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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.
Mar 1, 2024 · Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza was the duke of Parma and Piacenza and the regent of the Netherlands (1578–92) for Philip II, the Habsburg king of Spain. He was primarily responsible for maintaining Spanish control there and for perpetuating Roman Catholicism in the southern.
The Duke of Parma and Piacenza ( Italian: duca di Parma e Piacenza) was the ruler of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, a historical state of Northern Italy. It was created by Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese) for his son Pier Luigi Farnese. [1] It existed between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814 to 1859. The Duke of Parma was also Duke of ...
DukeBirthMarriagesDeathPier Luigi16 September 1545 – 10 ...19 November 1503Romeson of Cardinal ...Girolama Orsini1519Rome4 children10 September 1547Piacenzaaged 43Ottavio9 November 1549 – 18 September ...9 October 1524Valentanoson of Pier Luigi ...Margaret of Parma4 November 1538Rome2 ...18 September 1586Parmaaged 61Alessandro18 September 1586 – 3 December ...27 August 1545Romeson of Ottavio Farnese, ...Maria of Portugal11 November ...3 December 1592Saint Waast, ...Ranuccio I3 December 1592 – 5 March ...28 March 1569Parmason of Alexander ...Margherita Aldobrandini7 May 1600Rome9 ...5 March 1622Parmaaged 52- 16 September 1545
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Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Carlos Xavier Bernardo Sixto Marie; born 27 January 1970), is the current (since 2010) Head of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma, who ruled the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza from 1748 to 1802 and from 1847 to 1859 (which includes the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg).
Parma, using familiarity with the Netherlands acquired in 1565 – 1566, continued to exploit fissures in the Estates-General while he groomed his army. In 1579 he steered the southern Walloon provinces under his control to form the Union of Arras and declare obedience to Philip II , while skillfully employing his regrouped army to capture ...
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.
May 29, 2018 · Alessandro Farnese, the Duke of Parma (1545-1592), led the Spanish suppression of the Dutch Revolt. He doubled the size of Spain's holdings in the Netherlands through his conquests and ensured Spanish rule in the southern provinces for another 129 years. Serving as Spain's governor-general of the Netherlands from 1578 to 1592, Alessandro ...
