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	Don John of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Regensburg, Germany, the progeny of a liaison between Charles and Barbara Blomberg, a burgher's daughter, Don Juan was raised anonymously in Spain as Jerónimo, nicknamed Jeromín.
		Don Juan's first engagement in 1568 was against Barbary pirates; its success resulted in his appointment as the leader of the Spanish forces ranged against the Morisco rebellions in Granada.
		Don Juan, by dint of leadership ability and charisma, was able to unite this disparate coalition and inflict a historic defeat upon the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_John_of_Austria (320 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. John Bosco (Don Bosco)
		John's early years were spent as a shepherd and he received his first instruction at the hands of the parish priest.
		Don Bosco heard his cries and recalled him, and in the friendship which sprang up between the priest and Bartolomeo Garelli was sown the first seed of the "Oratory", so called, no doubt, after the example of St.
		Don Bosco entered eagerly upon the task of instructing this first pupil of the streets; companions soon joined Bartolomeo, all drawn by a kindness they had never known, and in February, 1842, the Oratory numbered twenty boys, in March of the same year, thirty, and in March, 1846, four hundred.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02689d.htm (1669 words)

	Don John the Younger
		Executive summary: Illegitimate son of Philip IV Don John of Austria, the younger, recognized as the natural son of Philip IV, king of Spain, his mother, Maria Calderon, or Calderona, being an actress.
		Don John was sent in 1647 to Naples -- then in the throes of the popular rising first led by Masaniello -- with a squadron and a military force, to support the viceroy.
		Don John, in return, put himself at the head of a rising of Aragon and Catalonia, which led to the expulsion of Nithard on the 25th of February 1669.
	www.nndb.com /people/859/000101556 (611 words)

	[minstrels] Lepanto -- G. K. Chesterton
		Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far, Don John of Austria is going to the war, Stiff flags straining in the night-blasts cold In the gloom fl-purple, in the glint old-gold, Torchlight crimson on the copper kettle-drums, Then the tuckets, then the trumpets, then the cannon, and he comes.
		Don John laughing in the brave beard curled, Spurning of his stirrups like the thrones of all the world, Holding his head up for a flag of all the free.
		Michael's on his Mountain in the sea-roads of the north (Don John of Austria is girt and going forth.) Where the grey seas glitter and the sharp tides shift And the sea-folk labour and the red sails lift.
	www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1280.html (1118 words)

	DON JOHN (1545-1578) - LoveToKnow Article on DON JOHN (1545-1578) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		(1545-1578), of Austria, was the natural son of the emperor Charles V. by Barbara Blomberg, the daughter of an opulent citizen of Regensburg.
		In 1568 Don John was appointed to the command of a squadron of 33 galleys, and his first operations were against the Algerian pirates.
		His health gave way, he was attacked with fever, and on the ist of October 1578, at the early age of 33, Don John died, heartbroken at the failure of all his soaring ambitions, and at the repeated proofs that he had received of the king his brother's jealousy and neglect.
	www.1911ency.org /J/JO/JOHN_DON_1545_1578_.htm (766 words)

	Don John of Austria
		Don John of Austria, was the natural son of the emperor Charles V by Barbara Blomberg, the daughter of an opulent citizen of Regensburg.
		A league between Spain and Venice was effected by the efforts of Pope Pius V to resist the Turkish advance to the west, and Don John was named admiral in chief of the combined fleets.
		His health gave way, he was attacked with fever, and on the 1st of October 1578, at the early age of 33, Don John died, heartbroken at the failure of all his soaring ambitions, and at the repeated proofs that he had received of the king his brother's jealousy and neglect.
	www.nndb.com /people/856/000101553 (733 words)

	FARNESE - LoveToKnow Article on FARNESE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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 I565 his marriage with the princess Mhria of Portugal was celebrated in Brussels with great splendour.
		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.
		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 Gemblours (1578).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FA/FARNESE.htm (1087 words)

	The Battle of Lepanto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Don Juan of Austria, the exiled illegitimate son of the king of Spain found himself selected as commander-in-chief of the outnumbered Christian fleet in what history would record as the bloodiest deck-to-deck sea battle in naval history.
		Don John's eye must have gazed with pride on the 80 galleys and 22 other ships that had been provided by his half-brother Philip II of Spain.
		Don John moved his force towards the anchorage of Lepanto where he knew the Turk mercenaries would be waiting and during the night of October 6th, with a favorable wind behind him, Ali Pasha moved his fleet westward toward the mouth of the Gulf of Patras and the approaching ships of the Holy League.
	www.catholicradiodramas.com /Articles/the_battle_of_lepanto.htm (2027 words)

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		Don John was at liberty to be King of England and Scotland as soon as he liked; all that was left to do was to conquer the kingdoms.
		Don John had pursued and achieved glory through victories with which the world was ringing; William was slowly compassing a country's emancipation through a series of defeats.
		Don John had pacified them by assurances that they should receive adequate rewards on their arrival in Lombardy, and had urged the full satisfaction of their claims and his promises in the strongest language.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/jm26v10.txt (14643 words)

