Siege of Rheinberg (1586–1590) | |||||||
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Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Cologne War | |||||||
The Siege of Rheinberg of 1590 by Peter Ernst von Mansfeld. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Provinces England Electorate of Cologne ( Gebhard Truchsess) | Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maarten Schenck Francis Vere (From 1590) |
Duke of Parma Count of Mansfeld |
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]
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]
Siege of Rheinberg (1586–1590) | |||||||
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Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Cologne War | |||||||
The Siege of Rheinberg of 1590 by Peter Ernst von Mansfeld. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Provinces England Electorate of Cologne ( Gebhard Truchsess) | Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maarten Schenck Francis Vere (From 1590) |
Duke of Parma Count of Mansfeld |
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]
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]