Battle of Heiligerlee

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The Battle of Heiligerlee was a 1568 engagement in the Dutch Revolt, often regarded as the first Dutch victory against Spanish forces and a symbolic starting point of the Eighty Years' War.

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Battle of Heiligerlee canonical 2
Battle of Heiligerlee (1568) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
associatedWith House of Nassau NERFINISHED
William of Orange NERFINISHED
belligerent Army of the Duke of Alba NERFINISHED
Dutch rebels
Spanish Empire
broaderConflict Eighty Years' War NERFINISHED
casualtiesDutch moderate
casualtiesSpanish high
cause Dutch resistance to Spanish rule
religious and political tensions in the Low Countries
combatantSide Dutch rebels on one side
Spanish royal forces on the other side
commander Adolf of Nassau NERFINISHED
Aremberg NERFINISHED
Jean de Villers NERFINISHED
Johan de Ligne, Count of Aremberg NERFINISHED
Louis of Nassau NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy monuments in Heiligerlee
conflict Dutch Revolt NERFINISHED
countryAtTime Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED
date 1568-05-23
era 16th century
followedBy Battle of Jemmingen NERFINISHED
hasChronologicalPlacement early phase of the Eighty Years' War
hasParticipant cavalry units
infantry units
historicalPeriod Reformation era NERFINISHED
languageOfPrimarySources Dutch
Spanish
location Groningen NERFINISHED
Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED
Heiligerlee NERFINISHED
militaryTheater Northern Netherlands NERFINISHED
notableDeath Adolf of Nassau NERFINISHED
outcome first significant Dutch victory in the Dutch Revolt
partOf Dutch Revolt NERFINISHED
Eighty Years' War NERFINISHED
precededBy early unrest in the Habsburg Netherlands
presentDayLocation Netherlands NERFINISHED
result Dutch rebel victory
significance considered a symbolic starting point of the Eighty Years' War
often regarded as the first Dutch victory against Spanish forces
typeOfVictory tactical victory for the Dutch rebels
year 1568

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Heiligerlee knownFor Battle of Heiligerlee
Heiligerlee hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Heiligerlee
this entity surface form: Battle of Heiligerlee (1568)
Battle of Jemmingen precededBy Battle of Heiligerlee