Ambrogio Spinola

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(1630-09-25) (aged 60–61) Castelnuovo Scrivia, Duchy of Mantua
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Military service
Allegiance	Spain
Rank	Captain-General
Commands	Captain-General of the Army of Flanders
Battles/wars	Eighty Years' War Siege of Ostend Siege of Sluis (1604) Siege of Lingen (1605) Siege of Groenlo (1606) Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom (1622) Siege of Breda (1624) War of the Jülich Succession Siege of Aachen (1614) Thirty Years' War Palatinate campaign Capture of Oppenheim Siege of Jülich

Ambrogio Spinola Doria, 1st Marquess of Los Balbases and 1st Duke of Sesto (1569 – 25 September 1630) was an Italian condottiero and nobleman of the Republic of Genoa, who served as a Spanish general and won a number of important battles. He is often called "Ambrosio" by Spanish-speaking people and is considered one of the greatest military commanders of his time and in the history of the Spanish army.^[1] His military achievements earned him the title of Marquess of Los Balbases in the Spanish peerage, as well as the Order of the Golden Fleece and Order of Santiago.