Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
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Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
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Alexander Farnese was an Italian noble and condottiero, who was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586 to 1592, as well as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592. As a general of the Spanish army during the Dutch revolt, Farnese captured more than thirty towns in what is now Belgium between 1581 and 1587 and returned them to the control of Habsburg Spain. During the French Wars of Religion he relieved Paris for the Catholic League. His talents as a commander on the battlefie
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Italian general and governor (1545–1592)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Farnese,_Duke_of_Parma
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2003-01-27T07:04:39Z
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2024-09-08T21:56:04Z
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