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	Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza
		Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza (1545 — 92), the son of Duke Ottavio Farnese, duke of Parma and Margaret of Parma[?], and the cousin of Philip II of Spain and of Don John of Austria[?], led a significant military and diplomatic career in the service of Spain.
		Alexander Farnese had been brought up in Spain with his cousin, the ill-fated Don Carlos, and Don John, both of whom were about the same age as himself, and after his marriage he took up his residence at once at the court of Madrid.
		Farnese was to have turned his attention back to the northern Netherlands, where the Dutch had regrouped, but on December 23, 1589, the French king Henry III was assassinated, and Farnese was ordered into France.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/al/Alessandro_Farnese,_duke_of_Parma_and_Piacenza.html (910 words)

	Alessandro Farnese
		Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, general, statesman and diplomat, governor-general of the Netherlands under Philip II of Spain, was born at Rome on the 27th of August 1545, and died at the abbey of St. Waast, near Arras, on the 3rd of December 1592.
		He was the son of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Margaret of Austria, natural daughter of Charles V. He accompanied his mother to Brussels when she was appointed governor of the Netherlands, and in 1565 his marriage with the princess Maria of Portugal was celebrated in Brussels with great splendor.
		Alexander Farnese had been brought up in Spain with his cousin, the ill-fated Don Carlos, and his uncle Don John of Austria, both of whom were about the same age as himself, and after his marriage he took up his residence at once at the court of Madrid.
	www.nndb.com /people/213/000101907 (1346 words)

	Farnese - LoveToKnow 1911
		Orazio, Pierluigi's third son, was made duke of Castro when his father became duke of Parma, and married Diane, a natural daughter of Henry II.
		But the duke came to an arrangement with his father-in-law, by which he regained Piacenza and his other fiefs The rest of his life was spent quietly at home, where the moderation and wisdom of his rule won for him the affection of his people.
		The Palazzo Farnese in Rome, one of the finest specimens of Roman Renaissance architecture, was begun under Paul III., while he was cardinal, by Antonio da San Gallo, and completed by his nephew Cardinal Alessandro under the direction of Michelangelo (1526).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Farnese (1204 words)

	Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alessandro was the son of Duke Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma and Margaret, the illegitimate daughter of the Habsburg Emperor Charles V.
		Thus Alessandro was the nephew of Philip II of Spain and of Don John of Austria.
		Farnese became Duke of Parma and Piacenza in 1586.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alessandro_Farnese,_Duke_of_Parma_and_Piacenza (1020 words)

	c. The Netherlands. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Their son, Philip the Handsome (duke of Burgundy), married Joanna, the daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, and thus the Netherland provinces passed ultimately into the hands of Philip's son, Charles I (Charles V as emperor).
		Don John died in 1578 and was succeeded by Alexander Farnese (duke of Parma), a shrewd statesman and an excellent general.
		Parma ultimately subdued the southern provinces, on the promise that their old political freedom should be restored.
	www.bartleby.com /67/595.html (918 words)

	Elizabeth Farnese: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		As a result of a Spanish attack on Naples during the War of the Polish Succession, her son Carlos (later Charles III of Spain) became king of Naples and Sicily in 1734.
		Parma was Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Spanish governor...
		ELIZABETH FARNESE farna sa, 1692 1766, queen of Spain...consort of Philip V ; niece of Antonio Farnese, duke of Parma.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/elizabeth_farnese.jsp (1254 words)

	Alexander Farnese - LoveToKnow 1911 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		ALEXANDER FARNESE (1545-1592), duke of Parma, general, statesman and diplomatist, governor-general of the Netherlands under Philip II.
		He was the son of Ottavio Farnese, duke of Parma, and Margaret of Austria, natural daughter of Charles V.
		In military ability the prince of Parma was inferior to none of his contemporaries, as a skilful diplomatist he was the match even of his great antagonist William the Silent, and, like most of the leading statesmen of his day, was unscrupulous as to the means he employed so long as he achieved his ends.
	www.1911ency.org.cob-web.org:8888 /F/FA/FARNESE_ALEXANDER.htm (1399 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alessandro Farnese
		Farnese was employed by the popes on various legations and embassies.
		In 1539, he was legatus a latere of Paul III at the court of Charles V, to make peace between the emperor and the King of France, and to sever the alliance with England, also to arrange for a general council.
		In 1543 he went again to the court of Charles V, and later to that of Francis I, and was present at the meeting of the two sovereigns in Paris, returning with Charles to Flanders.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05788b.htm (524 words)

