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Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens (
Barcelona,
1528 —
Brussels,
March 5,
1576),
Spanish governor of
the Netherlands, had the misfortune to succeed the
Duke of Alba and to govern amid hopeless difficulties under the direction of
Philip II.
During his rule, the Spanish troops mutinied and Spain went bankrupt. He was rather moderate in comparison to Alba, requesting Philip to grant a general amnesty to all, with the exception of persistent
heretics, and to permit the emigration of those who wouldn't comply. Grand things, but such naïveté didn't achieve much with Philip.
His early career was that of a government official and
diplomat. In 1563 he gained the king's confidence as his representative at Rome. In
1568 he was appointed lieutenant-general to
Don Juan de Austria during the suppression of the Morisco revolt in
Granada, and he also accompanied Don John during the
Lepanto campaign, his function being to watch and control his nominal commander-in-chief, whose excitable temperament was distrusted by the king.
Philip must have been satisfied with Requesens, for he named him viceroy in
Milan, a post usually given to a great noble. Requesens was only a gentleman of cloak and sword (
caballero de capa y espada), though by the kings favour he was grand commander of the military order of Santiago in
Castile. He was credited with having shown moderation at Milan, but it's certain that he came into sharp collision with the archbishop,
Saint Charles Borromeo, who took up the cause of his flock.
His docility rather than his capacity marked him out to succeed Alba. 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 Brussels on
November 17,
1573, and till his death on 5 March 1576 was plunged into insuperable difficulties. With an empty treasury and unpaid mutinous troops, no faculty could have helped Requesens to succeed; and he was only an honest official who was worn out in trying to do the impossible.
Authorities
Documentos Inéditos para la historia de España (Madrid, 1892); and
Nueva Colección de documentos, vols. iv. and v. (Madrid).
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