Treaty of Nonsuch (contextual, involving English support to Dutch rebels)

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The Treaty of Nonsuch was a 1585 agreement in which Elizabeth I formally committed English military and financial support to the Dutch rebels in their struggle against Spanish rule, marking a major escalation in England’s involvement in the Eighty Years’ War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nonsuch Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nonsuch
beneficiary Dutch rebels ⓘ
United Provinces ⓘ
category 16th-century treaties ⓘ
Eighty Years' War treaties ⓘ
Treaties of England ⓘ
concludedBy Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
representatives of the Dutch rebels ⓘ
conflictContext Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
Eighty Years' War ⓘ
countryOfSigner England ⓘ
financialObligation England to pay annual subsidies to the Dutch provinces ⓘ
geographicRegionConcerned Low Countries ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
grantedRole governor-general of the Netherlands to Robert Dudley ⓘ
grantedTitleTo Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester ⓘ
hasTopic Anglo-Dutch relations ⓘ
Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

English foreign policy under Elizabeth I ⓘ
historicalPeriod Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
language Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
ledTo Spanish decision to prepare the Spanish Armada ⓘ
open war between England and Spain ⓘ
militaryObligation England to maintain a specified number of troops in the Netherlands ⓘ
opposedParty Philip II of Spain ⓘ
opposedTo Spanish Empire ⓘ
politicalSignificance challenged Spanish dominance in the Low Countries ⓘ
marked England's first formal alliance with the Dutch rebels ⓘ
provided English financial support to Dutch rebels ⓘ
English military support to Dutch rebels ⓘ
purpose to provide English support to Dutch rebels against Spanish rule ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Joinville ⓘ
Treaty of Westminster (1654) ⓘ
resultedIn deterioration of Anglo-Spanish relations ⓘ
escalation of English involvement in the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
formal English intervention in the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
signatory Kingdom of England ⓘ
States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
United Provinces ⓘ
signedIn Nonsuch Palace ⓘ
signedInCountry Kingdom of England ⓘ
signedOn 1585 ⓘ
stipulated deployment of English troops to the Low Countries ⓘ
payment of English subsidies to the Dutch provinces ⓘ

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siege and capture of Antwerp (1585) → treatyConsequence → Treaty of Nonsuch (contextual, involving English support to Dutch rebels) ⓘ