Battle of Jemgum

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The Battle of Jemgum was a 1568 engagement in the early Eighty Years' War in which Spanish forces under the Duke of Alba decisively defeated Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau near the village of Jemgum in present-day Germany.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Jemgum canonical 1
Schlacht bei Jemgum 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Jemmingen ⓘ
Slag bij Jemgum ⓘ
linked to: Jemgum
belligerent Dutch insurgents ⓘ
Dutch rebels ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
combatantCommander Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ⓘ
Louis of Nassau ⓘ
commanderFor Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ⓘ
Louis of Nassau ⓘ
commanderForSide Dutch rebels ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
conflict Eighty Years' War ⓘ
countryAtTime Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
date 21 July 1568 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
followedBy subsequent Spanish consolidation in the northern Netherlands ⓘ
hasCasualties high Dutch rebel casualties ⓘ
low Spanish casualties ⓘ
hasParticipant artillery units ⓘ
cavalry units ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
hasTerrain marshy ground near the Ems River ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reformation era ⓘ
historicalRegion Frisia ⓘ
involvesMilitaryForce Spanish Army of Flanders ⓘ
linked to: Army of Flanders
involvesPerson Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ⓘ
Louis of Nassau ⓘ
locatedIn East Frisia ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Lower Saxony ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
near Ems River ⓘ
linked to: Ems

Jemgum Church ⓘ
notableFor decisive defeat of Dutch rebel army ⓘ
demonstration of Duke of Alba's military effectiveness ⓘ
heavy casualties among Dutch rebels ⓘ
partOf Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Eighty Years' War ⓘ
partOfCampaign early phase of the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
place Jemgum ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Heiligerlee ⓘ
result Spanish victory ⓘ
strategicConsequence strengthening of Spanish control in the region ⓘ
temporary setback for Dutch revolt ⓘ
year 1568 ⓘ

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

Battle of Jemmingen → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Jemgum ⓘ
Battle of Jemmingen → alsoKnownAs → Schlacht bei Jemgum ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Jemgum