Alessandro Marchese del Borro
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Arezzo
Arezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....
-December 2 1656, Corfu
Corfu
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)was a Tuscan
Tuscany
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nobleman and general. He became a Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
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Biography
Son of Jerome from Borro, noble captain, and Aretino, was from an illustrious family in ArezzoArezzo
Arezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....
. He studied mathematics at the University of Florence
University of Florence
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. Destined for a military career, he took part in the Thirty Years' War
Thirty Years' War
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in the ranks of the company Ottavio Piccolomini, captain for the Grand Duke of Siena, Cosimo II de Medici, sent to Germany to help the emperor Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
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who was his brother. By Borro, for the many victories on the battlefield, he was hit by two baronies and was writing to the Bohemian nobility.
Alessandro fought in many campaigns, and they earned the nickname "Terror of the Turks." He fought also in the service of Spain
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and Venice
Republic of Venice
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The Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinand II de Medici called him back to Florence
Florence
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and named him commander of the Grand Duchy. On July 29, 1643, for services rendered to the grand duchy, he gave him the marquisate of Borro.
Alessandro del Borro returned to the service of the Venetians and died in 1656 to Corfu
Corfu
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, as a result of wounds received in battle with Barbary pirates. In the management of the estate Arezzo, he was succeeded by his son Nicholas de Borro (1644-1690), a career soldier who also died in battle.