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Throughout his life, he had to engage in continuous power struggles to obtain and maintain power. With the finalization of the
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He was Grand Master of the Order of
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to defend himself against the Duke. Shortly thereafter, in 1478, Alonso ambushed and defeated the Duke's forces at
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