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Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
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Eighty Years' War
War in the Habsburg Netherlands (c. 1566/1568–1648)
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralisation, excessive taxation, and the rights and privileges of the Dutch…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Jemmingen
1568 battle of the Eighty Years' War
After the Battle of Heiligerlee, the Dutch rebel leader Louis of Nassau failed to capture the city of Groningen. Louis was driven away by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba and defeated at the Battle of Jemmingen on 21 July 1568.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
Spanish military leader and diplomat (1507–1582)
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba, known as the Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and Portugal and as the Iron Duke or shortly 'Alva' in the Netherlands, was a Spanish nobleman, general and statesman.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Louis of Nassau
16th-century Dutch noble and leader in the Dutch Revolt against Spain
Louis of Nassau was a Dutch nobleman, the third son of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg, and the younger brother of Prince William of Orange Nassau.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)