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Alessandro Farnese, the Duke of Parma (27 August 1545 – 3 December 1592) was a high-ranking Italian nobleman and general in the service of Spain. From 1577 he led armies in the Netherlands against English-backed Protestant rebels with such expertise that the dying Spanish governor and commander in chief, Don John of Austria, recommended him as his successor to his half-brother, King Philip II of Spain. Philip II acceeded and during the following years, the rebels lost all their territories outside Holland and Zeeland.

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  • Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma
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  • Alessandro Farnese, the Duke of Parma (27 August 1545 – 3 December 1592) was a high-ranking Italian nobleman and general in the service of Spain. From 1577 he led armies in the Netherlands against English-backed Protestant rebels with such expertise that the dying Spanish governor and commander in chief, Don John of Austria, recommended him as his successor to his half-brother, King Philip II of Spain. Philip II acceeded and during the following years, the rebels lost all their territories outside Holland and Zeeland.
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  • Posthumous reference
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Spouse
  • Maria de Guimarães
Name
  • Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma
Title
  • Governor of the Spanish Netherlands
  • Duke of Parma and Piacenza
Cause of Death
  • Shot in battle
Before
  • Don Juan de Austria
  • Ottavio Farnese
Religion
Years
  • 1578(xsd:integer)
  • 1586(xsd:integer)
After
  • Peter Ernst von Mansfeld-Vorderort
  • Ranuccio Farnese I
Affiliations
  • Spanish Army
Children
  • Margherita, Ranuccio, Odoardo, Isabella
Occupation
  • Military Governor of Netherlands
Death
  • 1592(xsd:integer)
  • Unrevealed
Birth
  • 1545(xsd:integer)
Nationality
  • Italy
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  • Alessandro Farnese, the Duke of Parma (27 August 1545 – 3 December 1592) was a high-ranking Italian nobleman and general in the service of Spain. From 1577 he led armies in the Netherlands against English-backed Protestant rebels with such expertise that the dying Spanish governor and commander in chief, Don John of Austria, recommended him as his successor to his half-brother, King Philip II of Spain. Philip II acceeded and during the following years, the rebels lost all their territories outside Holland and Zeeland. In 1588, against Parma's judgment who considered that the defeat of the Dutch was near, he was ordered to take Sluys and Ostend in anticipation for the arrival of the Spanish Armada, which would then ferry him and his army across the Channel to invade England. Parma accomplished his objectives but the naval attack failed, rendering them irrelevant. In 1589, Parma was forced again to march, this time south, to support the French Catholics against Henry IV of France. While besieging Caudebec in 1592, he was injured by musket fire in an arm. The wound became infected and caused his death some days later.
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