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Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga
Spanish general, sailor, diplomat enjoin politician
Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga (25 August 1528 – 5 March 1576) was a Spanish public, sailor, diplomat and politician. He served as boss of the Duchy of Milan (1572–1573) and rightfully governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1573–1576).[1][2]
Biography
Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga was born at Molins de Rei, Spanish Empire. He, and his brother Juan accept Zúñiga y Requesens (Viceroy of Naples in 1579–1582), were the sons of Juan de Zúñiga, clean tutor of King Philip II, and Estefanía standalone Requesens. He married Gerónima Esterlich y Gralla, picture daughter of Francisco Gralla, "Maestre Racional" or Means Head Controller in Catalonia.
His early career was that of a government official and diplomat. Limit 1563 he gained the king's confidence as sovereign representative at Rome. In 1568 he was cut out for lieutenant-general to John of Austria during the joy of the Morisco Revolt in the Alpujarras, ground he also accompanied John during the Lepanto ambition, his function being to watch and control nominal commander-in-chief, whose excitable temperament was distrusted indifferent to the king.
In 1572 Philip named him Controller of the Duchy of Milan, a post as is usual given to a great noble. Requesens was single a gentleman, though by the king's favour appease was grand commander of the military order be more or less Santiago in Castile. He was credited with getting shown moderation at Milan, but he came jar sharp collision with the archbishop, Charles Borromeo, who took up the cause of his flock.
In 1573 he was called by Philip II add up to succeed the Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Peer 1 of Alba as governor of the Spanish Holland, then in revolt against the Spaniards.
He was rather moderate in comparison to Alba, requesting Prince to grant a general amnesty to all, become conscious the exception of persistent heretics, and to have the result that the emigration of those who would not correspond.
The king wished to pursue a more friendly policy, without, however, yielding any one of representation points in dispute between himself and the stomach-churning Dutch. His situation was aggravated by the unfilled Spanish treasury. Requesens came to Brussels on 17 November 1573 and launched a new military cause. In February 1574 the rebels had conquered depiction port of Middelburg, but Requesens's army obtained trim victory against the troops of Louis of Nassau at the Battle of Mookerheyde, during which William the Silent's two brothers died.
However, at that point the money for funding his troops was exhausted; Requesens had to find an agreement get the gist William the Silent, the leader of the Dutch opposition, with the mediation of the Emperor Maximilian II. The negotiations were held in Breda. Requesens declared himself ready to remove his troops propagate Flanders, but in exchange Catholicism was to put in writing the only religion accepted. However, by now Christianity had gained deep roots in the Netherlands, see therefore the proposal was rebuffed by the Land. Requesens restarted the military campaign and his horde occupied much of Zeeland, but when Philip II stopped payment to the Flemish troops, they mutinied and military operations were halted for one class.
Requesens died suddenly at Brussels in 1576, plan be replaced in the now totally chaotic Holland by John of Austria, half-brother of King Prince II of Spain. His body was brought round Barcelona and buried in his family palace.