See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

DON See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• DON JOHN (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN (1629–1679)  , of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, the younger, recognized as the natural son of See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip IV., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, Maria See also:

• CALDERON, RODRIGO (d. 1621), COUNT OF OLIVA AND MARQUES DE LAS SIETE IGLESIAS

Calderon, or Calderona, being an actress . See also:

• SCANDAL

Scandal accused her of a prodigality of favours which must have rendered the paternity of See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John very dubious, He was, however, recognized by the king, received a princely See also:

• EDUCATION

education at Ocana, and was amply endowed with commanderies in the military orders, and other forms of income . Don John was sent in 1647 to See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples—then in the throes of the popular rising first led by See also:

• MASANIELLO

Masaniello—with a See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron and a military force, to support the See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy . The restoration of royal authority was due rather to the exhaustion of the insurgents and the follies of their See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• GUISE
• GUISE, HOUSE OF

Guise, than to the forces of Don John . He was next sent as viceroy to See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, whence he was recalled in 165r to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete the pacification of See also:

• CATALONIA (Cataluna)

Catalonia, which had been in revolt since 164o . The excesses of the French, whom the Catalans had called in, had produced a reaction, and Don John had not much more to do than to preside over the final See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• BARCELONA

Barcelona and the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention which terminated the revolt in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1652 . On both occasions he had played the peacemaker, and this sympathetic See also:

• PART

part, combined with his own pleasant See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and handsome See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person with See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright eyes and abundant See also:

• RAVEN (O.E. hrafn, ,Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, Du. raaf, Ger. Rabe)

raven-See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair—a complete contrast to the See also:

• FAIR

fair complexions of the Habsburgs—made him a popular favourite . In 1656 he was sent to command in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, in See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination with the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde, then in revolt against his own See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign . At the storming of the French See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp at See also:

• VALENCIENNES

Valenciennes in 1656, Don John displayed brilliant See also:

• PERSONAL

personal courage at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head' of a See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge . When, however, he took a part in the leadership of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army at the See also:

• DUNES

Dunes in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle fought against See also:

• TURENNE, HENRI DE LA TOUR

Turenne and the See also:

• BRITISH

British forces sent over by See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell in 1658, he was completely beaten, in spite of the efforts of Conde, whose See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice he neglected, and of the hard fighting of See also:

• ENGLISH

English Royalist exiles . During 1661 and 1662 he commanded against the Portuguese in See also:

• ESTREMADURA, or EXTREMADURA

Estremadura . The See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish troops were See also:

• ILL

ill-appointed, irregularly paid and untrustworthy, but they were See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior in See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers and some successes were gained .

If Don John had not suffered from the indolence which See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon, who knew him, considered his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief defect, the Portuguese would have been hard pressed . The greater part of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal was overrun, but in 1663 the Portuguese were reinforced by a See also:

• BODY

body of English troops, and were put under the command of the Huguenot See also:

• SCHOMBERG (originally SCHONBERG), FRIEDRICH HERMANN (Or FREDERIC ARMAND), DUKE OF (c. 1615—1690)

Schomberg . By him Don John was completely beaten at Estremos . Even now he might not have lost the confidence of his See also:

• FATHER

father, if See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• MARIANA, JUAN DE (1536-1624)

Mariana, mother of the sickly See also:

• INFANTE (Spanish and Portuguese form of Lat. infans, young child)

infante See also:

• CARLOS, DON (1545-1568)
• CARLOS, DON (1788-1855)
• CARLOS, DON (CHARLES MARIA DE LOS DOLORES JUAN ISIDOR.E JOSEPH FRANCIS QUIRIN ANTONY MICHAEL GABRIEL RAPHAEL) (1848—1909)

Carlos, the only surviving legitimate son of the king, had not regarded the See also:

• BASTARD (O. Fr. bastard, mod. bdtard = fits de bast, "pack-saddle child," from bast, saddle)

bastard with distrust and dislike . Don John was removed from command and sent to his See also:

• COMMANDERY (through the Fr. commanderie, from med. Lat. commendaria, a trust or charge)

commandery at Consuegra . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Philip IV. in 1665 Don John became the recognized leader of the opposition to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Philip's widow, the queen See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent . She and her favourite, the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Jesuit See also:

• NITHARD (d. 844)

Nithard, seized and put to death one of his most trusted servants, Don Jose Malladas . Don John, in return, put himself at the head of a rising of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon and Catalonia, which led to the See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of Nithard on the 25th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1669 . Don John was, however, forced to content himself with the viceroyalty of Aragon . In 1677, the queen mother having aroused universal opposition by her shameless favour for Fernando de See also:

• VALENZUELA, FERNANDO DE (163o-1692)

Valenzuela, Don John was able to drive her from See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, and establish himself as See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . See also:

• GREAT

Great hopes were entertained of his See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, but it proved disappointing and See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short . Don John died on the 17th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1679 .

The career of Don John can be followed in J . C . See also:

• DUNLOP, JOHN COLIN (1785-1842)

Dunlop's See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of Spain 1621–1700 (Edin . 1834) .