JOHN OF AUSTRIA, 1545–78, Spanish Admiral and General

1545–78, Spanish admiral and general; illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He was acknowledged in his father's will and was recognized by his half brother, Philip II of Spain. In 1569 he fought against the Morisco rebels in Granada. As admiral of the Holy League, formed against the Ottoman Empire by Pope Pius V, Spain, and Venice, he won the famous naval victory of Lepanto (1571). He later took Tunis and served as governor-general in Italy. In 1576 he was sent by Philip as governor-general to the Netherlands, then in rebellion against Spain under the leadership of William the Silent. John was forced to make concessions but then resumed hostilities. His victorious general, Alessandro Farnese, succeeded him as governor-general on his death.

See Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Don John of Austria (1883).

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Spain, 1469-1714: A Society of Conflict
Book by Henry Kamen; Longman, 1991
Subjects: Spain--History--Ferdinand And Isabella, 1479-1516, Spain--History--House Of Austria, 1516-1700, Spain--History--Philip V, 1700-1746
...their towns more than any other Spanish rulers of the next two centuries. Perhaps...local Cortes, known as Juntas generales . Many Castilian cities resented...in Castile, of Montesa and of St John in Aragon--were powerful bodies...
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Imperial Spain: The Rise of the Empire and the Dawn of Modern Sea-Power
Book by Edward Dwight Salmon; Henry Holt, 1931
Subjects: Spain--History, Naval, Spain--History--711-1516, Spain--History--House Of Austria, 1516-1700
...and promising Infante John died suddenly. Soon after...child and the male line of the Catholic Kings was...apparent successor to the Spanish thrones. Still more...Hapsburgs in and about Austria, of the extra-legal but...mother, although her generally known mental incapacity...
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Austria-Hungary: Including Dalmatia and Bosnia; Handbook for Travellers
Book by Karl Baedeker; K. Baedeker, 1905
Subjects: Austria--Guidebooks
...II; C, 4 , or St. John the Baptists, attended...representing the fortress of Malta. -- In the adjacent...Commerce No. 8 , and the General Post Office Nos. 10...opposite No. 6 is the Austrian Credit-Anstalt Pl...interesting Netherlandish and Spanish works 17th cent. . Catalogue...
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The Treaties of the War of the Spanish Succession: An Historical and Critical Dictionary
Book by Linda Frey, Marsha Frey; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Spanish Succession, War Of, 1701-1714--Treaties--Dictionaries
...been thwarted by Admiral Sir John Leake, * who had...compelled the Franco-Spanish army to abandon...block an invasion of Spain from Portugal...proclaimed the Austrian Archduke Charles...arrival in 1709 of General James Stanhope...
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The Lion and the Eagle: Interdisciplinary Essays on German-Spanish Relations over the Centuries
Book by Conrad Kent, Thomas K. Wolber, Cameron M. K. Hewitt; Berghahn Books, 2000
Subjects: German Literature--Appreciation--Spain, Germany--Relations--Spain, Spain--Relations--Germany, Spanish Literature--Appreciation--Germany
...association. Under John II, the Flemish...into the management of his crowns affairs...possible for the Spanish merchant class of...Grien 1484/85- 1545 , Albrecht Durer...that the sons of the Austrian-Habsburg dynasty...the Jesuits, and in general "had the opportunity...
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Creative Partners: The Marriage of Laura Battiferra and Bartolomeo Ammannati *
Journal article by Victoria Kirkham; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Aristocracy--Social aspects, Italy--16th century AD, Sculptors--Behavior
...precedent for Ammannati, who imitated and outdid them in the elaborate Fountain of the Muses he conceived at Vicenza for Girolamo Gualdo, a wealthy poet who patronized the arts (1545-46). Ammannati would complete a fountain by Tribolo at Gasrello with his...


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John of Austria , 1545–78, Spanish Admiral and General
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JOHN OF AUSTRIA , 1545 78, Spanish admiral and general 1545 78, Spanish admiral and general; illegitimate son of Holy Roman...Silent . John was forced...governor-general on his death...Stirling-Maxwell, Don John of Austria (1883...


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