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Alessandro Farnese

Male 1545 - 1592  (47 years)


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  • Name Alessandro Farnese  [1, 2
    Born 27 Aug 1545  Roma, Italia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Funeral in Brussels Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1571 
    Fought under the command of his uncle Juan of Austria at the battle of Lepanto 
    Occupation 1577 
    Sent with reinforcements to join his uncle Juan of Austria in the Netherlands 
    Occupation 1578 
    Gouverneur général des Pays-Bas 
    Occupation 1578 
    Won the battle of Gemblours and appointed governor-general to replace his uncle Juan who had died 
    Occupation 15 Aug 1585 
    Besieged Antwerp that was compelled to capitulate 
    Occupation 3 Aug 1590 
    Left the Netherlands at the head of 15 000 troops and relieved Paris which was blockaded by Henri IV 
    Occupation 1591 
    Relieved Rouen (wounded in the arm before Caudebec) 
    Occupation 1586-1592 
    Duc de Parme 
    Died 3 Dec 1592  Arras, Artois, Pas-de-Calais (Nord), France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Parma, Italia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20901  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Ottavio Farnese,   b. 9 Oct 1523, Valentano, Italia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1586, Piacenza, Italia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Margarethe von Habsburg,   b. 28 Dec 1522, Oudenaarde, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1586, Ortona, Italia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 1538 
    Family ID F11335  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie de Portugal,   b. 12 Aug 1538, Lisboa, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1577, Parma, Italia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 11 Nov 1566  Bruxelles, Brabant, Belgique Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ranuecio Farnese,   b. 28 Mar 1569, Parma, Italia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1622, Parma, Italia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F11333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S725] Histoire de la maison royale de France et des grands officiers de la couronne, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, augustin déchaussé, (Estienne Loyson, Paris, 1674), Volume 1, p. 498.

    2. [S750] The History of Italy, from the fall of the Western Empire to the commencement of the wars of the French Revolution, Colonel George Procter, (Second Edition, Whittaker and Co., London, 1844), 222.