Spanish forces during Eighty Years War

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Spanish forces during the Eighty Years' War were the military units of the Spanish Empire—renowned for their disciplined tercios and professional army—fighting to suppress the Dutch Revolt in the Low Countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern army ⓘ
military force ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1568–1648 ⓘ
allegiance Habsburg Spain ⓘ
Philip II of Spain ⓘ
Philip III of Spain ⓘ
Philip IV of Spain ⓘ
commandedBy Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma ⓘ
Ambrogio Spinola ⓘ
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria ⓘ
Don John of Austria ⓘ
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ⓘ
Luis de Requesens ⓘ
conflict Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Eighty Years' War ⓘ
coreComponent Army of Flanders ⓘ
country Monarchy of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
engagedInBattle Battle of Nieuwpoort ⓘ
Battle of the Downs ⓘ
Sack of Antwerp (1576) ⓘ
Siege of Antwerp (1584–1585) ⓘ
linked to: siege of Antwerp

Siege of Breda (1624–1625) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Breda

Siege of Haarlem ⓘ
Siege of Leiden ⓘ
experiencedIssue mutinies due to arrears of pay ⓘ
financedBy silver from the Spanish Americas ⓘ
garrisoned Antwerp ⓘ
Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Maastricht ⓘ
militaryDoctrineInfluence European infantry tactics of the 16th and 17th centuries ⓘ
notableCharacteristic combined arms tactics ⓘ
high discipline ⓘ
professional standing army ⓘ
use of pikemen and arquebusiers ⓘ
opponent Dutch rebels ⓘ
States Army of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
partOf Army of Flanders ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
primaryObjective maintenance of Habsburg control over the Low Countries ⓘ
suppression of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
recruitmentArea Aragon ⓘ
Burgundy ⓘ
Castile ⓘ
German principalities ⓘ
Italian territories of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
Navarre ⓘ
Walloon provinces ⓘ
linked to: Wallonia
theaterOfOperations Brabant ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ
Holland ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
Zeeland ⓘ
usedLogisticsRoute Spanish Road ⓘ
usedMilitaryFormation Spanish tercio ⓘ
linked to: Spanish tercios

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Referenced by (3)

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Grave → wasDefendedBy → Spanish forces during Eighty Years War ⓘ
subject linked to: fortress town of Grave
Sancho d'Avila → partOf → Spanish forces in the Low Countries ⓘ
linked to: Spanish forces during Eighty Years War
Spanish Fury → primaryBelligerent → Spanish Habsburg forces ⓘ
linked to: Spanish forces during Eighty Years War