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When did Alexander Farnese die?

  • 1592

  • 1600

  • 1585

  • 1578

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Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, died in 1592. He was a renowned military commander who served as governor of the Spanish Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War. Farnese's successful campaigns against the Dutch rebels earned him a reputation as one of the greatest generals of his time. He is particularly remembered for his capture of Antwerp in 1585, which was a major blow to the Dutch cause.
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