juan de austria

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Definition von juan de austria im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

born Feb. 24, 1547, Regensburg died Oct. 1, 1578, Bouges, near Namur, Spanish Netherlands Illegitimate son of Emperor Charles V and half brother of Philip II. After Charles's death, Philip gave him the name Don Juan de Austria (1559). He served as a Spanish military commander, and in 1571 he was appointed head of naval forces of the Holy League against the Ottoman Turks, achieving victory in the Battle of Lepanto. In 1576 he was appointed governor-general of the Netherlands, then in open revolt against Spanish authority. When his attempts at diplomacy failed, he resumed the war

Silbentrennung

Juan de Aus·tri·a

Türkische aussprache

hwän dı ôstriı

Aussprache

/ˈhwän də ˈôstrēə/ /ˈhwɑːn də ˈɔːstriːə/