Spanish forces during Eighty Years War

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early modern army military force

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Spanish Habsburg forces	1
Spanish forces in the Low Countries	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early modern army ⓘ military force ⓘ
activeInPeriod	1568–1648 ⓘ
allegiance	Habsburg Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip III of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip IV of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedBy	Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambrogio Spinola NERFINISHED ⓘ Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ Don John of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ Luis de Requesens NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Dutch Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ Eighty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreComponent	Army of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Monarchy of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
engagedInBattle	Battle of Nieuwpoort NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Downs NERFINISHED ⓘ Sack of Antwerp (1576) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Antwerp (1584–1585) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Breda (1624–1625) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Haarlem NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ
experiencedIssue	mutinies due to arrears of pay ⓘ
financedBy	silver from the Spanish Americas ⓘ
garrisoned	Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ Maastricht NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Army of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryObjective	maintenance of Habsburg control over the Low Countries ⓘ suppression of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
recruitmentArea	Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ German principalities ⓘ Italian territories of the Spanish Empire ⓘ Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ Walloon provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ Low Countries NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeeland NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLogisticsRoute	Spanish Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedMilitaryFormation	Spanish tercio NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Sancho d'Avila → partOf → Spanish forces during Eighty Years War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish forces in the Low Countries

Spanish Fury → primaryBelligerent → Spanish forces during Eighty Years War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Habsburg forces

fortress town of Grave → wasDefendedBy → Spanish forces during Eighty Years War ⓘ

subject surface form: Grave