Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries

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The Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries were a series of protracted wars and uprisings, most notably the Eighty Years’ War, in which the Dutch provinces fought to end Habsburg Spanish rule and secure their political and religious independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern European conflict ⓘ
historical conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
cause Calvinist opposition to Catholic rule ⓘ
opposition to Spanish taxation ⓘ
religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics ⓘ
resistance to Habsburg centralization ⓘ
conflictType civil war ⓘ
dynastic conflict ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
war of independence ⓘ
endEvent Peace of Münster ⓘ
endResult decline of Spanish power in the Low Countries ⓘ
emergence of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
recognition of Dutch independence ⓘ
goal end Habsburg Spanish rule in the Low Countries ⓘ
secure political independence for the Dutch provinces ⓘ
secure religious freedom for Protestants in the Low Countries ⓘ
hasPart Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Eighty Years’ War ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Eighty Years’ War truce period ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Fall of Antwerp (1585) ⓘ
Iconoclastic Fury ⓘ
Siege of Antwerp (1584–1585) ⓘ
linked to: siege of Antwerp

Siege of Haarlem ⓘ
Siege of Leiden ⓘ
Spanish Fury at Antwerp ⓘ
Twelve Years’ Truce ⓘ
linked to: Twelve Years' Truce

Union of Arras–Union of Utrecht split ⓘ
historicalRegion Seventeen Provinces ⓘ
involvedActor Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma ⓘ
Duke of Alba ⓘ
Dutch States Army ⓘ
Spanish Army of Flanders ⓘ
linked to: Army of Flanders

States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
William the Silent ⓘ
location Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
border regions of northern France ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
present-day Luxembourg ⓘ
present-day Netherlands ⓘ
mainBelligerent Dutch provinces ⓘ
Dutch rebels ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
Seventeen Provinces ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
opponentOf Philip II of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Habsburg dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Habsburg Spain
relatedTo Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
Counter-Reformation ⓘ
Reformation ⓘ
Thirty Years’ War ⓘ
linked to: Thirty Years' War
significantEvent Act of Abjuration (1581) ⓘ
linked to: Act of Abjuration

Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 ⓘ
Pacification of Ghent (1576) ⓘ
Peace of Münster (1648) ⓘ
Twelve Years’ Truce (1609–1621) ⓘ
linked to: Twelve Years' Truce

Union of Arras (1579) ⓘ
linked to: Union of Arras

Union of Utrecht (1579) ⓘ
linked to: Union of Utrecht

arrival of the Duke of Alba in 1567 ⓘ
establishment of the Council of Troubles ⓘ
outbreak of the Dutch Revolt in 1566 ⓘ
startPeriod mid-16th century ⓘ
timeframe approximately 1566–1648 ⓘ

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Francisco de Valdez → conflict → Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries ⓘ
Battle of Jemmingen → warTheater → Low Countries theater of the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
linked to: Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries
Relief of Flanders during the Eighty Years' War → partOf → Habsburg military operations in the Low Countries ⓘ
linked to: Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries
Sack of Mechelen (1572) → partOfSeries → Spanish Furies in the Low Countries ⓘ
linked to: Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries