Luis de Requesens

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Spanish nobleman governor human military commander

Luis de Requesens was a 16th-century Spanish nobleman and military commander who served as governor of the Habsburg Netherlands during the early stages of the Dutch Revolt.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Luis de Requesens canonical 2
Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga 2
Don Luis de Requesens 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish nobleman ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
allegiance Habsburg Spain ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Monarchy of Spain
dateOfBirth 1528 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1576 ⓘ
employer Philip II of Spain ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
familyName de Requesens ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial administration ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
givenName Luis ⓘ
memberOf Order of Santiago ⓘ
militaryBranch Spanish Navy ⓘ
nativeLanguage Catalan ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
nobleTitle Grand Commander of the Order of Santiago ⓘ
notableEvent Attempted moderation of Spanish policy in the Netherlands ⓘ
notableFor command role at the Battle of Lepanto ⓘ
governorship during early stages of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
notableWork Administration of the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Governorship of the Habsburg Netherlands
occupation diplomat ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participantIn Battle of Lepanto ⓘ
Eighty Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Revolt
placeOfBirth Barcelona ⓘ
Crown of Aragon ⓘ
placeOfDeath Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
Grand Commander of Castile ⓘ
Lieutenant general of the sea ⓘ
Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Stadtholder of the Habsburg Netherlands

Viceroy of Catalonia ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
replaced Fernando Álvarez de Toledo ⓘ
surface form: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
replacedBy Don John of Austria the Younger ⓘ
surface form: John of Austria the Younger
residence Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Madrid ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Leiden → commander → Luis de Requesens ⓘ
Morisco Revolt in Granada → commander → Luis de Requesens ⓘ
Governor-General of the Netherlands → officeHolder → Luis de Requesens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga
Council of Troubles in the Netherlands → dissolvedBy → Luis de Requesens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Requesens y Zúñiga
Spanish Fury → relatedTo → Luis de Requesens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don Luis de Requesens
House of Zúñiga → notableMember → Luis de Requesens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens
Captain General of the Army of Flanders → officeHolder → Luis de Requesens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga