He also painted the sipario (stage curtain) of the Teatro Filodrammatico di Piacenza, depicting: Alessandro Farnese receives ambassadors from the city during the Siege of Antwerp completed by commission of the società d'incoraggiamento di Parma.
Margherita Farnese (7 November 1567 – 13 April 1643) was a daughter of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Infanta Maria of Guimarães.
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Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma (1635–1689), governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
As part of the general campaign preparations, Farnese moved against Ostend and Sluis.
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This disciplined capture and occupation of the town should not be confused with the bloody events of the Spanish Fury on 4 November 1576.
The title was held by the Torelli family in his whole history, until in 1612 it was annexed by Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma.
The Duke of Parma also usually held the title of Duke of Guastalla from 1735 (when Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor took it from Mantua) to 1847 (when the territory was ceded to Modena), again, except for the Napoleonic dukes, when Napoleon's sister Pauline was Duchess of Guastalla and of Varella.
During the War of the Spanish Succession Alberoni laid the foundation of his political success by the services he rendered to Louis-Joseph, duc de Vendôme, commander of the French forces in Italy, to whom the duke of Parma had sent him.
In 1578, her son Alexander Farnese was appointed to the office of governor-general of the Netherlands: Philip appointed her his co-regent, with the thought that they would balance each other.
Prior to the speech the Armada had been driven from the Strait of Dover in the Battle of Gravelines eleven days earlier, and had by now rounded Scotland on its way home, but troops were still held at ready in case the Spanish army of Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma, might yet attempt to invade from Dunkirk; two days later they were discharged.
In the spring, Henry IV returned to the field; he won significant victories at Ivry and Arques and laid siege to Paris (despite being greatly outnumbered), but a Spanish army under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma lifted the siege.