Individual Details
Sir Knight Francis Drake
(1540 - 28 Jan 1596)
Events
| Birth | 1540 | Crowndale, Devon, England | |||
| Death | 28 Jan 1596 | Porto Bello, Porto Bello, Panama |  |
Families
| Father | William Drake Sr. (1518 - 1555) |
| Mother | Jean Talbot (1517 - ) |
| Sibling | Sir Knight Thomas Drake (1533 - ) |
| Sibling | William Drake (1555 - ) |
Notes
Death
Elizabeth I of England awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581. He was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. He died of dysentery in January 1596 after unsuccessfully attacking San Juan, Puerto Rico.His exploits were legendary, making him a hero to the English but a pirate to the Spaniards to whom he was known as El Draque. King Philip II was said to have offered a reward of 20,000 ducats about £4 million (US$6.5M) by modern standards, for his life.