Ka cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1576, a matsayin kwamandan sojojin Spain a cikin Citadel na Antwerp, shi ne babban wanda ya zuga Sack of Antwerp wanda mutane 7,000 suka rasa rayukansu da kuma dukiya mai yawa. Shekaru hudu bayan haka, ya shiga tare da Duke na Alba a
Yaƙin Alcântara. D'Avila ya mutu a Lisbon na kamuwa da rauni, yayin wani hari a Portugal.