Regency Policies of the Duchess of Parma

Name: Regency Policies of the Duchess of Parma
Start: 1565
End: 1567

Type Event Region Europe Time 1565–1567

From 1565 to 1567, Spanish King Philip II appointed his half-sister Margaret, Duchess of Parma, as governor of the Netherlands, pursuing a governance…

Timeline

1565Brussels · BrabantMargaret convened the stadtholders and representatives of the provinces in Brussels, attempting to ease religious tensions through negotiation and to win local elites' support for royal policy.
1566Cities of Flanders and Holland · FlandersDespite the regent's relatively moderate stance, heresy trials and anti-Protestant measures continued; Calvinist secret preaching spread, and pressure from noble petitions and popular religious unrest rose sharply.
1567Brussels · NetherlandsPhilip II judged the moderate policy a failure and sent the Duke of Alva with a forceful army to take up the post; Margaret's regency ended, and the Netherlands entered a phase of military repression.

Sources

The Dutch Revolt — Geoffrey Parker (1977)
Margaret of Parma https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-of-Parma