	Europe in Conflict, 1523 to 1588
		The commander in charge of the force, the Duke of Alva, interpreted his instructions to mean extermination of religious and political dissidents, and as he waged war in the Netherlands he opened a tribunal there called the "Council of Blood." On March 3, 1568 he had 1,500 men executed.
		Farnese employed patience and sieges and managed to pacify roughly the southern portion of the Netherlands, including the city of Antwerp.
		Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scotland and Elizabeth's nearest relative, was Roman Catholic, and King Philip of Spain plotted Mary's accession to the throne of England.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h18-eg.htm (4737 words)

	[No title]
		Alexander turns away from his overseas Empire and accelerates the process of political reform in the New World colonies with a view to relieving Spain of the 'burden of empire'.
		In Spain, Alexander dies and is succeeded by his daughter Henrietta, a weak and sickly 19-year old (his only surviving son having died two years earlier in a riding accident).
		Alexander Tanner (the son of Geoffrey Tanner) is appointed leader of the new party, while Hamilton is charged with drawing up a manifesto of the economic goals for the government.
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	Margaret of Parma
		Margaret of Parma, also called Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Parma and regent of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567, was a natural daughter of Charles V. Her mother, Margaret van Ghent, was a Fleming.
		In 1533 she was married to Alexander de Medici, Duke of Florence, who was assassinated in 1537, after which she became the wife of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, in 1542.
		She had the satisfaction of seeing her son Alexander Farnese appointed to the office she had laid down, and to watch his successful career as governor-general of the Netherlands.
	www.nndb.com /people/081/000095793 (260 words)

	Farnese : Sirchin
		Farnese family was an influential family in Renaissance Italy.
		Farnese, mistress of Pope Alexander VI and sister of the above Alessandro
		Farnese, Queen of Spain, wife of King Philip V, mother of Charles III (1692—1766)
	sirchin.com /?topic:farnese (338 words)

	The Spanish Armada : Sir Francis Drake
		Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, an eminent general and Phillip’s commander against the Dutch rebels, would command the troops brought across the Channel from the Spanish Netherlands.
		A fourth was that the Duke of Parma was prepared to commit his professional reputation to such a hazardous scheme.
		In the absence of confirmation from Parma that he would be at the rendezvous off Margate Head and with increasing evidence of their inability to neutralise the English fleet, Medina Sidonia and his senior officers resolved to meet Parma off the Flanders coast.
	www.britishbattles.com /spanish-war/spanish-armada.htm (6665 words)

	Journal of San Diego History
		In 1562, the Prince of Asturias, don Carlos, son of king Philip II and his first wife, Maria of Portugal, was sent to Alcalá de Henares to study Latin and to practice the noble arts of fencing and horsemanship.
		Philip II's army, commanded by Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, was waging an up-hill struggle to preserve Catholic Spain's domination in the Low Countries.
		Alexander Farnese, the future Duke of Parma, succeeded him as Governor General and military commander in the Netherlands.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/88winter/year1588.htm (3508 words)

	ALEXANDER FARNESE (154... - Online Information article about ALEXANDER FARNESE (154... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Alexander Farnese had been brought up in Spain with his See also:
		In military ability the prince of Parma was inferior to none of his contemporaries, as a skilful diplomatist he was the match even of his great antagonist See also:
		Navarre had altogether altered the situation of affairs, and relieved the pressure upon the Dutch.by creating a diversion, and placing Parma and his army between hostile forces.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /EUD_FAT/FARNESE_ALEXANDER_1545_1592_.html (2005 words)

	Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Alessandro Farnese (Parma, January 10, 1635 — Madrid, February 18, 1689) was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1678 until 1682.
		His elder brother Ranuccio II was the sixth Duke of Parma and Piacenza.
		He was born the second son of Odoardo Farnese, fifth Duke of Parma, and Margherita de Medici.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Alexander_Farnese,_Prince_of_Parma (178 words)

	THE "INVINCIBLE" ARMADA 1588: Sir Francis Drake: A Pictorial Biography by Hans P. Kraus (Rare Book and ...
		Dale was a member of a diplomatic mission to Flanders, sent there to negotiate with Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545-1592), Spanish commander in the Netherlands.
		Dale was a man who could speak to the point; once when Parma ironically suggested that they negotiate in French, since Elizabeth called herself Queen of France, Dale replied that they should communicate in Hebrew, since Philip claimed the title of King of Jerusalem.
		1588" is in the handwriting of the Duke of Medina Sidonia.
	www.loc.gov /rr/rarebook/catalog/drake/drake-8-invincible.html (2781 words)

