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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Magdalena of Saxony, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Jiajing Emperor, Altan Khan, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal, Ralph Sadler, Anne Brandon, Baroness Grey of Powys, Fernando de Sanseverino de Aragon, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Thomas Young, Johannes Oporinus, Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso, Ferrante Gonzaga, Viglius, Johannes Sturm, James, Duke of Rothesay, Joos de Damhouder, Balint Bakfark, Juan Bautista Pastene, Catherine Fillol, Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex, Mikyo Dorje, 8th Karmapa Lama, Gaston de la Cerda, 3rd Duke of Medinaceli, Annibale Caro, Bras Cubas, Juan de Gaona, Vrindavana Dasa Thakura, Guillaume Rondelet, Alvise I Mocenigo, Ferdinando Sanseverino, Nicholas Arnold, Luca Longhi, Nicolaus van Esch, Marie of Baden-Sponheim, uchi Yoshitaka, Szymon Zacjusz, Andries Vierlingh, Edward Baeshe, Francois Richardot, Guillaume Duprat, Thomas Gale. Excerpt: Don Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (29 October 1507 - 11 December 1582) was a Spanish general and governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1567-1573), nicknamed "the Iron Duke" in the Low Countries because of his harsh and cruel rule there and his role in the execution of his political opponents and the massacre of several cities. Alba's grandfather, Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo, educated him in military science and politics; and he was engaged with distinction at the Battle of Pavia in 1525, while still a youth. Selected for a military command by Charles V, he took part in the siege of Tunis (1535), and successfully defended Perpignan against the dauphin of France. He was present at the Battle of Muhlberg (1547), and the victory gained there over the Prince-Elector Johann Friederich of Saxony was due mainly to his exertions...
