A history of Belgium from the Roman invasion to the present day . jcuHiam Limit cf Belgi(Trx»Ilin rf 171*) . ^ BELGIUM UNDER THE RULE OF THE KINGS OF SPAIN. ALBERT AND ISABELLA 2d5 Dunkirk, in view of the projected landing. Thecomplete failure of the expedition released theseforces, but their absence from the Northernprovinces had already given Maurice of Nassauthe opportunity of restoring the situation (1588).The next year, instead of resuming the campaignagainst the United Provinces, Farnese was obligedto fight in France to support the Cathohc was in the course of one of these expe
A history of Belgium from the Roman invasion to the present day . jcuHiam Limit cf Belgi(Trx»Ilin rf 171*) . ^ BELGIUM UNDER THE RULE OF THE KINGS OF SPAIN. ALBERT AND ISABELLA 2d5 Dunkirk, in view of the projected landing. Thecomplete failure of the expedition released theseforces, but their absence from the Northernprovinces had already given Maurice of Nassauthe opportunity of restoring the situation (1588).The next year, instead of resuming the campaignagainst the United Provinces, Farnese was obligedto fight in France to support the Cathohc was in the course of one of these expeditionsthat he died in Arras, on December 3, 1593. PhiUp was bound by his promises to send toBelgium a prince of the blood. His choice ofArchduke Ernest, son of Maximilian II, was,however, an unhappy one, as the weak princewas entirely dominated by his Spanish general,Fuentes, brother-in-law of the Duke of country suffered, at the time, from the com-bined attacks of Maurice of Nassau and of Henry IVof France. After the death of Archduke Ernest,Philip
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