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Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. Alexander Farnese ( Italian: Alessandro Farnese, Spanish: Alejandro Farnesio; 27 August 1545 – 3 December 1592) was an Italian noble and condottiero, and a general of the Spanish army, who was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586 to 1592, as well as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592.
PARMA, ALEXANDER FARNESE, DUKE OF (1545 – 1592), soldier and governor general of the Netherlands. Born in Rome to Ottavio Farnese, duke of Parma, and Margaret of Austria, the natural daughter of Charles V, Alexander accompanied his mother to Brussels in 1559 when Philip II of Spain appointed her regent of the Netherlands.
The House of Farnese ( / fɑːrˈneɪzi, - zeɪ /, also US: /- eɪsi /, [1] [2] Italian: [farˈneːze, -eːse]) was an influential family in Renaissance Italy. The titles of Duke of Parma and Piacenza and Duke of Castro were held by various members of the family. Its most important members included Pope Paul III, Alessandro Farnese (a cardinal ...
Alexander Farnese was born in 1545 and died in 1592. Ranuccio I Farnese was born 1569 and died in 1622. Originated in upper Lazio and noted through its statesmen and soldiers, the noble Farnese family acquired the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza in 1545, following the election of Alexander as Pope Paul III, and ruled it until 1731, at the extinction of the house after the death of Antonio.
Alexander Farnese was an Italian noble and condottiero, and a general of the Spanish army, who was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586 to 1592, as well as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592. Thanks to a steady influx of troops from Spain, during 1581–1587 Farnese captured more than thirty towns in the south and returned them to the control of Habsburg Spain ...
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Alessandro Farnese (10 January 1635 – 18 February 1689) was an Italian military leader, who was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1678 until 1682. He is not to be confused with his better known great-grandfather Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. This Alessandro was often called Alessandro di Odoardo (son of Odoardo).
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545-1592), emerged as a prominent military leader and statesman during the late Renaissance period. Born into the influential Farnese family, he received a comprehensive education in military tactics, diplomacy, and the arts.
