Name Sancho de Rank General officer | Allegiance Kingdom of Portugal | |
Battles/wars Dutch-Portuguese War
Portuguese Restoration War
Battle of the Lines of Elvas
Battle of Ameixial Died February 3, 1677, Kingdom of Portugal Battles and wars Dutch–Portuguese War, Battle of the Lines of Elvas, Battle of Ameixial, Portuguese Restoration War Similar People Frederick Schomberg - 1st Duke, Afonso VI of Portugal, Matias de Albuquerque, John IV of Portugal, Peter II of Portugal | ||
Sancho Manuel de Vilhena, 1st Count of Vila Flor (1610–1677), was a remarkable Portuguese aristocrat and military leader, of royal background.
He participated in several battles in Central Europe and fought the Dutch in Brazil between 1638 and 1640. During the Portuguese Restoration War, he was appointed general, and participated in the defence of Beira. His greatest victories were the Battle of the Lines of Elvas in 1659 and the Battle of Ameixial in 1663.
António Manuel de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John and ruler of Malta, was his fifth son.
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