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    Viglius (October 19, 1507, Swichum – May 5, 1577) was the name taken by Wigle Aytta van Zwichem, a Dutch statesman and jurist, a Frisian by birth. He...
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    of Sheba visits King Solomon in 1559. It was commissioned by chancellor Viglius van Aytta for the Choir of St Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent on the occasion...
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    themselves against the de facto government of Count Berlaymont, Granvelle and Viglius of Aytta, but also for the Dutch nobility and, ostensibly, for the Estates...
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    panels representing the History of Saint Andrew (1572) and a Triptych of Viglius Aytta (1571). Caspar de Crayer is represented by paintings of St Macarius...
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    of Bologna University of Ferrara Notable students Bonifacius Amerbach, Viglius, François Connan, Johannes Secundus, Antonio Agustín y Albanell, Giulio...
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    municipality. The Protestant church of Swichum Wigle van Aytta better known as Viglius (1507–1577), statesman and jurist. Houses in Swichum Street view Huis Swichum...
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    1573) October 4 – Francis Bigod, British noble (d. 1537) October 19 – Viglius, Dutch politician (d. 1577) October 26 – Alvise I Mocenigo, Doge of Venice...
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    Granvelle documents (Prado). In 1559 he painted by order of the chancellor Viglius van Aytta Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, which was commissioned for the...
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  • Clement, English humanist, tutor of Thomas More's children (16th century) Viglius, statesman and jurist (1507–1577) Johannes Secundus, Neo-Latin poet (1511–1536)...
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    1540-1548: Lodewijk van Schore 1549-1569: Viglius van Aytta 1569-1573: Charles de Tisnacq 1573-1575: Viglius van Aytta 1575-1583: Arnoud Sasbout 1587-1592:...
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    de toestand voor 1540 weergevend, gemaakt voor de Proost van Sint-Baafs Viglius ab Aytta in 1564.Gemaakt voor 60 fl. door Lucas d'Heere; hersteld in 1677...
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  • reference to Bavaria's royal house. Des Viglius van Zwichem Tagebuch des Schmalkaldischen Donaukriegs (1877) – Viglius' diary of the Schmalkaldic Danube War...
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    he became a professor in Leuven and – partly due to his friendship with Viglius – councilor at the Great Council of Mechelen, a member of the Privy Council...
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  • Deventer, Leiden and Leuven. In 1561 he married the niece of president Viglius van Aytta. In 1550 he was nominated member of the Friesian Regional Council...
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  • – Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (d. 1499) 1507 – Viglius, Dutch politician (d. 1577) 1545 – John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian...
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    1573) October 4 – Francis Bigod, British noble (d. 1537) October 19 – Viglius, Dutch politician (d. 1577) October 26 – Alvise I Mocenigo, Doge of Venice...
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    holds a Portrait of Viglius of Aytta dated 1564 which is attributed to de Punder. It depicts the Dutch statesman and jurist Viglius as chancellor of the...
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    Daele's College Foundation by Peter van Daele 19. 1569 Viglius' College Foundation by Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus 20. 1574 Craendonck College Foundation...
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    the three permanent members of the Council of State: Cardinal Granvelle, Viglius and Berlaymont. Nobility such as William of Orange (or William the Silent...
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  • city. He knew the philologist Desiderius Erasmus (although Erasmus and Viglius did not show much affection for Camillo's mysticisms) and worked with the...
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    hymnwriter (b. 1507) May – Richard Aertsz, Dutch painter (b. 1482) May 5 – Viglius, Dutch statesman (b. 1507) May 31 – García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis...
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  • – Girolamo Parabosco, Italian poet and musician (born c. 1524) May 5 – Viglius, Frisian statesman and writer (born 1507) October 7 – George Gascoigne...
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    He was a fellow student of Cristoforo Madruzzo, Stanislaus Hosius and Viglius van Zwichem. At an early age he had received canonries at Trent, Speyer...
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  • archdeaconry of St. Mary's Church, Utrecht. He was also a friend and executor of Viglius, president of the Brussels Council of State. When Granvelle became archbishop...
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    and member of the Confrerie Pictura in The Hague. Anna, who married Otto Viglius, the commissioner for the region of Friesland in the States General of...
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  • view of traditional historiography that, through the Council of State, Viglius, Berlaymont and especially Granvelle could easily control Margaret, but...
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    opposition, and around 1558, later Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle and Viglius tried unsuccessfully to persuade De Bay to make some adjustments to his...
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    to the end of March 1556. He asked his influential friend Viglius to support him, but Viglius declined to get involved. Greatly offended by this refusal...
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  • Habsburg Netherlands within the Holy Roman Empire. Essentially the work of Viglius van Aytta, it represents a first step towards the emergence of the Netherlands...
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    II Carondelet Jeroen van Busleyden Jean Alphonse, 1st Count de Coloma Viglius Filips Wielant, councillor 1473–1477, 1504–1520 Christinaeus, Or Paul van...
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