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		The plot is roughly the prehistory of Don Carlos, and similar: Philip II wants his half-brother, Don John (who doesn't know his true parentage), to enter a monastery.
		But Don John is in love with Agnes, and persuades his brother to say that he'll consent to them marrying.
		Don Quexado was camp and wittery with a Rubik cube, Philip was south London borderline "music business"/criminal and snarfed All Gold continuously, Don John was a Canadian actor with a Polaroid.
	www.helsom.demon.co.uk /opera/Oz.txt (777 words)

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		Don John of Austria was there, a step from her, the light full on his face, bareheaded, his cap in his hand, bending a little towards her, as one does towards a person one does not know, but who seems to be in distress and to need help.
		Don John had been but little at the court and knew next to nothing of its intrigues, nor of the mutual relations of the ladies and high officers who had apartments in the Alcazar.
		Many officers of Don John's army were there, too, bright-eyed and bronzed from their campaigning, and ready to give their laurels for roses, leaf by leaf, with any lady of the court who would make a fair exchange--and of these there were not a few, and the time seemed short to them.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/3/2/4/13243/13243.txt (21128 words)

	Battle of Lepanto (1571) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Holy League's fleet consisted of 206 galleys and 6 galleasses, and was ably-commanded by Don John of Austria who was the illegitimate son of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
		This episode of his life is believed to be referenced in his masterpiece, Don Quixote.
		At the northern end, closest to the coast, was the Left Division of 53 galleys, mainly Venetian; led by Agustino Barbarigo, with Marco Querini and Antonio da Canale in support.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto_(1571) (1922 words)

	DON MIGUEL'S MISSION
		Don John of Austria had taken command of the Spanish Army of the Netherlands and it was assumed that victory would be swift and decisive as his victories at Lepanto and Tunis.
		After inflicting a sanguinary defeat upon the Dutch at Gembloux, Don John of Austria was struck down be fever and died in October 1578, in his thirty first year.
		Don Miguel de Vincente was now thirty-eight years of age, a tall angular man with dark brooding features and an intense manner.
	homepages.enterprise.net /iainlogan/guadirra/chap17.html (1123 words)

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		Mahound is in his paradise above the evening star, (_Don John of Austria is going to the war._) He moves a mighty turban on the timeless houri's knees, His turban that is woven of the sunsets and the seas.
		Michaels on his Mountain in the sea-roads of the north (_Don John of Austria is girt and going forth._) Where the grey seas glitter and the sharp tides shift And the sea-folk labour and the red sails lift.
		King Philip's in his closet with the Fleece about his neck (_Don John of Austria is armed upon the deck._) The walls are hung with velvet that is fl and soft as sin, And little dwarfs creep out of it and little dwarfs creep in.
	www.cse.dmu.ac.uk /~mward/gkc/books/lepanto.txt (716 words)

	Catholic World News : Lepanto
		Don Juan of Austria, the illegitimate son of the Habsburg Emperor Charles V, was chosen as leader of the Christian force, and went out to meet the Turkish fleet off the coast of Greece.
		Don John calling through the blast and the eclipse Crying with the trumpet, with the trumpet of his lips, Trumpet that sayeth _ha_!
		Don John's hunting, and his hounds have bayed-- Booms away past Italy the rumour of his raid.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=21112 (990 words)

	1576e
		Don John aspireth to marriage with the Queen of Scots.
		Don John in the meane time secretly prosecuted the said Mariage, and withall, to cloake the matter, sent the Viscount of Gaunt in Embassage to Queene Elizabeth to shew unto her the conditions of the Peace, and to request a longer day for the payment of the mony which the Estates had borrowed.
		Whilest Wilkes layeth open these things in Spaine, Don John of Austria sent Gastelle to Queene Elizabeth (whom at once he both feared, and wished her confusion), and grievously accused the Estates, laying fowle crimes and aspersions upon them; and declared the causes at large why he armed his men againe.
	www.philological.bham.ac.uk /camden/1576e.html (2895 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		Don John of Austria, half-brother to Philip II of Spain, was given command of a vast fleet of some 200 ships.
		On 7 October 1571, Don John of Austria his fleet and defeated the Turkish fleet of 230 galleys, led by Ali Pasha.
		In 1573, Don John captured Tunis from the Ottoman Turks.
	www.camelotintl.com /world/02don_john_austria.html (363 words)

	ESCOVEDO - LoveToKnow Article on ESCOVEDO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		1578), Spanish politician, secretary of Don John of Austria, and chiefly notable as having been the victim of one of the mysteries of the 16th century, began life in the household of Ruy Gomez de Silva, prince of Eboli, the most trusted minister of the early years of the reign of Philip II.
		of Austria, after the battle of Lepanto in 1571, began to launch on a policy of self-seeking adventure, Escovedo was appointed as his secretary with the intention that he should act as a check on these follies.
		Unhappily for himself and for Don John he went heart and soul into all the princes schemes.
	55.1911encyclopedia.org /E/ES/ESCOVEDO.htm (311 words)

