Ambrogio Spinola

The Most Excellent
The Marquess of Balbases
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The Most Excellent The Marquess of Balbases GE
	Portrait by Peter Paul Rubens (1627)
Governor of the Duchy of Milan
	In office; 1629–1630
Monarch	Philip IV of Spain
Preceded by	Gonzalo Fernandez de Córdoba
Succeeded by	Álvaro de Bazán
Personal details
Born	1569; Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Died	25 September 1630 (aged 60–61); Castelnuovo Scrivia, Duchy of Mantua
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Military service
Allegiance	Spain
Branch/service	Spanish Army Army of Flanders; Army of Italy;
Rank	Captain-General
Commands	Maestre de campo general of the Army of Flanders (1605); Captain-General of the Army of Flanders (1620); Captain-General of the Flanders Armada (1624); Commander of the Army of Italy (1629);
Battles/wars	See battles Eighty Years' War Siege of Ostend; Siege of Sluis (1604); Spinola's campaign of 1605–1606 Capture of Oldenzaal (1605); Siege of Lingen (1605); Battle of Mülheim; Siege of Lochem (1605); Siege of Groenlo (1606); Siege of Rheinberg (1606); ; Siege of Jülich (1621–1622); Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom (1622); Siege of Breda (1624); ; War of the Jülich Succession Siege of Aachen (1614); Siege of Wesel (1614); ; Thirty Years' War Palatinate campaign Capture of Oppenheim; ; ; War of the Mantuan Succession Siege of Casale (1630); ;

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Ambrogio Spinola Doria, 1st Marquess of Los Balbases and 1st Duke of Sesto (1569 – 25 September 1630) was an Italian nobleman from the Republic of Genoa and a celebrated general in the service of the Spanish Empire. He distinguished himself in several key engagements during the Eighty Years' War and the Thirty Years' War, and is regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of his time and in the history of the Spanish army. Spanish-speaking sources often refer to him as "Ambrosio". For his service, he was granted the title Marquess of Los Balbases in the Spanish peerage and was invested into both the Order of the Golden Fleece and the Order of Santiago.