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 | | Brabant and Limburg came to him by bequest (Joanna, daughter of John III, duke of Brabant, left them to her great-nephew, Antoine, brother of John the Fearless). |
 | | Charles annexed the 17 provinces (Brabant, Limburg, Luxemburg, Gelderland, Flanders, Artois, Hainault, Holland, Zeeland, Namur, Zutphen, East Friesland, West Friesland, Mechlin, Utrecht, Overyssel, Groningen) to the Burgundian circle of the empire. |
 | | Don John died in 1578 and was succeeded by Alexander Farnese (duke of Parma), a shrewd statesman and an excellent general. |
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