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Pedro de Toledo | |
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Viceroy of Naples | |
In office 4 September 1532 – 21 February 1553 | |
Monarch | Charles V |
Preceded by | Pompeo Colonna |
Succeeded by | Pedro Pacheco de Villena |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 July 1484 Madrid, Crown of Castile |
Died | 21 February 1553 Florence, Republic of Florence | (aged 68)
Spouse(s) | María Osorio y Pimentel, 2nd Marquise of Villafranca del Bierzo |
Children | Eleanor of Toledo |
Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Zúñiga (13 July 1484 – 21 February 1553) was a Spanish politician. The first effective Spanish viceroy of Naples, in 1532–1552, he was responsible for considerable social, economic and urban improval in the city and southern Italian kingdom in general. He was the father-in-law of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.