Margaret of Parma (governor)

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Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands illegitimate child of a monarch noblewoman regent stateswoman

Margaret of Parma was a 16th-century Habsburg stateswoman who served as regent of the Netherlands under King Philip II of Spain, playing a key role in the turbulent early years of the Dutch Revolt.

Aliases (2)

Margaret of Parma ×49
Margaret of Parma (as regent) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands → illegitimate child of a monarch → noblewoman → regent → stateswoman →
alsoKnownAs	Margaretha van Parma NERFINISHED → Margherita di Parma →
appointedBy	Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED →
burialPlace	San Sisto, Piacenza →
child	Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma →
countryOfBirth	Habsburg Netherlands →
countryOfDeath	Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED →
dateOfBirth	1522-12-28 →
dateOfDeath	1586-01-18 →
education	Raised and educated at the court of Margaret of Austria in Mechelen →
employer	Spanish Crown →
endTime	1567 →
era	16th century →
father	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor →
fullName	Margaret of Parma NERFINISHED →
givenName	Margaret →
languageSpoken	French → Italian → Spanish →
monarch	Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED →
mother	Johanna Maria van der Gheynst →
movement	Habsburg rule in the Low Countries →
nativeLanguage	Dutch →
nobleFamily	House of Habsburg →
notableEvent	Early phase of the Dutch Revolt → Iconoclastic Fury (Beeldenstorm) →
notableWork	Administration of the Habsburg Netherlands during the early Dutch Revolt →
placeOfBirth	Oudenaarde NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	Ortona →
positionHeld	Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands → Regent of the Netherlands →
relative	Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (uncle) → Mary of Hungary (aunt) → Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Brussels → Parma NERFINISHED →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Alessandro de’ Medici, Duke of Florence → Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma →
startTime	1559 →
succeededBy	Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba →
title	Duchess of Parma → Duchess of Piacenza →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Habsburg Netherlands →	notableRuler
Lord of the Netherlands ("Margaret of Parma (as regent)") →	officeHolder