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Personal data Margaretha van Parma Landvoogdes der Nederlanden 


Household of Margaretha van Parma Landvoogdes der Nederlanden

(1) She is married to Alexander de Medicis Hertog van Florence en Penne.

They got married on February 29, 1536 at Napels, Campanië, she was 13 years old.


(2) She is married to Octave Farnèse Hertog van Parma.

They got married on November 4, 1538 at Rome, she was 15 years old.


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Notes about Margaretha van Parma Landvoogdes der Nederlanden

Margaretha van Parma (Oudenaarde 28 december 1522 - Ortona, 18 januari 1586) was landvoogdes voor Filips II over de Nederlanden van 1559 tot 1567, toen de Hertog van Alva naar de Nederlanden werd gezonden.

Ze was een buitenechtelijk kind van keizer Karel V. Haar moeder was Johanna van der Gheynst, dochter van een wever uit Oudenaarde. Ze werd gedoopt in de kerk van Pamele en opgevoed in Brussel onder toezicht van Margaretha van Oostenrijk en Maria van Hongarije, meer bepaald in het gezin van Andries van Douvrin, heer van Drogenbos en Sint-Martens-Bodegem.

Ze huwde tweemaal. Op 29 februari 1536 trouwde ze in Napels met haar eerste echtgenoot Alessandro de' Medici, hertog van Florence. Nadat deze was vermoord in 1537, huwde ze op 4 november 1538 in Rome met Ottavio Farnese, een kleinzoon van Paus Paulus III. Zij hadden een kind, de latere landvoogd Alexander Farnese.

Gedurende haar regering over de Nederlanden kwam Margaretha steeds meer in de klem tussen haar halfbroer de koning enerzijds en de lokale adel anderzijds. Daarbij speelde de Hervorming een doorslaggevende rol.

Margaretha probeerde het onverzoenlijke te verzoenen. Op 5 april 1566 nam ze het smeekschrift van de edelen in ontvangst, maar de koning gaf haar geen ruimte om concessies te doen. Toen hij de hertog van Alva stuurde om met militair geweld het gezag te herstellen, legde Margaretha teleurgesteld haar ambt neer.

Jan Siebelink schreef een roman over het leven van Margaretha.

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Birthday December 28, 1522

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1522: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 27 » Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
    • June 26 » Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
    • September 6 » The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.
    • September 8 » Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives at Seville, technically completing the first circumnavigation.

Day of marriage November 4, 1538

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1538: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
    • May 26 » Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
    • August 6 » Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
    • September 28 » Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
    • October 28 » The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
    • December 17 » Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.

Day of death January 18, 1586

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1586: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 16 » Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
    • June 19 » English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.
    • September 22 » The Battle of Zutphen is a Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.
    • October 14 » Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
    • December 17 » Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.


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