Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (born 1545)

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma

Italian general and governor (1545–1592)

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…