Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries

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early modern European conflict historical conflict series of wars

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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Label	Occurrences
Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries canonical	1
Low Countries theater of the Eighty Years' War	1

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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Eighty Years’ War NERFINISHED ⓘ Eighty Years’ War truce period NERFINISHED ⓘ Fall of Antwerp (1585) NERFINISHED ⓘ Iconoclastic Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Antwerp (1584–1585) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Haarlem NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Fury at Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ Twelve Years’ Truce NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of Arras–Union of Utrecht split ⓘ
historicalRegion	Seventeen Provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedActor	Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Army of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ States General of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ William the Silent NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Low Countries NERFINISHED ⓘ border regions of northern France ⓘ present-day Belgium ⓘ present-day Luxembourg ⓘ present-day Netherlands ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Dutch provinces ⓘ Dutch rebels ⓘ Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Seventeen Provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentOf	Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Habsburg dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) NERFINISHED ⓘ Counter-Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirty Years’ War NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Act of Abjuration (1581) NERFINISHED ⓘ Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacification of Ghent (1576) NERFINISHED ⓘ Peace of Münster (1648) NERFINISHED ⓘ Twelve Years’ Truce (1609–1621) NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of Arras (1579) NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of Utrecht (1579) NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 → Habsburg–Dutch conflicts in the Low Countries ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Countries theater of the Eighty Years' War