Sancho Pardo Donlebún

Sancho Pardo Donlebún, also called Sancho Pardo Osorio, (Donlebún, near Castropol, Asturias, Spain, circa 1537 - drowned in the Atlantic Ocean, near Lisbon, October, 1607)^{[citation needed]}, was a notorious admiral.

Interventions against the Caribbean Pirates

He participated in the Battle of San Juan (1595).^[1][2][3]

Pardo's activities near England and Ireland

He took part in the Spanish Armada's planned invasion of England around 1588, and in the Nine Years Anglo-Irish War supported Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone.^{[citation needed]}

Pardo's private life

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]}

References

1. Van Middeldyk, R.A. (1903). Brumbaugh, Martin (ed.). The History of Puerto Rico: From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation. D. Appleton and Company. pp. 114-119. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
2. 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. ISBN 9780912627625.
3. Maynarde, Thomas (2016). Cooley, W.A. (ed.). Sir Francis Drake, His Voyage, 1595, including An Account Of What Took Place At San Juan De Puerto Rico, In The Indies, With The English Fleet Under The Command OF Francis Drake and John Hawkins, On The 23rd November 1595 (The Hayluyt Society ed.). New York: Routledge. p. 4-5,9-11,46-63. ISBN 9781409412700. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

Further reading

• Gran Enciclopedia de España, (2001), Dir. Guillermo Fatás Cabeza, Full collection, 22 vols, 11,052 pages, ISBN 84-87544-01-0
  • vol 16, pages 7,493-7,996, ISBN 84-923944-7-1, see page 7,768 (in Spanish)