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Also Known As Luis de Requessens y ZĂșñiga
Born August 25, 1528 ‱ Barcelona ‱ Spain
Died March 5, 1576 (aged 47) ‱ Brussels ‱ Spanish Netherlands
Title / Office governor (1573-1576), Netherlands
Role In Eighty Years’ War
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