Fernando Sánchez de Tovar

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Fernando Sánchez de Tovar
16th-century portrait of Sánchez de Tovar
BornCastile
Died1384
Lisbon, Portugal
Allegiance Crown of Castile
Years of service1357–1384
RankAdmiral
Commands heldAtlantic Expeditionary Fleets
Battles/warsHundred Years' War
Castilian Civil War
  • Battle of Najera

Ferdinand Wars

  • Battle of the Saltes Island

1383–1385 Crisis

Fernando (or Fernán) Sánchez de Tovar (died 1384) was a Castilian soldier and admiral.

Soldier of Castile

During the

Peter the Cruel, who appointed him adelantado mayor of Castile in 1360 and frontero mayor of Murcia in 1364.[1] In 1366, he betrayed the King and delivered the city of Calahorra to Pedro's brother and enemy, Henry of Trastámara. One year later, Fernando Sánchez de Tovar fought on Henry's side in the Battle of Nájera
.

Around 1366, Henry rewarded Sánchez de Tovar with the lordship of

guarda mayor.[1]

Admiral

Main attacks on England by Tovar and Vienne (1374–1380)

In 1374, Sánchez de Tovar succeeded Ambrosio Boccanegra as Admiral of Castile.[2]

Due to the hostile politics of

Gravesend, over 20 miles east of London.[2][3]

In 1381, Sánchez de Tovar returned to the

Third Ferdinand War. John I of Castile, son and successor of Henry II, created him Lord of Belves. In 1382 he travelled to France and joined the army of Charles VI during the siege of Bruges, ruled by the rebel Philip van Artevelde, but he soon returned to Castile.[2]

plague
.

See also

Notes

  1. ^
    Diccionario Biográfico Español
    (2018).
  2. ^ a b c Díaz González, Calderón Ortega (2001), p. 344-45
  3. ISBN 978-5-87804-823-1
    .

References
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