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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 4152261, member: 77704&quot;]AV Quadrupla Parma Mint</p><p>Piacenza</p><p>Alessandro Farnesse Duke of Parma</p><p><br /></p><p>This man was sent by Philip II to restore order in the Spanish Netherlands. He defeated the Protestants armies in the South, then same in North. Now, he faced English soldiers sent by Elizabeth I/ again he won a major victory. Now, Philip II sick and tired of Elizabeth&#039;s bad treatment of English Catholics/ and her privateers like Drake who plundered Spanish galleons, and stole their gold shipments from the New World, decided on invading England. Farnese suggested that an army of 300,000 Spanish troops could do the job, aided by English Catholics. Philip over ruled him, and the rest is history. Farnese later would aid Catholics in French religious wars. A great military leader.[ATTACH=full]1072303[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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