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The Spanish Armada: everything you wanted to know

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Are There Any Descendants of the Spanish Who Married Local Women?

Many of the spanish survivors were killed by english forces. Others were captured and ransomed. A lot of them didn't actually get back to spain for quite a long time. They spent their time in bridewell, prisoning in in london and in dublin. It's entirely plausible that some married a local women. If they had landed, the ill trained, ill equipped militia would have been no matches for them. The most important thing as far as the sp Spanish was concerned was local sea control. And if you're bottled up on the beaches, youve got nowhere to go, apart from the sea. So it's the most riskiest kind of military operation

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