Battle of Zutphen

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The Battle of Zutphen was a 1586 engagement during the Eighty Years' War in which English and Dutch forces fought the Spanish near Zutphen, remembered especially for the mortal wounding of the poet-soldier Sir Philip Sidney.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
belligerent Dutch rebels ⓘ
English forces ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
United Provinces ⓘ
causeOfDeath Sir Philip Sidney ⓘ
combatantStrength Dutch infantry ⓘ
English cavalry ⓘ
Spanish tercios ⓘ
commander Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma ⓘ
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Sir John Norris ⓘ
conflict Eighty Years' War ⓘ
country Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
date 22 September 1586 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Deventer (1586–1587) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
location Gelderland ⓘ
Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
Zutphen ⓘ
near Zutphen ⓘ
militaryObjective relief of Spanish-held Zutphen ⓘ
notableEvent mortal wounding of Sir Philip Sidney ⓘ
notableParticipant Sir Philip Sidney ⓘ
opponent English-Dutch forces ⓘ
Spanish forces ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
Eighty Years' War ⓘ
precededBy English intervention in the Netherlands (1585) ⓘ
rememberedFor English literary and cultural significance ⓘ
chivalric conduct of Sir Philip Sidney ⓘ
result Spanish victory ⓘ
theater Low Countries ⓘ
typeOfEngagement cavalry action ⓘ
field battle ⓘ
year 1586 ⓘ

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Sir Philip Sidney → battle → Battle of Zutphen ⓘ