Treaty of Nonsuch

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The Treaty of Nonsuch was a 1585 agreement in which Elizabeth I of England pledged military support to the Dutch rebels against Spanish rule, marking a major escalation in the Anglo-Spanish conflict.

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Nonsuch Treaty 2
Treaty of Nonsuch canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military alliance ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nonsuch Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nonsuch
appointed Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester ⓘ
category 16th-century treaties ⓘ
Treaties of England ⓘ
Treaties of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
Eighty Years' War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
effect beginning of open war between England and Spain ⓘ
escalation of Anglo-Spanish conflict ⓘ
followedBy Spanish Armada (1588) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Armada
gaveTitleTo Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester as Governor-General of the United Provinces ⓘ
grantedControlOf Brill ⓘ
Flushing ⓘ
Rammekens ⓘ
grantedTo England ⓘ
historicalPeriod Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
language Latin ⓘ
legalStatus bilateral treaty ⓘ
longTermImpact contributed to decline of Spanish dominance in Northern Europe ⓘ
strengthened independence of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
motivatedBy English desire to contain Spanish power ⓘ
religious solidarity with Protestant Dutch rebels ⓘ
opposedParty Philip II of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
precededBy Pacification of Ghent ⓘ
provided English garrisons in Dutch towns ⓘ
English subsidies to the Dutch provinces ⓘ
English troops for the Dutch revolt ⓘ
purpose to provide English military support to Dutch rebels against Spanish rule ⓘ
region Low Countries ⓘ
relatedTo Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Protestant–Catholic conflicts in Europe ⓘ
signatory Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
United Provinces ⓘ
signedAt Nonsuch Palace ⓘ
signedInCountry Kingdom of England ⓘ
signedOn 1585 ⓘ
20 August 1585 ⓘ
subject Anglo-Dutch relations ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish relations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaties of England → hasPart → Treaty of Nonsuch ⓘ
Treaty of Nonsuch → alsoKnownAs → Nonsuch Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nonsuch
Treaty of Nonsuch → alsoKnownAs → Nonsuch Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nonsuch