Francisco Verdugo, Spanish chief military man in the Flanders wars, (Talavera de la Reina, province of Toledo, 1537 - Luxembourg, 1595), became "Maestre de Campo General", (type of Field Marshall) in the Spanish Habsburgs Netherlands. Talavera de la Reina is a city and Municipality in the western part of the province of Toledo, which in turn is part of the autonomous community of Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by
When he was barely 20 years old he participated in the Saint-Quentin in August 1557. The Spanish won a significant victory over the French in the Battle of Saint-Quentin ( 1557) during the Franco-Habsburg War ( 1551
Verdugo was an Admiral of the Spanish Fleet in Flanders after being nominated Governor of Haarlem in 1573, aged 36, which he had helped to conquer. in the past usually Harlem in English is a city in the Netherlands. In 1576 he became Councilor of State for some Flemish territories.
After the arrival to Brussels in 1577 of the half brother of King Philip II of Spain,Juan of Austria, (1547 - 1578, aged 31), religious catholic zealots were kept at bay and Verdugo was promoted to Governor of Breda , and later of Thionville and Namur. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Philip II (Felipe II de España Filipe I ( May 21, 1527 &ndash September 13 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598 Breda ( is a Municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. Thionville (Diedenhofen Diedennuewen Diedenhoven is a town and commune in the Moselle département, in the Lorraine He married in 1578, aged 41, Dorothea von Mansfeld, one of the daughters of Graf, or Count, Ernst von Mansfeld, (1517 - 1604) being thus the brother in law of his famous bastard son and brother Ernst von Mansfeld, (1580 - Rakovica, near Sarajevo, actual Bosnia, November 29, 1626). Ernst Graf von Mansfeld (also sometimes called Ernst Graf von Mansfield, Ernst Count of Mansfeld or Peter Ernst Graf von Mansfeld) (c Ernst Graf von Mansfeld (also sometimes called Ernst Graf von Mansfield, Ernst Count of Mansfeld or Peter Ernst Graf von Mansfeld) (c
In 1581 he was a Governor and Captain General of the Flemish province of Frisia. Frisia ( West Frisian: Fryslân; North Frisian: Fraschlönj, Freesklöön, Freeskluin, Fresklun, and Francisco Verdugo died on 22nd September, 1595, being buried in the Convent of Sancti Spiritus, (Orden de Santa Clara), in Luxembourg. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
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