A young bishop named Cosimo Gheri was notoriously raped to death by the first man to hold this city's dukedom as his army marched through Fano.
A young bishop named Cosimo Gheri was notoriously raped to death by the first man to hold this city's dukedom as his army marched through Fano. A more accomplished holder of its dukedom won the Battle of Gembloux and squared off against Philips of Marnix in a major siege. Pier Luigi was installed as its duke by the successor of Clement VII, Pope Paul III, who founded the Jesuits and convoked the Council of Trent and was the scion of its major ruling house. A duke of this city triggered the "Spanish Fury" after capturing Antwerp and was the son of the illegitimate daughter of Charles V who was pushed out as Governor of the Netherlands by the vicious Duke of Alba. Hapsburg military genius Alessandro Farnese is better known by his title as this city's Duke, as is the aforementioned Margaret. The center of a Duchy that also included Piacenza and which was given by Napoleon to Marie-Louise, for 10 points, name this Italian city near Bologna home to a major medieval university and the artist of Madonna of the Long Neck.
A young bishop named Cosimo Gheri was notoriously raped to death by the first man to hold this city's dukedom as his army marched through Fano.
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