Duke of, title of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo. 1508–82, Spanish general and statesman who suppressed the Protestant revolt in the Netherlands (1567–72) and conquered Portugal (1580)
Alva in American English
(ˈælvə; Spanish ˈɑlˌvɑ)
Duke of(Fernando Álvarez de Toledo) 1508-82; Sp. general who suppressed a revolt in the Low Countries