 Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos

Francesco Ferdinando d’Ávalos d'Aquino, VII marquis of Pescara and III marquis of Vasto (c. 1530 – 1571 in Palermo), was commander in chief of the Spanish army in Lombardy and Piedmont, governor of the State of Milan (1560–63) and viceroy of Sicily (1568–71).Francesco Ferdinando was the son of Alfonso d'Avalos, VI marquis of Pescara and II of Vasto.