Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de
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▪ Spanish cardinal
born Aug. 20, 1517, Besançon, France
died Sept. 21, 1586, Madrid
minister of King Philip II of Spain;
he played a major role in the early stages of the Netherlands'
revolt (
Eighty Years'
War)
against Philip'
s rule.
Granvelle,
educated at Padua and at Leuven (
Louvain),
was ordained priest and,
in 1540,
consecrated bishop of Arras.
Pope Pius IV made him archbishop of Mechelen (
1560)
and cardinal (
1561).
In 1560 Philip II appointed Granvelle chief counselor to Margaret of Parma,
regent in the Netherlands.
His monarchism led him to clash with the Dutch leaders,
Prince William (
William I)
the Silent and the counts of Egmont and Hoorn,
all of whom opposed Philip'
s policy of converting the Netherlands into a Spanish dependency,
and they eventually effected Philip'
s removal of Granvelle (
1564).
Later Philip concluded that the Netherlands revolution never would have developed had he supported Granvelle.
From 1565 to 1579 Granvelle served in Italy as viceroy of Naples (
1571–
75)
and as president of the Council for Italy (
1575–
79).
In 1579 Philip appointed him secretary of state (
Spain),
in which capacity he campaigned against William and the Dutch Protestants and negotiated the union of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.
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