LUIS DE ZUNIGA Y See also:

• LUIS DE ZUNIGA Y REQUESENS (? -1576)

REQUESENS (? -1576)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands, had the misfortune to succeed the See also:

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

duke of See also:

• ALVA
• ALVA, or ALBA, FERNANDO ALVAREZ DE TOLEDO, DUKE OF, (1508-1583)

Alva (q.v.) and to govern amid hopeless difficulties under the direction 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 II . His See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early career was that of a 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 See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official and diplomatist . In 1563 he gained the 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's confidence as his representative at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . In 1568 he was appointed See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general to 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 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 during the suppression of the Morisco revolt in See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada, and he also accompanied Don John during the See also:

• LEPANTO

Lepanto See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, his See also:

• FUNCTION

function being to See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch and See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control his nominal commanderin-See also:

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

chief, whose excitable temperament was distrusted by the king . Philip must have been satisfied with See also:

• REQUESENS, LUIS DE ZUNIGA Y (? -1576)

Requesens, for he named him See also:

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

viceroy in See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, a See also:

• POST

post usually given to a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble . Requesens was only " a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman of cloak and See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword " (See also:

• CABALLERO, FERNAN (1796-1877)

caballero de capa y espada), though by the king's favour he was See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• COMMANDER

commander " of the military See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of See also:

• SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago in See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile . He was credited with having shown moderation at Milan, but it is certain that he came into See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp collision with the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop, See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• BORROMEO, CARLO (1538–1584)

Borromeo, who took up the cause of his See also:

• FLOCK

flock . His docility rather than his capacity marked him out to succeed Alva . The king wished to pursue a more conciliatory policy, without, however, yielding any one of the points in dispute between himself and the revolted Netherlanders . Requesens came to See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels on the 17th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1573, and till his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 5th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1576 was plunged into insuperable difficulties . With an empty See also:

• TREASURY

treasury and unpaid mutinous troops, no See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty could have helped Requesens to succeed; and he was only an honest official who was worn out in trying to do the impossible . AurnoRrrIEs .

Documentos Iniditos See also:

• PARA
• PARA (officially BELEM; sometimes BELEM DO PARA)

Para la historia de Espana (See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, 1892); and Nueva Coleccion de documentos, vols. iv. and v . (Madrid) .