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		St Michael's on his Mountain in the sea-roads of the north _(Don John of Austria is girt and going forth.)_ Where the grey seas glitter and the sharp tides shift And the sea folk labour and the red sails lift.
		Don John calling through the blast and the eclipse, Crying with the trumpet, the trumpet of his lips, Trumpet that saith ha!
		The Pope was in his chapel before day or battle broke, _(Don John of Austria is hidden in the smoke.)_ The hidden room in a man's house where God sits all the year, The secret window whence the world looks small and very dear.
	www.chiark.greenend.org.uk /~martinh/poems/LEPANTO (641 words)

	John of Austria on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		JOHN OF AUSTRIA [John of Austria] 1545-78, Spanish admiral and general; illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He was acknowledged in his father's will and was recognized by his half brother, Philip II of Spain.
		Austria's Franz Konig dies at 98; last remaining cardinal named by John XXIII was Vatican II luminary.(Obituary)
		Pope John Paul II named Bishop Klaus Kueng, who investigated the child pornography scandal in Austria where 40,000 pornographic images were found on seminary computers, to replace Bishop Kurt Krenn, who resigned over the case.(News Roundup)(Brief Article)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/j/johna1ust1.asp (923 words)

	JOHN, DON (1629–1679) - Online Information article about JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
		Scandal accused her of a prodigality of favours which must have rendered the paternity of Don John very dubious, He was, however, recognized by the king, received a princely See also:
		Don John was removed from command and sent to his See also:
		Valenzuela, Don John was able to drive her from See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JEE_JUN/JOHN_DON_16291679_.html (939 words)

	91. Lepanto. G. K. Chesterton. Modern British Poetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Don John of Austria is going to the war,
		(Don John of Austria is armed upon the deck.
		But Don John of Austria has fired upon the Turk.
	www.bartleby.com /103/91.html (1273 words)

	TacJammer: Books Archives
		The Turkish fleet boasted 270 galleys to oppose Don John's 220; but the Christian fleet included six "super galleys," known as galeasses, which were deployed in front of the Christian battle line.
		Twice again Don John's soldiers boarded the Turkish flagship and reached the mainmast, before Colonna in the Papal flagship came alongside the Turk and raked her decks with musket fire.
		Don John's third charge carried, and the whole of the Turkish center fled.
	www.emersons.net /mt/archives/cat_books.html (3054 words)

	Poetry X » Poetry Archives » G. K. Chesterton » "Lepanto"
		Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far, Don John of Austria is going to the war, Stiff flags straining in the night-blasts cold In the gloom fl-purple, in the glint old-gold.
		St Michael’s on his mountain in the sea-roads of the north (Don John of Austria is girt and going forth.
		Don John’s hunting, and his hounds have bayed — Booms away past Italy the rumour of his raid Gun upon gun, ha!
	poetry.poetryx.com /poems/8623 (792 words)

	October 7, 1571: The Deliverance of Europe at Lepanto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On October the 7th, 1571, a pan-European fleet defeated the Ottoman Empire at Lepanto, a battle which ranks with the Battle of Tours and the Relief of Vienna as being an event which literally saved the White race.
		The author of the victory was the immortal Don Juan of Austria.
		The European seamen captured the dreaded sanjak -- the flag purportedly carried by Muhammad himself, and which the Muslims believed claimed all lands for Islam under its shadow.
	www.nationalvanguard.org /printer.php?id=6431 (1428 words)

	Biblical allusions
		: Don John (1547-1578), the illegitimate son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was a naval commander most noted for his victory over the Turkish at the Battle of Lepanto.
		In 1862, the ship designed by Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson engaged in one of the most famous naval battles with the confederate ironclad, the Virginia (originally known as the Merrimack).
		This phrase is the messianic title used by John (1: 29-30) upon greeting Christ: "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." Here, Melville seems once again to align Billy and Christ.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/bb/bb_hibimy.html (6716 words)

	Shakespeare Fellowship Discussion Boards: Gonzalo Stalks London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is unlikely that the fleet's commander, Don John of Austria,
		half-brother Don John of Austria was the century's Alexander the
		John of Austria who was Viceroy of Flanders until 1578, and who
	www.shakespearefellowship.org /ubbthreads/showthreaded.php/Number/13781 (2885 words)

	chronology
		1576 Philip makes his half-brother Don John of Austria Governor of the Netherlands.
		1577 Perpetual Edict to settle civil war in Netherlands issued by Don John of Austria; rejected by William of Orange.
		Don John of Austria deposed by the States General.
	www.carleton.ca /gallery/sibyls/chrono.html (296 words)

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