Count Alcaudete was a Spanish nobleman, who was appointed Governor ("Captain General") of the Spanish North African base of Oran

Oran

Oran is a major city on the northwestern Mediterranean coast of Algeria, and the second largest city of the country.It is the capital of the Oran Province . The city has a population of 759,645 , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second largest...

 in 1534.

In 1535, he attacked the Ottoman-held city of Tlemcen

Tlemcen

Tlemcen is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is located inland in the center of a region known for its olive plantations and vineyards...

 with 600 men, in collaboration with the local Banu Amir tribe of Abdul Rahman ibn Radwan. The project was to replace Sultan Muhammad

Sultan Muhammad

There have been several people named Sultan Muhammad:* Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, ruler of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India under the Qutb Shahi dynasty, from 1612 to 1626....

 by Ibn Radwan's younger brother Abdulla. They were opposed by the Banu Rashid

Banu Rashid

The Banu Rashid were a tribe of the modern area of Algeria, near the city of Oran. They entered into sporadic alliance with Spain, when faced with the threat of Ottoman expansion....

 tribes under Sultan Muhammad, and the Spanish forces were besieged at the Tibda fortress and exterminated, except for 70 prisonners.

He also led several Spanish expeditions against Mostaganem

Mostaganem

Mostaganem is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria. The city, founded in the 11th century lies on the Gulf of Arzew, Mediterranean Sea and is 72 km ENE of Oran...

, which took place in 1543 and 1547. They failed as the Spanish forces were repulsed and then pursued in retreat by Turkish and tribal forces.

Count Alcaudete led the disastrous Expedition of Mostaganem

Expedition of Mostaganem (1558)

The Expedition of Mostaganem occurred in 1558, when Spanish forces attempted to capture the city of Mostaganem, in modern Algeria, from the Ottomans. The expedition ended in failure, and has been called a "disaster"...

 in 1558, where he was killed.

Count Alcaudete had a son, named Don Martín de Córdoba, himself future Governor of Oran, who was also captured in the disaster of Mostaganem and would be imprisoned as a Christian slave in Algiers

Algiers

' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

 under the beylerbey

Beylerbey

Beylerbey is the Ottoman and Safavid title used for the highest rank in the hierarchy of provincial administrators It is in western terms a Governor-general, with authority...

Hasan Pasha

Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)

Hasan Pasha was the son of Hayreddin Barbarossa and three-times Beylerbey of Algiers, Algeria. His mother was a Morisco. He succeeded his father as ruler of Algiers, and replaced Barbarossa's deputy Hasan Agha who had been effectively holding the position of ruler of Algiers since 1533.-Ruler of...

, until he was exchanged for the huge ransom of 23,000 escudos.