Fernando Sanchez de Tovar
| Fernando Sánchez de Tovar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Castile |
| Died | 1384 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Allegiance |
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|
| Years of service | 1357–1384 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | Atlantic Expeditionary Fleets |
| Battles/wars | |
Hundred Years' War
Castilian Civil War
Fernando Sánchez de Tovar or Fernán Sánchez de Tovar, 1st Lord of Belves (died 1384) was a significant Castilian soldier and Admiral of the Middle Ages.
Fernando Sánchez de Tovar was the Adelantado Mayor of Pedro of Castile at the start of the First Castilian Civil War, but in 1366 he betrayed the King and delivered the city of Calahorra to Pedro's brother and enemy, Henry of Trastámara. One year later, Fernando Sánchez de Tovar fought on Henry's side in the Battle of Nájera.
In 1374 he succeeded the Genoese Ambrosio Boccanegra as Major Admiral of Castile.
Due to the hostile politics of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, the new king, Henry II of Castile joined the French side during the Hundred Years' War and declared war on England. As a result, Sánchez de Tovar led the Castilian fleet along with the French Jean de Vienne to South England and sacked and burned the Isle of Wight and the English ports of Rye, Rottingdean, Lewes, Folkestone, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Hastings. In 1380 the joint fleet sailed up the Thames and burned Gravesend, near London.
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