Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes
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Don Pedro Henriquez d'Azevedo y Toledo, Count of Fuentes (September 18, 1560, Valladolid – July 22, 1610, Milan) was a Spanish general and statesman.
He was page at the court of Phillip II, partook in the campaign in Portugal under the duke of Alba and was given in 1582 the supreme command over the Spanish troops.
Sent in 1591 by the king to the Netherlands, he assisted after the death of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma his successor Peter Ernst von Mansfeld and later Ernst of Austria, after whose death he became intermittant stateholder of the Netherlands. His excessive severity persuaded Phillip II to exchange him for Albrecht of Austria.
He was then made governor and general-captain of Milan, where he spread fear among the Italian nobility, especially the Venetians thorough his policy and army. In 1599, he wrote a treaty with the count of Savoy and assisted the conspiracy of Biron. Under his rule a famous fortress, named after him and now ruined, was built to guard the border against the Grisons near Colico.
He died in office.
| Preceded by: Juan Fernandez de Velasco, Duke of Frias |
Governors of the Duchy of Milan 1600-1610 |
Succeeded by: Juan Fernandez de Velasco, Duke of Frias |
| Preceded by: Archduke Ernest of Austria |
Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands 1595-1596 |
Succeeded by: Albrecht of Austria |
