In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Tutavilla and the second or maternal family name is
del Rufo .
Francisco Tuttavilla, Duke of San Germán. Unknown author. Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg , former adviser to the Portuguese Restoration War , reconquered Bellegarde Fort in 1675, near the actual French-Spanish frontier at Le Perthus , captured in 1674 by Francisco de Tutavilla y del Rufo, Duke of San GermánFrancisco de Tutavilla y del Tufo, Duque de San Germán , (Naples , Italy , 1604 – Madrid , Spain , 30 January 1679), Commander of Peñausende from the Spanish Military Order of Santiago and Sieur of Campana de Albalá and Saucedilla , was an Italian - Spanish military and Viceroy, serving Kings Philip IV of Spain and Charles II of Spain .
Biography
At the time of the Portuguese Restoration War , 1657–1663, he was a General of the Extremadura Army fighting at the Sieges of Olivenza , Badajoz and Monção . His troops were defeated at Elvas , in 1659 , and heavily defeated at Ameixial , in 1663 , which ended his participation in the campaign of Portugal.
From April 1664 until February 1668, he was Viceroy of Navarre . At the end of 1668, he was the successor of the assassinated Viceroy of Sardinia , Manuel de los Cobos, 4th Marquis of Camarasa , a post he held until January 1673.
He then became Viceroy of Catalonia , (August 1673 - October 1675).
In 1674 he captured the Fort de Bellegarde , held by the French since the Peace of the Pyrenees of 1659 between France and Spain , and won the Battle of Maureillas over a French army led by Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg . The eruption of a revolt in Messina against the Spanish rule in 1675, however, forced him to send many of his troops to suppress the rebellion, and Schomberg was able to take back Bellegarde.[ 1]
Duke Francisco de Tutavilla y del Tufo was married to a Spanish noblewoman, mainly of Portuguese ancestors, Catalina de Cárdenas Colón de Toledo y Portugal, 14th Countess of la Puebla del Maestre and 5th Marchioness of Bacares, who died in Madrid on 4 January 1701. The couple had no children.
References
^ Lynn, John A.: The Wars of Louis XIV 1667-1714 . Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2013, ISBN 1317899512 , p. 135.
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