Avila y Zuniga, DON LUIZ DE, a Spanish general, diplomatist, and historian, born about 1490, enjoyed the favour and confidence of Charles V., who intrusted him with embassies to the popes Paul IV. and Pius IV. He accompanied the emperor on his expedition against the German Protestant princes, and wrote an account of the war. The Comentarios, first published in 1547, were translated into several languages.
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