PHILIPPO II OF SPAIN. Letter signed "Yo... - Lot 21 - Osenat

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PHILIPPO II OF SPAIN. Letter signed "Yo... - Lot 21 - Osenat
PHILIPPO II OF SPAIN. Letter signed "Yo el rey", in Spanish, addressed to the future duke of Parma, Alessandro Farnese. San Lorenzo de El Escorial, October 18, 1583. In-folio, address on back, wax seal under paper; small ink smudges with damage to some letters. Recommendation in favor of Jerónimo Páez de Sotomayor, a soldier who had participated in the Duke of Alba's expedition to Portugal in 1580 and whose father had died in battle at the Battle of Heiligerlee in 1568. " ... Hier[oni]mo Páez de Sotomayor me ha rep[rese]ntado los servicios del cap[apita]n J[ua]n Páez de Sotomayor su padre, hechos en diversas partes, y particularm[en]te en essos Estados donde murió el año de 68, en lo de la rota de Frisa peleando con mucho valor y animo, y el en teniendo edad procurando imitar a su padre fue a servirme en la jornada de Portugal, y dessea agora yr a continuarle en essos Estados, para le qual me a sup[lica]do os mande escrivir le señaléis algun entretenimie[en]to conforme a su qualidad, y viendo sus buenos desseos y mandaros, le tengáis por muy encomendado para ayudalle y favorescelle en todo lo q[ue] se le offrescieres, y emplealle en las occasiones de mi servicio conforme a su qualidad... " ONE OF THE GREAT WARLords OF HIS TIME IN THE SERVICE OF SPAIN, ALESSANDRO FARNESE (1545-1592) distinguished himself at a very young age at the battle of Lepanto (1571). Made governor general of the Netherlands in 1578, he had the Catholic provinces recognize the authority of the king of Spain, by the treaty of Arras in 1579. Philip II then sent him to France against Henry IV, whom he forced to raise the sieges of Paris (1590) and Rouen (1592)
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