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ARSCHOT, PHILIPPE DE CROY, DUKE

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ARSCHOT, PHILIPPE DE CROY, See also:DUKE of (1526-1595), See also:governor-See also:general of See also:Flanders, was See also:born at See also:Valenciennes, and inherited the estates of the See also:ancient and wealthy See also:family of Croy. Becoming a soldier, he was made a See also:knight of the See also:order of the See also:Golden Fleece by See also:Philip II., See also:king of See also:Spain, and was afterwards employed in See also:diplomatic See also:work. He took See also:part in the troubles in the See also:Netherlands, and in 1563 refused to join See also:William the Silent and others in their efforts to remove See also:Cardinal See also:Granvella from his See also:post. This attitude, together with Arschot's devotion to the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:Church, which he expressed by showing his delight at the See also:massacre of St See also:Bartholomew, led Philip of Spain to regard him with still greater favour, which, however, was with-See also:drawn in consequence of Arschot's ambiguous conduct when welcoming the new governor, See also:Don See also:John of See also:Austria, to the Netherlands in 1576. In spite, however, of his being generally distrusted by the inhabitants of the Netherlands, he was appointed governor of the citadel of See also:Antwerp when the See also:Spanish troops withdrew in 1577. After a See also:period of vacillation he deserted Don John towards the end of that See also:year. Jealous of the See also:prince of See also:Orange, he was then the See also:head of the party which induced the See also:archduke See also:Matthias (afterwards See also:emperor) to under-take the See also:sovereignty of the Netherlands, and soon afterwards was appointed governor of Flanders by the See also:state See also:council. A strong party, including the burghers of See also:Ghent, distrusted the new governor; and Arschot, who was taken prisoner during a See also:riot at Ghent, was only released on promising to resign his See also:office. He then sought to regain the favour of Philip of Spain, and having been pardoned by the king in 1580 again shared in the See also:government of the Netherlands; but he refused to serve under the See also:count of Fuentes when he became governor-general in 1594, and retired to See also:Venice, where he died on the Ilth of See also:December 1595. See J. L. See also:Motley, The Rise of the Dutch See also:Republic.

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