Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
Duke of Parma and Piacenza, lived (1545-1592); duke of Castro, man of government and military in the service of Spain
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Military strategist who commanded Spanish forces across the Netherlands, France, and beyond during the late 1500s. Nephew to Philip II, Farnese fought Ottomans at Lepanto before becoming the era's most visible general, until his death in 1592.
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Alexander Farnese was an Italian noble and military leader, who was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586 to 1592, as well as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592. Nephew to King Philip II of Spain, he served in the Battle of Lepanto and the subsequent campaigns of the Holy League against the Ottoman Empire. He was latter appointed general of the Spanish army during the Dutch revolt and its ramifications, serving in Netherlands, France and the Holy Roman Empire until his death in 1592.
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