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Alessandro Farnese (1547-1592) Prince of Parma and Spanish Governor in the Netherlands. "Alexander Farnese was one of the great generals of his age and, though severe in his discipline, was almost worshiped by his soldiery." (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. VIII, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 380.)
J. N. Larned, Larned's History of the World, Vol. III (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 307.
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