['< sod > nevertheless, the duke still had influence in the royal council. alba belonged to the conservative spanish faction called\'\' albistas\'\' or imperialists. this faction included the [ [ inquisitor ] ] general [ [ fernando de valdes y salas ] ], the house of pimentel, the duke de alburquerque and other members of the house of alvarez de toledo. the albistas advised the king to take a firm stand in the netherlands. the albistas\'hardline position was hotly contested by the liberal\'\' ebolistas\'\' or humanists, led by [ [ rui gomes da silva, 1st prince of eboli | ruy gomez de silva ] ], prince of eboli and his secretary francisco de eraso. after the death of the prince of eboli in 1573, the royal secretary [ [ antonio perez ] ] went on to lead the liberal faction and began his association with [ [ ana de mendoza de la cerda ] ], princess of eboli. against the albistas\'urging, king philip ii himself publicly acknowledged that " it is not possible to carry flanders forward by way of war. " < ref > { { lang - es | link = no | no es posible llevar adelante lo de flandes por la via de la guerra. } } < / ref > political concessions by luis de requesens failed to end the rebellion in the netherlands and hostilities soon resumed. these failures of the ebolistas to end the dutch revolt raised the distrust of the king, and philip ii again granted the duke of alba an important position in court. < eod > < sod > nevertheless, the duke still had influence in the royal council. alba belonged to the conservative spanish faction called\'\' albistas\'\' or imperialists. this faction included the [ [ inquisitor ] ] general [ [ fernando de valdes y salas ] ], the house of pimentel, the duke de alburquerque and other members of the house of alvarez de toledo. the albistas advised the king to take a firm stand in the netherlands. the albistas\'hardline position was hotly contested by the liberal\'\' ebolistas\'\' or humanists, led by [ [ rui gomes iii da silva, 1st prince of eboli | ruy gomez de silva ] ], prince of eboli and his secretary francisco de eraso. after the death of the prince of eboli in 1573, the royal secretary [ [ antonio perez ( statesman ) | antonio perez ] ] went on to lead the liberal faction and began his association with [ [ ana de mendoza de la cerda ] ], princess of eboli. against the albistas\'urging, king philip ii himself publicly acknowledged that " it is not possible to carry flanders forward by way of war. " < ref > { { lang - es | link = no | no es posible llevar adelante lo de flandes por la via de la guerra. } } < / ref > political concessions by luis de requesens failed to end the rebellion in the netherlands and hostilities soon resumed. these failures of the ebolistas to end the dutch revolt raised the distrust of the king, and philip ii again granted the duke of alba an important position in court. < eod >']