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John of Austria
John of Austria was an illegitimate son of the Emperor Charles V, recognised by his half-brother Philip II of Spain. He suppressed the Morisco revolt of the Alpujarras in 1568–1571 and commanded the fleet of the Holy League that defeated the Ottomans at Lepanto in 1571. In 1573 he recaptured Tunis, and he died in 1578 as governor-general of the Spanish Netherlands.
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