Siege of Grave (1586)

Siege of Grave (1586)
Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
The Siege of Grave in 1586 by Don Alejandro Farnesio – engraving by Michelangelo Cerquozzi
Date Early April – 7 June 1586 Location Grave, North Brabant, Low Countries (present-day the Netherlands) 51°45′33.120″N 5°44′17.880″E / 51.75920000°N 5.73830000°E / 51.75920000; 5.73830000 Result Spanish victory[1][2]
Belligerents
United Provinces  England	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Robert Dudley Philip of Hohenlohe Maarten Schenck	Alexander Farnese Peter of Mansfeld Juan del Águila
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The siege of Grave, also known as the capture of Grave of 1586, took place from mid-February to 7 June 1586 at Grave, Duchy of Brabant, Low Countries (present-day the Netherlands), between the Spanish army led by Governor-General Don Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, and the Dutch-States and English forces under Baron Peter van Hemart, Governor of Grave, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604).^[1][2]