea Doria and others marines in the recapture of Tunis in 1535, and was distinguished in the service of Charles V, by whom he was made general of the galleys or commander-in-chief of the Spanish naval forces in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n

The future admiral followed his father in his youth, and was employed in the high command of the Spanish navy at a very early age. At the age of eight he was appointed \u201cMilitary Governor and captain of the fortress and city of Gibraltar\u201d. His command however was via his father who was in commands of the galleys of Spain. It has been speculated that this unusual appointment was intended to show Charles V\u2019s confidence but the commander of the galleys did not share that confidence and he suggested to no effect that Gibraltar\u2019s Line Wall Curtain be extended to the southern tip of the rock. He was a member of the Military Order of Santiago (St. James). In 1564, he aided in the capture of Pe\u00f1\u00f3n de V\u00e9lez de la Gomera, and commanded the division of galleys employed to blockade Tetuan, and to suppress the piracy carried on from that port. The service is said to have been successfully performed. Baz\u00e1n certainly earned the confidence of Philip II, by whom he was appointed to command the galleys of Naples in 1568. This post brought him into close relations with John of Austria, when the Holy League was formed against the Turks in 1570.<\/p>\n

During the operations which preceded and followed the Battle of Lepanto, Baz\u00e1n was always in favor of the more energetic course. In the battle he commanded the reserve division, and his prompt energy averted a disaster when Uluj Ali, who commanded the left wing of the Turks, outmaneuvered the commander of the Christian right, Gian Andrea Doria, the nephew of his old comrade Andrea Doria, and broke the Allied line. He accompanied Don John of Austria at the taking of Tunis in the following year.<\/p>\n

When Philip II enforced his claim as heir to the crown of Portugal in 1580\u20131581, Santa Cruz held a naval command. But Ant\u00f3nio, Prior of Crato, an illegitimate representative of the former Portuguese royal family, who conducted some popular resistance to the crowning of what was seen as a foreign king, continued to hold the islands of the Azores. Ant\u00f3nio was supported by a number of French adventurers under Philip Strozzi, a Florentine exile in the service of France. Santa Cruz was sent as \u201cAdmiral of the Ocean\u201d to drive the pretender and his friends away in 1582. Badly outnumbered, he won the Battle of Ponta Delgada off Terceira Island against a loose confederation of Portuguese, French, English and Dutch adventurers and privateers, which decided the struggle for the Azores in favor of the Spanish Habsburgs.<\/p>\n

Santa Cruz, who recognized that England presented a grave threat to Spain\u2019s empire, became a zealous advocate of war. A letter written by him to King Philip from Angra do Hero\u00edsmo in Terceira, on August 9, 1583, contains the first definite suggestion of the Spanish Armada.<\/p>\n

Santa Cruz himself was to have commanded. His plans, schemes and estimates occupy a conspicuous place in the documents concerning the Armada collected by Don Ces\u00e1rio Duro. The hesitating character of the king, and his many embarrassments, political and financial, caused many delays, and left Santa Cruz unable to act with effect. He was at Lisbon without the means of fitting out his fleet, when Francis Drake burnt the Spanish ships at C\u00e1diz during his 1587 expedition. The independence of judgment shown by Santa Cruz ended by offending the king, and he was held responsible for the failures and delays which were the result of the bad management of his master. His death, which occurred on February 9, 1588 at Lisbon, was said to have been hastened by the unjustified reproaches of the king.<\/p>\n

For More Information Contact the Vampire Council Library<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00c1lvaro was a bit shocked to see his enemy Francis Drake show up at his door. \u00a0 Drake smirked and gave him an opportunity, he knew \u00c1lvaro had a future and was smarter than the political idiots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Integridad: Hunter   \u00c1lvaro de Baz\u00e1n was born in Granada, southern Spain. 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