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		Whilst the Spanish League was thus reigning at Paris, the Duke of Mayenne was at Laon, preparing to lead his army, consisting partly of Spaniards, to the relief of Rouen, the siege of which Henry IV.
		Since the death of the Duke of Parma [on the 2d of December, 1592, in the Abbey of St. Waast at Arras, from the consequences of a wound received in the preceding April at the siege of Caudebec], it seems that deeds of arms have given place to intrigues and contests of words.
		The great leaders of the party, the Duke of Mayenne, his mother the Duchess of Nemours, his sister the Duchess of Montpensier, and the Duke of Feria, Spanish ambassador, were within its walls, a prey to alarm and discouragement.
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		A marriage was mooted with Rainutio, eldest son of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Maria of Portugal.
		Nothing came of this plan, and in fact nobody was ever sure if Arbella was a Catholic or a Protestant — it appears that everyone who talked with her thought her to be of the same religion as they were.
		In 1588, Esme Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox proposed to James VI of Scotland that he marry Arbella, but nothing seems to have come of this.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Arbella_Stuart (1082 words)

	History of Normandie / Normandy
		Century, the dukes followed a politic of centralization and conquest (temporary control of Brittany and, in 1031, over the French Vexin) all resting on the economic prosperity of the region and on the church, reformed by Cluny.
		All versions seem to agree that, on his voyage from Bosham to Normandy, he was shipwrecked at the Mouth of the Somme, and seized by Guy of Ponthieu, the reigning count, and thrown in prison.
		Duke Robert felt obliged to ask for aid from the King of France, Philippe 1.
	bdaugherty.tripod.com /normandie/history.html (10407 words)

	Informat.io on Alessandro Farnese Duke Of Parma And Piacenza
		ODP's article on alessandro farnese duke of parma and piacenza
		In the autumn of 1577, Farnese was sent to join Don John at the head of reinforcements, and it was mainly his prompt decision at a critical moment that won the Battle of Gembloux in 1578.
		Holland and Zeeland, whose geographical position made them unassailable except by water, were able to hold out and defy Farnese's further advance through the courage and skill of their hardy seafaring population and the help of English auxiliaries sent by Queen Elizabeth I.
	www.informat.io /?title=alessandro-farnese-duke-of-parma-and-piacenza (1007 words)

	History of the Duke of Alva
		In September 1567 the Duke of Alva established a new court for the trial of crimes committed 'during the recent period of troubles.' It was called the 'Council of Troubles,' but will be for ever known in history as the 'Blood Council.' It superseded all other institutions.
		The Duchess of Parma, who had demanded her release from the odious position of a cipher in a land where she had so lately been sovereign, at last obtained it and took her departure in December for Parma, thus finally closing her eventful career in the Netherlands.
		The Duke of Alva took up his position as governor-general, and amongst his first works was the erection of the celebrated citadel of Antwerp, not to protect, but to control the commercial capital of the provinces.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Outline_of_Great_Books_Volume_I/dukeofal_ib.html (630 words)

	Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)
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	Tiempos Modernos: Revista Electrónica de Historia Moderna - Vol. 5, No.13 (2006) (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Parma, without any scruple, did not hesitate in leaving the agent without any support, despite their long relationship.
		Parma sent a letter to James VI concerning Colonel Sempill and his behaviour in Scotland, alleging “he dealt further than he had commission”.
		70SCA, “Letters of Duke of Parma to the King of Scotland touching the commission of the Colonel Sempill, his prison and the response of the King to the Duke and a safe-conduct of the King signed and stamped by his stamp”, without date, CA4/9/12, f.
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	Defeat of the "Invincible" Armada 1588
		The Armada would ferry the Duke's soldiers across the straight of Dover and these troops would march on London, seize the Queen, and proceed to conquer the entire country.
		Also, the Duke of Parma was a very proud man, and resented the fact that Medina Sidonia had been given command of the operation.
		Parma was unable to help as he had less than twenty ships and most of those were not yet ready to sail.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Documents/defeat_of_the_armada.htm (3955 words)

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