Carlos de Gurrea, Duke of Villahermosa
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Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea y de Borja, 9th duke of Villahermosa (1634 – 14 April 1692) was a Spanish nobleman, viceroy and governor.
He was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1675 and 1677. During his reign Spanish authority over the Southern Netherlands was nominal. France and the Dutch Republic could fight the Battle of Cassel (1677)
and the Battle of Saint-Denis (1678)
on its territory without any significant Spanish contribution.
It was at that time, around 1677, he got reinforcements from the Spanish Governor of the Duchy of Milan, Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke of Osuna, receiving thus the military Tercio
of Valladares
commanded by Field Marshal Isidro de la Cueva - Benavides.
He was thus replaced by Alessandro Farnese, Prince of Parma who was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1678 until 1682.
Further, the Spanish Military Engineering Academy of Brussels
, was reinforced by Sebastián Fernández de Medrano, who got between his students Flemish Engineers as efficient as Prospero Jorge de Verboom
.
In 1678, Carlos de Gurrea Aragon y Borja became a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece
.
He was Viceroy of Catalonia between 1688 and 1690 dying two years later.
He had married in 1656 with Maria Enriquez de Guzman y Cordova (died 1695). They had no children.
He was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1675 and 1677. During his reign Spanish authority over the Southern Netherlands was nominal. France and the Dutch Republic could fight the Battle of Cassel (1677)
Battle of Cassel (1677)
The Battle of Cassel was fought on April 11, 1677, as a part of the Franco-Dutch War. It resulted in a French victory under Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, assisted by the Duke of Humières and Marshal Luxembourg, against the Dutch under William III of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands...
and the Battle of Saint-Denis (1678)
Battle of Saint-Denis (1678)
The Battle of Saint-Denis was fought on August 14-15 1678 between a French army commanded by the Marshal Luxembourg and a Dutch army under William III near Saint-Denis, a village outside Mons, then part of the Spanish Netherlands...
on its territory without any significant Spanish contribution.
It was at that time, around 1677, he got reinforcements from the Spanish Governor of the Duchy of Milan, Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke of Osuna, receiving thus the military Tercio
Tercio
The tercio was a Renaissance era military formation made up of a mixed infantry formation of about 3,000 pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers in a mutually supportive formation. It was also sometimes referred to as the Spanish Square...
of Valladares
Valladares
The story of the Valladares family from Bombay is one case-study in the history of the Indian disaspora. Their story could be that of many diasporic Indian families from the region...
commanded by Field Marshal Isidro de la Cueva - Benavides.
He was thus replaced by Alessandro Farnese, Prince of Parma who was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1678 until 1682.
Further, the Spanish Military Engineering Academy of Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, was reinforced by Sebastián Fernández de Medrano, who got between his students Flemish Engineers as efficient as Prospero Jorge de Verboom
Prospero Jorge de Verboom
George Prosper Van Verboom, also known as Jorge Próspero de Verboom , was a Flemish-born military engineer in the service of the King of Spain...
.
In 1678, Carlos de Gurrea Aragon y Borja became a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal. It evolved as one of the most prestigious orders in Europe...
.
He was Viceroy of Catalonia between 1688 and 1690 dying two years later.
He had married in 1656 with Maria Enriquez de Guzman y Cordova (died 1695). They had no children.