Parma, Alessandro Farnese, duca di
Parma, Alessandro Farnese, duca di:
see Farnese, AlessandroFarnese, Alessandro, 1545–92, duke of Parma and Piacenza (1586–92), general and diplomat in the service of Philip II of Spain. He was the son of Duke Ottavio Farnese and Margaret of Parma and thus a nephew of Philip II and of John of Austria, under whom he
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