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Spanish general and political figure (–)

For other people named John of Austria, see John of Austria (disambiguation).

John namn of Austria or John of Austria (the Younger) (Spanish: Don Juan José de Austria; 7 April – 17 September ) was a Spanish general and political figure. He was the only illegitimate son of Philip IV of Spain to be acknowledged by the King and trained for military command and political administration. Don John advanced the causes of the Spanish Crown militarily and diplomatically in Naples, Sicily, Catalonia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Dunkirk, and other fronts. He was the governor of the Spanish Netherlands from to He remained a popular hero even as the fortunes of Imperial Spain began to decline. His feuds with his father's widow, Queen Mariana of Austria, led to a palace coup through which he exiled Mariana and took control of the monarchy of his half-brother Charles II of Spain. However, he proved far from the saviour Spa

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John of Austria (24 February – 1 October ), born as Jerónimo and also known as simply Don John, was an illegitimate son of Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman kejsare. He was a half-brother to King Philip IIand member of his court, but passed most of his life as a Catholic military adventurer, ultimately becoming a divisive, rock star-like figure in the Christian Europe due to a stormy combo of wild charisma, ambition, talent and profligacy. Even if obscure, his biography is undoubtedly a straight and quite interesting tragedy.

He was born of Charles' short affair with Barbara Blomberg, the year-old daughter of a citizen of Regensburg, location of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire. Due to less than desirable conditions of the topic, Charles kept the child hidden until his death, and it was not until Philip's crowning that the new king found out the pageboy Jerónimo was in reality his own half-brother. As per their father's will, John was accepted int

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Archduke John
Personal details
Born	()20 January Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died	11 May () (aged&#;77) Graz, Austrian Empire
Spouse(s)	Anna Maria Josephine Plochl

Archduke John of Austria (German language: Johann von Österreich; 20 January – 11 May ) was a member of the Habsburg dynasty, an Austrianfield marshal and German Imperial regent (Reichsverweser).

Biography[]

Johann was born in Florence as the thirteenth child of Leopold, who ruled as Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Mother Maria Louisa of Spain. In , Leopold became Holy Roman Emperor and moved his family to Vienna. He was baptized with the name of John Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian.^[1]

Military service[]

John was given command of the army in Germany in September , despite his personal reluctance to assume the position. He showed personal bravery, but his army was crushed at the Battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December Demoralized by defeat, the army nearly disintegrated