Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea, 9th Duke of Villahermosa
November 16, 2023
Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea y de Borja, 9th Duke of Villahermosa (18 August 1634 – 14 April 1692) was a Spanish nobleman, viceroy and governor.
Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea y de Borja
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) on its territory without any significant Spanish contribution.
Under his rule, the Brussels Military Academy (Royal and Military Academy of the Low Countries Army), was reinforced and directed by Sebastián Fernández de Medrano, who had among his students Flemish engineers as efficient as Prospero Jorge de Verboom.
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