Luis Fajardo (Spanish Navy officer)

For other people named Luis Fajardo, see Luis Fajardo (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fajardo and the second or maternal family name is Ruíz de Avendaño.
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Luis Fajardo
Bornc. 1556
Murcia, Spain
Died21 May 1617(1617-05-21) (aged 60–61)
Madrid, Spain
AllegianceSpain Spanish Empire
Service / branchSpanish Navy
RankCaptain General
Commands
  • Commander of the Armada de Tierra Firme (English: Tierra Firme fleet)
  • Commander of the Armada de la Guardia de la Flota de Indias (English: Armada of the Guard)
  • Commander of the Armada del Mar Océano (English: Armada of the Ocean Sea)
Battles / wars

Luis Fajardo y Ruíz de Avendaño,[1] (c. 1556[2] – 21 May 1617[3]), known simply as Luis Fajardo,[2] was a Spanish admiral and nobleman who had an outstanding naval career in the Spanish Navy. He is considered one of the most reputable Spanish militaries of the last years of the reign of Philip II and the reign of Philip III.[2] He held important positions in the navy and carried out several military operations in which he had to fight against English, Dutch, French and Barbary forces in the Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. He is known for the conquest of La Mamora in 1614.

Because he belonged to a noble family, he had several appointments such as Adelantado de Murcia, Knight of the Order of Calatrava and Commander of Almuradiel.[3]

  1. ^ Hernández Franco, Juan; Rodríguez Pérez, Raimundo A. (2014). "El linaje se transforma en casas: De los Fajardo a los marqueses de los Vélez y de Espinardo". Revista Hispania (in Spanish). 74 (247). España: 398.
  2. ^ a b c Rodríguez Pérez & Hernández Franco 2013, p. 40.
  3. ^ a b "Luis Fajardo", Diccionario Biográfico Español.