Armies of the Spanish Monarchy

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The Armies of the Spanish Monarchy were the composite land forces of the early modern Spanish Empire, encompassing its various regional and imperial troops that fought in Europe and overseas during Spain’s period as a major global power.

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Armies of the Spanish Monarchy canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern army
land forces
military institution
activeDuring 16th century
17th century
18th century
commandedBy captain general
field marshal
country Spanish Monarchy NERFINISHED
foughtIn Eighty Years War NERFINISHED
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) NERFINISHED
Italian Wars NERFINISHED
Thirty Years War NERFINISHED
War of the Portuguese Restoration NERFINISHED
War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED
various colonial wars
governedBy Council of War of the Spanish Monarchy NERFINISHED
hasComponent American colonial militias
Aragonese troops
Castilian troops
Flemish contingents
German contingents
Irish regiments
Italian contingents
Neapolitan troops
Portuguese troops
Sicilian troops
Spanish tercios NERFINISHED
Swiss regiments
Walloon troops
artillery units
cavalry units
engineer corps
frontier forces
garrison troops
imperial troops
regional militias
languageOfCommand Spanish
militaryDoctrine pike-and-shot tactics
militaryReform transition from tercios to line infantry in the 18th century
notableUnitType tercio infantry formation
partOf Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
recruitmentBasis composite monarchy system
recruitmentSource American colonies NERFINISHED
Aragon NERFINISHED
Castile NERFINISHED
Italian territories
Low Countries territories
relatedTo Spanish Navy NERFINISHED
role defense of the Spanish Monarchy
expansion of Spanish imperial power
maintenance of internal order
theaterOfOperations Americas NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED
Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED
Low Countries NERFINISHED
Mediterranean NERFINISHED
North Africa NERFINISHED
timePeriod early modern period
usedBy Bourbon Spain NERFINISHED
Habsburg Spain NERFINISHED

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Gabriel de Silva, 4th Marquis of Leganés militaryBranch Armies of the Spanish Monarchy