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3 days ago · Philip sent in Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, as Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592. Farnese defeated the rebels at the Battle of Gembloux (1578) , [39] and he captured many rebel towns in the south: Maastricht (1579), Tournai (1581), Oudenaarde (1582), Dunkirk (1583), Bruges (1584), Ghent (1584), and Antwerp (1585).
- Philip III of Spain
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- Maria Manuela of Portugal
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- Catalina Micaela of Spain
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- Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias
Biography Painting by Titian of Ferdinand's father offering...
- Carlos, Prince of Asturias
Carlos, Prince of Asturias, also known as Don Carlos (8 July...
- Elisabeth of Valois
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- Philip III of Spain
5 days ago · In 1627 Monteverdi received a major commission from Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, for a series of works, and gained leave from the Procurators to spend time there during 1627 and 1628. Monteverdi's musical direction received the attention of foreign visitors.
4 days ago · Its original goal was to arrive in Flanders to meet the fleet of the Duke of Parma, and only then to jointly attack England. In addition, the Spanish fleet reached Flanders suffering little damage. It was in the battle of Gravelines that the fleet registered a few withstandable losses.
2 days ago · Charles IV, oil on canvas by Francisco Goya, c. 1789; in the Prado Museum, Madrid. In 1788 Charles III, who had been the “nerve” of reform in the sense that he loyally supported able ministers, was succeeded by his son, Charles IV, a weak, amiable man dominated by a lascivious wife, María Luisa.
4 days ago · After the death of his first wife (María Luisa of Savoy) in 1714, Philip came under the influence of his second wife, Princess Isabella Farnese, who was the niece and stepdaughter of the duke of Parma.
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5 days ago · Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died from polio on July 4, 1925, at age twenty-four in his hometown of Turin, lived a brief but remarkable life. His father was a politician, the owner of the influential liberal Italian newspaper La Stampa, and an agnostic.
1 day ago · Luigi Crosio, painted the Refugium Peccatorum Madonna [679] [680] Salvador Dalí, created numerous large-scale religious compositions starting around the time of his repatriation in Spain [681] Sylvia Daoust, did work for Mary, Queen of the World, Cathedral; most of her work is religious.
