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Conflicts of Empires: Spain, the Low Countries and the Struggle for World Supremacy 1585–1713
November 01, 2023
siege, rheinberg, 1586, 1590, siege, rheinberg, 1586, 1590, also, known, capture, rheinberg, 1590, took, place, strategic, cologne, enclave, rheinberg, present, north, rhine, westphalia, germany, principal, crossing, points, over, rhine, stretch, between, elec. The siege of Rheinberg 1586 1590 also known as the capture of Rheinberg of 1590 took place at the strategic Cologne enclave of Rheinberg present day North Rhine Westphalia Germany one of the principal crossing points over the Rhine on the stretch between the Electorate of Cologne and the Dutch border 3 between 13 August 1586 and 3 February 1590 during the Eighty Years War the Cologne War and the Anglo Spanish War 1585 1604 1 2 After an initial siege in 1586 and a long blocking by the Spanish forces until September 1589 Don Alexander Farnese Duke of Parma Spanish Alejandro Farnesio commander in chief of the Spanish army sent a substantial force under Peter Ernst Count of Mansfeld to besiege Rheinberg 2 4 Despite the efforts by Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen until his death at the Assault on Nijmegen on 10 August 1589 5 and Sir Francis Vere from 1590 to relieve the fortress city the Protestant garrison finally surrendered to the Spaniards on 3 February 1590 5 6 7 Siege of Rheinberg 1586 1590 Part of the Eighty Years War and the Cologne WarThe Siege of Rheinberg of 1590 by Peter Ernst von Mansfeld Date13 August 1586 3 February 1590LocationRheinberg present day Germany ResultSpanish victory 1 2 Belligerents United Provinces England Electorate of Cologne Gebhard Truchsess SpainCommanders and leadersMaarten Schenck Francis Vere From 1590 Duke of Parma Count of Mansfeld On 19 August 1597 the Dutch army led by Maurice of Nassau captured Rheinberg for the States in his successful campaign of 1597 8 but the following year the Spanish Army of Flanders led by Don Francisco de Mendoza retook the strategic place forcing the garrison to surrender 9 Contents 1 See also 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksSee also editCologne War Army of Flanders Destruction of Neuss Assault on Nijmegen 1589 List of Archbishop Electors of CologneNotes edit a b Wilson p 210 a b c Israel p 29 He Duke of Parma then moved north to capture Rheinberg in February 1590 a Cologne enclave that provided access across the Rhine and facilitated the subsequent campaigns to outflank the Dutch Republic from the east Wilson p 210 Hennes pp 177 179 a b Brodek pp 400 401 It was the occupation of Rheinberg by Spanish troops in that month which marked the inauguration of the fixed network of Spanish garrisons in north west Germany Israel p 29 Luc Duerloo p 46 Israel pp 29 30 Juan Valera p 521References editHennes Johann Heinrich Der Kampf um das Erzstift Koln zur Zeit der Kurfursten Koln DuMont Schauberg 1878 in German Benians Ernest Alfred et al The Cambridge Modern History New York MacMillan 1905 Hamish Wilson Peter The Thirty Years War Europe s Tragedy First published 2009 by Penguin Group ISBN 978 0 674 03634 5 Brodek Theodor V Socio Political Realities of the Holy Roman Empire Journal of Interdisciplinary History 1971 Luc Duerloo Dynasty and Piety Archduke Albert 1598 1621 and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars MPG Books Group UK Parker Geoffrey The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road 1567 1659 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004 ISBN 978 0521543927 Juan Valera Homenaje a Menendez Pelayo Estudios de Erudicion Espanola Madrid 1899 in Spanish Jonathan I Israel Conflicts of Empires Spain the Low Countries and the Struggle for World Supremacy 1585 1713 London 1997 ISBN 1 85285 161 9External links editConflicts of Empires Spain the Low Countries and the Struggle for World Supremacy 1585 1713 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Siege of Rheinberg 1586 1590 amp oldid 1144906481, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
