The arrival of the Duke of Alba in Brussels to replace Margaret of Parma as Governor of the Netherlands, 1567. Fernando Ãlvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 1507 - 1582, aka Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and the Iron Duke in the Netherlands. Spanish noble, general, and diplomat. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.
The arrival of the Duke of Alba in Brussels to replace Margaret of Parma as Governor of the Netherlands, 1567. Fernando Ãlvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 1507 - 1582, aka Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and the Iron Duke in the Netherlands. Spanish noble, general, and diplomat. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.
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