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Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
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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)
Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg
Dutch politician Arenberg (c. 1525 – 1568)
Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg was Baron of Barbançon, founder of the House of Arenberg and stadtholder of the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel from 1549 until his death.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Heiligerlee (1568)
Part of the Eighty Years' War
The Battle of Heiligerlee was fought between Dutch rebels and the Spanish army of Friesland. It was the first Dutch victory during the Eighty Years' War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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)