John of Austria

American  

noun

1. Don John, 1547?–78, Spanish naval commander and general: victor at the battle of Lepanto.

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John of Austria British  

noun

1. called Don John. 1547–78, Spanish general: defeated the Turks at Lepanto (1571)

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Example Sentences

Chesterton imagines the fine Catholic realm that might have sprung forth had Mary Queen of Scots married Don John of Austria, the illegitimate brother of Philip II of Spain.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Christian commander, Don John of Austria, later gave him a letter of commendation.

From Time Magazine Archive

He acquitted himself creditably in the great sea-battle of Lepanto, in which Don John of Austria destroyed the Turkish fleet, and won a slight raise in pay and a permanently maimed left hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

His patron Don John of Austria had died in Flanders two years before his release.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle

We have seen the eagerness with which they had flocked to the standard of John of Austria.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling