This group, which irrationally feared that Federico Giambelli's "hell-burners" would be used against them, provoked their chief enemy to declare "I have the heart and stomach of a king" at Tilbury.
This group, which irrationally feared that Federico Giambelli's "hell-burners" would be used against them, provoked their chief enemy to declare "I have the heart and stomach of a king" at Tilbury. A response to the Treaty of Nonsuch, which in turn responded to the Sack of Antwerp, it was commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia and supported by Sixtus V. This losing group at the battle of Gravelines [gravel-EEN] departed from Lisbon and was wrecked by storms after losing to Francis Drake. For 10 points, name this force meant to Catholicize Elizabethan England by sea, sent by decree of Phillip II in Madrid.
This group, which irrationally feared that Federico Giambelli's "hell-burners" would be used against them, provoked their chief enemy to declare "I have the heart and stomach of a king" at Tilbury.
Spanish Armada [accept Grande y FelicÃ­sima Armada or translations of that; prompt "Spanish navy"]