In 1567 Sancho Pardo returned to Spain after 14 years residence in Italy, including missions to protect the Western Mediterranean against the Turkish Fleets and the defeat of the Spanish Fleet in 1560 off the island of Djerba, Tunisia.[citation needed]
He married, Juana Manrique de Lara y Valdés.[citation needed]
^The Forts of Old San Juan. Washington, D.C.: Division of Publications, National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. 2018. pp. 31–34. ISBN9780912627625.