Antique Print-DON FERNANDO ALVEREZ DE TOLEDO-DUKE OF ALBA-ALVA-80 YEARS WAR-1868

Subject: Plate : 'De Hertog van Alva bij de onthoofding van den Graaf van Egmond.' (The Duke of Alba at the beheading of the Count of Egmond). Don Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507 - 1582) was a Spanish general and governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1567–1573), nicknamed 'he Iron Duke' in the Low Countries because of his harsh and cruel rule there and his role in the execution of his political opponents and the massacre of several cities