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Also Known As Alessandro Farnese, duca di Parma e Piacenza
Born August 27, 1545 • Rome • Italy
Died December 3, 1592 (aged 47) • Arras • France
Title / Office governor-general (1578-1592), Spanish Netherlands
House / Dynasty Farnese family
Role In Eighty Years’ War

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